Memorial Park Gala — Celebrating 100 Years of Olmstead Brothers in Jacksonville
Memorial Park Association celebrated the kickoff of Memorial Park’s Centennial Anniversary with a gala at Timuquana Country Club on Saturday, Jan. 20. The evening of celebration, live music, dinner and drinks reflected on the history of Memorial Park and raised money to preserve and protect the park for generations. The Olmstead Brothers-designed Memorial Park was […]
Ahead of the Curve: What’s in Store for 2024
The new year offers a fresh start for people to recenter, reassess and regroup for the coming 12 months. Some prepare with resolutions; others use vision boards. Others still like to select a word that will embody the attitude and outlook with which they will step into the new year. The word we at The […]
Devastation Déjà Vu
It wasn’t that long ago that Memorial Park’s austere eagles, iconic sculpture and balustrades were blocked off by temporary fencing while the esplanade underwent restoration and refurbishment as part of Memorial Park Association’s (MPA) “Master Plan” improvements through its Spirit of Victory campaign. The campaign’s goal was to restore Memorial Park to its original grandeur […]
New Light Signal Proposed at Riverside and Margaret
In February, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) held a public meeting to discuss its SR 211 (from San Juan Avenue to I-95) Resurfacing Project and collect community feedback on the proposed components of the project. As it stands currently, the project plans include milling and resurfacing of SR 211 (Riverside Avenue) as well as […]
Looking back, looking forward
The start of a new year is a combination of closure and anticipation. In that blink of a moment between 11:59:59 and 12:00:00, we bid farewell to the old year, sometimes closing the door gently behind us, other times slamming it and embrace the beautiful (terrifying?) unknown of a fresh 12 months. It is also […]
RAP unveils plans for Riverside Avondale Cultural Trail
Treasure maps don’t always come scrawled on a weather-beaten scroll with a painted dotted line leading to a giant black X marking the spot — and treasure isn’t always a chest full of golden doubloons and precious gems. Treasure can be cultural, historical, musical, architectural. And sometimes, the markers guiding a treasure hunter to these […]
Construction moves forward to restore Memorial Park’s grandeur
Time travel may not exist, but Jacksonville’s Memorial Park Association is opening a window to the past by working to restore Memorial Park to its original grandeur. Through the association’s construction committee for the Spirit of Victory campaign to restore Memorial Park per the “Master Plan” — established in 2013 — construction is currently underway […]
More Names Added to Memorial Park Life Scrolls
Nearly 100 years after the Rotary Club of Jacksonville put forth a proposal for a memorial to honor Floridians who died in service during World War I, the list of Florida Fallen continues to grow. In 1924, when Memorial Park was dedicated on Christmas Day, the Life Scrolls – as they have come to be […]
