Murray Hill's Edgewood Avenue Reimagined!

[thelakelander]

Imagine if we could turn Edgewood Avenue from this:



Into this:



or this:

[CCMjax]

Nice . . . Murray Hill is like Avondale on a budget except it needs some work to even become that.  Some streetscape work would go a long way to make it a little more appealing to both customers and businesses.  And if there ever is a commuter rail in Jacksonville that would make a great stop.

[Josh]

Nice . . . Murray Hill is like Avondale on a budget except it needs some work to even become that.  Some streetscape work would go a long way to make it a little more appealing to both customers and businesses.  And if there ever is a commuter rail in Jacksonville that would make a great stop.

Streetscaping would go a long way, but it'll take a lot of effort to maintain all of that foliage going forward. Right now they can't even maintain the one piece of landscaping at the end of the crosswalk of Edgewood and Mayflower; it's completely overgrown and makes visibility at that intersection difficult.

Riverside-Avondale is certainly no better at this itself. The streetscaping on King St. is becoming overgrown with Bermuda grass, and Ingleside has been an overgrown disaster for years.

[mtraininjax]

Riverside-Avondale is certainly no better at this itself. The streetscaping on King St. is becoming overgrown with Bermuda grass, and Ingleside has been an overgrown disaster for years.

Need a strong Merchant Community. Gary and Sandy Polenta (former owners of Edgewood Bakery) were the last Presidents of the MHPA Merchant Community. It disbanded and no one has really picked up the ball to run with it. Someone in the merchant community needs to step up.

That drawing looks like a Rouse drawing, reminds me of those that came out of the closet for the 1985 drawings of the Jacksonville Landing.

Need to slow down the racetrack known as Edgewood, turn it into 1 way each way with landscaping down the middle. Councilman Warren Jones ran out of time before he could work on that project.

[johnnyliar]

With a bunch of new businesses in the area, maybe one of the new owners is looking to bring back the MHPA Merchants association?

[Captain Zissou]

With a bunch of new businesses in the area, maybe one of the new owners is looking to bring back the MHPA Merchants association?

Now that they have a young and energetic landlord in the area, Max, maybe they can get something going.

[ProjectMaximus]

Love the conceptuals, Ennis.
I wonder what exactly the JTA has in store should they receive the TIGER grants. The streets are wide enough to get pretty creative.

With a bunch of new businesses in the area, maybe one of the new owners is looking to bring back the MHPA Merchants association?

This would be awesome. Finally met with Will of Vagabond and guys like him will blow this neighborhood up in no time at all.

With a bunch of new businesses in the area, maybe one of the new owners is looking to bring back the MHPA Merchants association?

Now that they have a young and energetic landlord in the area, Max, maybe they can get something going.

hahaha. We'll do what we can. I'm working diligently to present the potential of the area to the right people...if we get a charette organized I'm also hoping it will be a way to showcase the passion and support of the community. I know Vagabond's opening is displaying that already.

[Dionna]

I would love to see this happen in Murray Hill. I live in Murray Hill there is much potential to improve this area !!

[CCMjax]

I would love to see this happen in Murray Hill. I live in Murray Hill there is much potential to improve this area !!

Kind of like St. Nicholas.  Similar neighborhoods right next to vibrant higher priced neighborhoods.

[Rynjny]

Driving down Edgewood ave, the street is just unattractive..Streetscape would be nice.

[BennyKrik]

Please make sure to plant Palm trees and not any other shrub
Then my experience of sitting at the perfect rack while sipping bourbin will be complete

[mtraininjax]

What is really sad is that even Edgewood Bakery's median (in front of the store) and streetscape is overgrown with weeds and looks like crap.

[jaxlore]

It always kills me that that convince store with the hideous yellow paint was allowed to open there. Talk about a ding on the neighborhood.

https://goo.gl/maps/tEmxV

[BennyKrik]

That convenience store been yellow for very long time.
Stop nitpicking. Yellow is traditional southern color

As if tall grass and yellow paint make Edgewood lame.
Nevermind the  crime, the litter, the homeless, and 3 dozen boarded up properties

[jaxnyc79]

I would love to see this happen in Murray Hill. I live in Murray Hill there is much potential to improve this area !!

Kind of like St. Nicholas.  Similar neighborhoods right next to vibrant higher priced neighborhoods.

I see redevelopment frenzies of neighborhoods like Murray Hill happening in cities all across the country and all across the world.  Why can't Jax get more going with its in-town neighborhoods?  Sure there are small-scale things underway, but nothing on a grand scale.  You drive 2 or 3 minutes in an in-town Jax neighborhood, see a small nice and tidy stretch, and then you're back to something shabby-looking or back to tall signs and strip centers akin to some sort of highway truck stop.  Is the "city" just far poorer and in worse shape than we realize, and no one is in crisis mode because the sad state of affairs is diluted by consolidation?  I mean, any county can have clear-cutting of pine trees and a wal-mart-anchored strip center built.  But if there's no dense and vibrant build-out of the in-town zones, then the city is nothing to get worked up about...no?