Murray Hill Preservation Association

Murray Hill residents pursue next steps to ending ‘noxious odors’

Posted on September 4, 2021 By Editor Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Top Stories

The federal judge’s dismissal in July of a lawsuit by Murray Hill homeowners Jenny Wright, Natalie Soud, and James Cobb accusing a Westside Jacksonville chemical plant of creating ‘noxious odors’ that endanger their health, keep them from enjoying their neighborhood and negatively affecting their property values might have seemed like a death-knell for the case. […]

Bill Murray mural faces pushback from residents

Bill Murray mural faces pushback from residents

Posted on March 4, 2020 By Editor Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill

Local artist Jason Tetlak has finished his latest creation at the corner of Plymouth Street and Edgewood Avenue, a vibrantly colored mural featuring Bill Murray’s face and the words Murray Hill, a playful take on the neighborhood’s name. The artwork, in electric shades of aqua, orange, lilac and sunshine yellow, is impossible to miss when […]

Public artwork made of lights could transform Murray Hill/Avondale overpass

Public artwork made of lights could transform Murray Hill/Avondale overpass

Posted on January 1, 2020 By Editor Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill

Murray Hill residents are hoping to get funding that would transform the bare, utilitarian overpass at Edgewood Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard into a work of art the neighborhoods can be proud of. In this case, the tools wouldn’t be spray paint or mosaic, but pure light. San Antonio-based artist Bill Fitzgibbons has completed over 30 […]