Before urban renewal: LaVilla's Davis Street

[thelakelander]

What does urban renewal look like? What did LaVilla, Jacksonville's oldest suburb, dating back to 1866 look like? Ask no more. We recently received access to pre-demolition photographs of properties being prepared to be razed as a part of the River City Renaissance plan. Since there are so many to share, we'll occasionally show one street at a time. Today, our focus is North Davis Street.

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[Charles Hunter]

What a crime it was to level all of this.