Exploring Downtown's Commodore Point

[Metro Jacksonville]

Exploring Downtown's Commodore Point



Commodore Point is the last remaining section of downtown Jacksonville where the maritime industry that built this city still flourishes.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-jul-exploring-downtowns-commodore-point

[Noone]

Another great tour of Jacksonville's history captured through images of land, air, and water. As our city moves forward the creation and expansion of zones and districts. As for Adam St. Station. What will have to happen to Make it Happen?

Just love the pics from the river.   

[Beloki]

I always thought that the Jax Zoo should trade places with these shipyards.. both on the waterfornt but this one closer to downtown.

[Ocklawaha]

The reason they moved the zoo out of downtown in the first place? Ahh, there is nothing like the smell of elephant dung, lion piss and fresh Maxwell House Coffee to start your business day off right.


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[Garden guy]

I wonder if i could graze my goats on some of those empty lots full of grass and weeds.

[thelakelander]

They'll have tailgaters on them pretty soon.

[Dog Walker]

GG, most of Brooklyn could use your goats now.  Great idea!

[Jaxson]

Not to go too far off topic, but I believe that the zoo used to be in Springfield before it moved to its current location...

As for the Hart Bridge and Expressway, I still ponder what would have happened if the expressway extended to Butler Boulevard as originally proposed instead of dead ending at Beach Boulevard...

Looking at the interchange near the foot of the Mathews Bridge in 1953, I scratch my head.  Looks odd...

[jcjohnpaint]

What is the Adams St Station?  What is this a station for?  I feel like I should know this, but didn't know there was a station over here. 

[finehoe]

Judging from its past uses, I would guess that Commodore Point is probably one of the most polluted areas in the city.  This will make it that much more difficult to redevelop.  I certainly wouldn't want to feed my domesticated animals off what grows there.

http://epa.gov/brownfields/overview/glossary.htm

[Wacca Pilatka]

Not to go too far off topic, but I believe that the zoo used to be in Springfield before it moved to its current location...

You are correct.

[johnnyroadglide]

jcjohnpaint, Adams St Station is actually old railcars that have been converted into party condos.
http://www.adamsstreetstation.com/

[thelakelander]

Judging from its past uses, I would guess that Commodore Point is probably one of the most polluted areas in the city.  This will make it that much more difficult to redevelop.

Probably so. Perhaps it should remain maritime industrial related and we should look for ways to bring more maritime related industry back to the remaining underutilized sites in that area.  We have a river, rail and industrial land already in place.  Might as well use these assets to stimulate more higher paying maritime related job creation.

[jcjohnpaint]

Thanks johnnyroadglide.  I have never heard of this place.  Very interesting indeed. 

[tufsu1]

wow....the 47,000 vehicles per day on the Hart Bridge sounded high....so I just checked....FDOT 2010 cout was 30,500 in 2010 (probably because of the painting project).

But here are the counts over the last 10 years

2004 - 46,500
2005 - 59,000
2006 - 47,000
2007 - 63,500
2008 - 43,000
2009 - 42,000
2010 - 30,500

Note that 2007 was when the Mathews Bridge was under construction....so we may see a similar spike in traffic on the Hart over teh next few years, as the Mathews is about to be repainted.