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Downtown clock getting a face lift

Started by johnnyroadglide, April 21, 2011, 12:34:52 PM

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duvaldude08

#1
April 21, 2011, 12:53:08 PM
Never knew about the clock or even noticed. Another tid bit of history I learned today!
Jaguars 2.0

fsujax

#2
April 21, 2011, 12:53:43 PM
The clock is a great piece of Jacksonville history.

Timkin

#3
April 21, 2011, 01:03:18 PM
It is. Nice to learn that is is being restored. :) 

Lunican

#4
April 21, 2011, 01:21:05 PM

Timkin

#5
April 21, 2011, 01:35:45 PM
Awesome Picture, Lunican!

johnnyroadglide

#6
April 21, 2011, 01:51:45 PM
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon).

mtraininjax

#7
April 21, 2011, 05:49:04 PM
QuoteThe $2.7 million project started in late 2009 with a goal to make Laura Street more pedestrian friendly to draw people and walk-in businesses downtown.

WOW, did it really cost 2.7 million to do Laura Street?
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

Charles Hunter

#8
April 21, 2011, 09:49:27 PM
Back in the 1980s, a JTA bus making the turn from Laura to Adams clipped the clock, smashing it to lots of pieces.  So, it has already been restored at least once.

Overstreet

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April 21, 2011, 10:08:26 PM
Quote from: Charles Hunter on April 21, 2011, 09:49:27 PM
Back in the 1980s, a JTA bus making the turn from Laura to Adams clipped the clock, smashing it to lots of pieces.  So, it has already been restored at least once.

That's what I thought.

tufsu1

#10
April 21, 2011, 10:23:19 PM
Quote from: mtraininjax on April 21, 2011, 05:49:04 PM
QuoteThe $2.7 million project started in late 2009 with a goal to make Laura Street more pedestrian friendly to draw people and walk-in businesses downtown.

WOW, did it really cost 2.7 million to do Laura Street?

yes...and it cost over $3 million to do the reverse laning project on Bay Street.

and while I think laurea St was a bit overdone (expensive) it won't take much to recoup that $ in new investment...the Trio is just one example

Timkin

#11
April 21, 2011, 10:57:12 PM
The Trio being revitalized would be a major step forward on Laura .  * fingers crossed

acme54321

#12
April 22, 2011, 06:54:15 AM
Quote from: Charles Hunter on April 21, 2011, 09:49:27 PM
Back in the 1980s, a JTA bus making the turn from Laura to Adams clipped the clock, smashing it to lots of pieces.  So, it has already been restored at least once.

1973 according to FCN

Charles Hunter

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April 22, 2011, 07:24:01 AM
Quote from: acme54321 on April 22, 2011, 06:54:15 AM
Quote from: Charles Hunter on April 21, 2011, 09:49:27 PM
Back in the 1980s, a JTA bus making the turn from Laura to Adams clipped the clock, smashing it to lots of pieces.  So, it has already been restored at least once.

1973 according to FCN

Wow!  Time flies!

Dapperdan

#14
April 22, 2011, 07:51:55 AM
Man, just getting back from San Francisco and see that picture. If Jacksonville had kept their trollies, who knows how different this city would be today
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