sax seafood fiasco

[peestandingup]

Sorry to bump an old thread but I couldn't find a more recent one. Wife and I drove past this place today and I made a joking reference to it. She refused to believe it was a (from all outside appearances) nearly complete building being used for absolutely nothing. Are there any plans? Can the building be used for anything else? How unfinished is it? Who owns it?

There's a fairly informative thread titled "Homeless Camp No Longer" but it's from 2008, and this is from 2009 - surely there's some kind of update over the past three years? If I missed another thread, just point me in the right direction.

Just curious....

Here's a recent one: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-03-08/story/jacksonville-projects-sit-idle-after-being-infused-city-taxpayer-money

These types of projects are a prime example of the city's lack of understanding in basic urban planning. OK, you wanna build a fish restaurant & throw some tax payer money at it? Um, OK I guess. But how is this any different than using some other structure thats currently being unoccupied? And what if it flops (as restaurants tend to do)? Then what? Another failed project that sits & rots? Probably.

And here's a big one. Why in God's name put something like that in the middle of the barren wasteland that is Lavilla without some kind of comprehensive grand plan backing it up? Where would people come from to eat there?? No one lives in that area, because, you know, the city tore it all down. And there's not that many residents downtown in general to sustain something like that & its not very accessible to the ones who do. So its stuff like this that boggles my mind about the planning in Jacksonville. Its like they're just making shit up as they go. Probably are.

The worst thing is that these half-ass projects have a negative impact on the thought of spending to improve the urban landscape & quality of life improvements in general. But its not like you can really blame people for those feelings after one boondoggle after another. I'm beginning to think its done on purpose. Either that, or they truly are blundering idiots running the show.

[Bativac]

peestandingup I agree with every word you said.