Jacksonville Architecture Top 10.

[stephendare]

Every City is given its unique character by the architects and architecture that define it.

Who or what are the top (and it doesnt have to be 10, it can be 8, 5, or 2) things architectural in Jacksonville?

My list.

Taylor Hardwick
Henry John Klutho
Bob Broward
The Haydon Burns Library
Bethel Baptist
Hogans Creek
The Dames Point Bridge
The Masonic Lodges
The Original Prudential Building.
The Armory.

[billy]

add these for starters

collected works of William Morgan
The Park Lane building in Riverside.
Ford Assembly building.
the Jettys

[Driven1]

my list...

Maxwell Coffee House
That statue of PLF over on the eastside
Treaty Oak Park
Dames Point Bridge
The intersection of Claire Ln and San Jose Blvd in Mandarin
NAS Jax
295/95 junction
First Baptist Church downtown
Jacksonville Zoo

[billy]

Fort George Inlet and surroundings

the weird , seems bigger inside than from the outside, postage stamp sized, newstand
in Five Points (what's in the back room behind the curtain?)

San Marco Theatre (movie, but also little theatre company)

San Marco Library

[Ocklawaha]

Jacksonville Terminal, Union Station... aka Prime Osbourne useless center.

Riverside streetcar office building and power house (oops under the TU...)

Riverside streetcar barns (oops under the skyway facility)

Beaver Street Shops of the Seaboard Railroad (oops razed for the CSX office train yard)

Jacksonville railroad express station with 32 tracks (oops under JTA)

Honorable mention nearby... The Massive Miller Shops of the FEC in North St. Augustine... (oops under a shopping center, Flagler Crossing)

5 down, 1 to go and I'm back in SOUTH AMERICA!

Ocklawaha

[thelakelander]

For me:

1. The Prairie School movement of 100 years ago, that incorporated local building materials and lifestyles

2. Klutho's work with Hogan's Creek

3. The architectural diversity of the bridges crossing the St. Johns River

There's more, and of course there are individual buildings here and there, but these are the things I think of first about architecture that makes Jacksonville a unique place.

[Joe]

"No other living architect has had a more powerful positive influence on the built environment in Jacksonville, Florida, than Taylor Hardwick."

I mean, if the guy's own website says that, it must be true!
http://www.taylorhardwick.com/

[teresangel]

Couldn't resist this thread.  Might be some residential stuff on this list.  Give me a minute, this might take awhile.

The park next to the Cummer now known as The Olmstead Gardens, I believe
1822 Edgewood Ave
2263 River Blvd
Epping Forest
The Fenimore Apartments
Florida Life Building
Both Bisbee buildings
Haydon Burns Library obviously
certain buildings at EWC
the Skyway stations
The new Mayo Hospital
the Brentwood Pavilion
Fairfield PS #9
Annie Lytle
the Gun Emplacements off Fort Caroline (on private property these days)
the Wilkie Apts

Pause.  It's funny.  Every time I start to type something I have to remind myself that you can't count things that aren't around anymore.  Okay, back at it.

The Swisher Estate
Nearly everything Klutho's credited with
the Mark & Sheftall building on Flagler
Marabanong and most of Empire Point, very nice mix of styles back there
The Federal Courthouse, I think ?, near Heming
Genovar's Hall
the Western Union building MOCA's in
Friendship Fountain
3404 St. John's Ave
The Armory
many of the old churches Downtown
many of the libraries, old and new

Okay, this is getting ridiculous.  I keep thinking I'm forgetting a few vital ones.  I know there are many North of downtown up to the county line I'm not mentioning.  I really should have sorted through my photos before I responded.

As for the Armory and the Scottish Rite buildings, that's where I'm headed if I'm still in Springfield when the zombie apocalypse occurs 

[downtownparks]

"No other living architect has had a more powerful positive influence on the built environment in Jacksonville, Florida, than Taylor Hardwick."

I mean, if the guy's own website says that, it must be true!
http://www.taylorhardwick.com/

Me thinks Henry Klutho is having a chuckle at that quote.

[RiversideGator]

Is Klutho still alive?   

[jeh1980]

I got a few that would really make the list:

Independent Square (Modis Tower) - 1975
AT&T Tower - 1983
Riverplace Tower - 1967
That parking garage now part of the Hyatt - some time in the late 70s
Friendship Fountain - early 1960s

[billy]

the Wachovia building on Southbank by Welton Beckett that was supposed to
fall into the river, according to a famous psychic

[Joe]

That parking garage now part of the Hyatt - some time in the late 70s

Ah yes, that would be one of William Morgan's "masterpieces" along with the FOP building monstrosity on Bay street.

Although - if you want to put a positive spin on it - Jacksonville is probably the one of the only US cities with TWO downtown buildings designed to resemble Mayan temples.

(I'm not being sarcastic either. That was his specific inspiration for both buildings.)

[Steve]

I got a few that would really make the list:

Independent Square (Modis Tower) - 1975
AT&T Tower - 1983
Riverplace Tower - 1967
That parking garage now part of the Hyatt - some time in the late 70s
Friendship Fountain - early 1960s

Regarding these:

I actually don't think the Riverplace Tower looks that bad - it's definitely 1960's.  Now the site plan of the building - that's another story entirely.

AT&T Tower - Typical 80's Building with one entrance (like a gated community)

Independent Square - Painful.  If the Garage enterance/exit wasn't as dramatic, and the building's first floor was at grade, it would allow the building to better interact with the street.

Friendship Park/Fountain - Really not a bad open space, but I've seen better. the whole area could be better utilized.

Hyatt Parking Garage - Dear God.


One building that I don't think gets nearly enough credit for it's street level interaction is the Barnett Center (the one built in 1990).  It has retail along the entire first floor (and entrances could easily be created outside of the main ones), the parking is above the first floor, allowing for a large first floor area ceilingwise.  The only thing I don't like is the location of the loading dock - right at the corner of the building.  I realize that there needs to be a loading dock for a 42 story building, but does it have to be at the corner.