The Jacksonville Landing's Redevelopment Plan

[mtraininjax]

CBS Sunday morning did a special on theatres last Sunday before the Oscars. AMC and others are offering dining options at your seat, others are offering seats that move like a roller coaster or have effects thrown at you for 2 hours. Still others are allowing people to bring in their Ipads and inject themselves and kids into the movie.

No thanks, I can wait at home, have my own snacks and my clean toilet and get whatever movie I want for 5 bucks.

[TomHurst]

Shortlisted firms announced for Landing Redevelopment.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2015/03/1-local-2-out-of-state-finalists-chosen-for.html?ana=e_jac_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2015-03-19&u=lGmpCm6f72cVUQWYVYFXzw04bf05fc&t=1426770450

The finalists chosen out of the 14 respondents who submitted plans last month for the 6.6-acre Downtown waterfront site are

• Wakefield Beasley & Associates of Ponte Vedra Beach in association with Urban Design Associates of Pittsburgh
• Eskew+Dumez+Ripple of New Orleans with Baker Klein Engineers as local partner
• Cooper Carry Inc. of Atlanta

[I-10east]

^^^From that bizjournal article.

An on-ramp to the Main Street Bridge might also be demolished to open up additional usable land for pedestrian access to the bridge

So they might tear down the ramp (with vehicle & pedestrian access already) For a single pedestrian access bridge?? Mind you, it's not like the area is 'pedestrian heaven' and void from vehicles with traffic going around the Andrew Jackson statue roundabout. I don't care what anyone says, if they tear down the ramp, only for new pedestrian access near an automobile roundabout, that would be an absolute counterproductive waste of money.

[edjax]

^^^From that bizjournal article.

An on-ramp to the Main Street Bridge might also be demolished to open up additional usable land for pedestrian access to the bridge

So they might tear down the ramp (with vehicle & pedestrian access already) For a single pedestrian access bridge?? Mind you, it's not like the area is 'pedestrian heaven' and void from vehicles with traffic going around the Andrew Jackson statue roundabout. I don't care what anyone says, if they tear down the ramp, only for new pedestrian access near an automobile roundabout, that would be an absolute counterproductive waste of money.

The removal of the ramp is nothing new. This has been part of the plan for some time now.

[I-10east]

^^^Yes, I heard about the removal of the ramp; I was under the assumption that something from the Landing was actually gonna be built there, and not only pedestrian access.

[Keith-N-Jax]

I like the goals they have listed. I'll just be glad when this is done and move on to other projects.

[heights unknown]

Shortlisted firms announced for Landing Redevelopment.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2015/03/1-local-2-out-of-state-finalists-chosen-for.html?ana=e_jac_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2015-03-19&u=lGmpCm6f72cVUQWYVYFXzw04bf05fc&t=1426770450

The finalists chosen out of the 14 respondents who submitted plans last month for the 6.6-acre Downtown waterfront site are

• Wakefield Beasley & Associates of Ponte Vedra Beach in association with Urban Design Associates of Pittsburgh
• Eskew+Dumez+Ripple of New Orleans with Baker Klein Engineers as local partner
• Cooper Carry Inc. of Atlanta

An Ostrich Farm?  PLEASE!!!!!!!

[edjax]

So we go through all,of this process and we choose a developer.  Said developer says it will require said amount of public monies.  City says we ain't got that kinda money. It then dies on the vine.  Hmmm.  Almost to the point of why bother. I think the continued hype and thinking something will happen and then it never does is almost as demoralizing as just not even bothering anymore. The same with Trio , etc... Ugh. Ok. I am over it now. Great things are happening!! 

[Overstreet]

^^^From that bizjournal article.

An on-ramp to the Main Street Bridge might also be demolished to open up additional usable land for pedestrian access to the bridge

So they might tear down the ramp (with vehicle & pedestrian access already) For a single pedestrian access bridge?? Mind you, it's not like the area is 'pedestrian heaven' and void from vehicles with traffic going around the Andrew Jackson statue roundabout. I don't care what anyone says, if they tear down the ramp, only for new pedestrian access near an automobile roundabout, that would be an absolute counterproductive waste of money.

I agree

[I-10east]

A redesign firm for the Landing could be selected by the end of the week.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=545165

[strider]

I personally still do not understand why this is being done at all.  Why waste the time, money and energy on redesigning the Landing when there is so much more to be done that actually might help revitalize Downtown?  The Landing is not the problem with Downtown, Downtown is the problem with the Landing. Wouldn't it be nice if we actually tried to fix something for a change?

[Downtown Osprey]

^ personally as someone who lives downtown, aside from the nice view of the River, I find it embarrassing. It's like taking a flashback to the 1980's . Something needs to be done with it.

[jcjohnpaint]

and so what happens when we have a winning design?  Should we just put it in the archives like all of the rest of the DT visions? 

[Tacachale]

^Or we hope we get a new mayor who's serious about finding funding for all the projects we need to fund.

[copperfiend]

and so what happens when we have a winning design?  Should we just put it in the archives like all of the rest of the DT visions? 

Probably a $500k feasibility study