A Blast From The Past: 1970s Jacksonville

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A Blast From The Past: 1970s Jacksonville



Jacksonville has changed in several ways over the last forty years. Today, we go back in time and take a look at the streets of downtown and surrounding neighborhoods during the early 1970s.

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[menace1069]

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.

[Houseboat Mike]

Without a doubt my favorite part of this site is the old photos. Oh, and Mr. Dare's replies are pretty good too. 

[I-10east]

Listen to anything from Curtis Mayfield, and it goes with these pics.

[billy]

Or...."diamond in the back, sunroof top..." Perhaps my memory is faulty but I like the look of 70's Jax.

[menace1069]

It's really neat to see the pics of how downtown Jax looked, but I am glad about the sign ordinance...it just cleaned things up, although it does strip away a little of the personality.

[thelakelander]

Beautiful!

[finehoe]

The old street lights visible in picture one (and others) are really cool.

[BrooklynSouth]

Wonderful, thanks for the photos. Where did these come from?

[thelakelander]

^An old COJ study collecting dust in the library's special collections departments.

[Houseboat Mike]

It's really neat to see the pics of how downtown Jax looked, but I am glad about the sign ordinance...it just cleaned things up, although it does strip away a little of the personality.

I must respectfully disagree, I think that it is one of the main reasons our downtown looks so sterile. (That, and the fact we blew up all of our old buildings)

[menace1069]

It's really neat to see the pics of how downtown Jax looked, but I am glad about the sign ordinance...it just cleaned things up, although it does strip away a little of the personality.

I must respectfully disagree, I think that it is one of the main reasons our downtown looks so sterile. (That, and the fact we blew up all of our old buildings)

Yea, it does seem that Jax is real quick to demolish older buildings.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Loved those colorful Florida U.S. highway shields.

[Gunnar]

Wow - cars, people, buildings, shops - life ! If it weren't for a few individual remaining and recognizeable buildings, one might think the photos are of a different city altogether.

As for the signage - that's something I would expect of a dt area - just makes it seem more alive. It does not need to go to Vegas extremes, though.

[Redbaron616]

Sign ordinances have gotten way out of hand. I didn't think the signs looked bad. Well intentioned sign ordinances have been the death of businesses, no doubt. If people can't see you sign, they may not even know you have a business there. If they don't know, they can't spend money there. Regulation for the sake of regulation is killing America.