Duval County Courthouse Renderings

[thelakelander]

Its shorter than I imagined it would be but it looks like it does in the proposed renderings.  Personally, I'm more interested into the look and features of the grounds surrounding the building than the building itself.

[CS Foltz]

lake I am also...............from what I understand the "green area's" are for future expansion! That way we get to not only pay for more past the voter approved $190 Million but will get to pay again at some future point! I still have not found out just how we are supposed to pay for this $350 Million Dollar ediface! Maybe Johnny is going to break out one of his piggy banks.....or maybe he will use book #7!

[duvaldude08]

Hopefully our next mayor will use it as green space, and not for "future expansion". I will say all the activity in the area looks pretty impression from the interstate. Aside from the courthouse, you can see Baptist starting to work on demolition for their adult tower ( which I just noticed the huge Crane this morning), and even the construction 95/I10 gives the impression that were "busy" LOL Although not seen from the interstate, everything going with Laura street (road work and the possible renovation of the trio and barnett building.), and the Landing resolving parking, I'm pretty content for the moment.  

[Lunican]

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/10363234001?isVid=1&videoId=103406361001&playerID=10363234001&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true

[Jason]

Bring on the infill!

[WillNevaLeaveJAX]

IDK if anyone already asked this question but once the new courthouse facility is complete an bein operated, wat will happen to the old courthouses???

[Timkin]

  * driving Wrecking ball from Arlington to Old Courthouse building as we speak... While Im waiting, think I ll take down the Park View Inn  . 

[Timkin]

just kidding.

[hanjin1]

IDK if anyone already asked this question but once the new courthouse facility is complete an bein operated, wat will happen to the old courthouses???

it'll probably stay empty until it deteriorates and has to be torn down, you know just like every other building downtown.
in all seriousness, who knows? hopefully it'll turn into something useful, maybe like into a new convention center area, but i doubt we will know what will happen for awhile.

[Timkin]

  couldn't have put it better myself.

[uptowngirl]

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that every rendering of this monster looks to be white? I drove past this monster (I call it a monster because it is so very HUGE, I mean HUGE!) this weekend a couple of times from different directions and it appears to be  baby kaka brown to me. Perhaps I am color blind, but it does not look like the renderings I have seen, and actually seems pretty ugly, and very new constructiony looking, not grandly historic (except in size maybe).

[tufsu1]

I think the color matches pretty closely the historic old Federal courthouse next door...which is to be integrated into the project

[Lunican]

The new Duval County Courthouse as of 1/7/11 4:55pm.

[stjr]

The new Duval County Courthouse as of 1/7/11 4:55pm.

Lunican, nice picture, ugly building, waste of multiple downtown blocks.  

By the way, is that a wall across the front of the building, against which construction materials are staged?  Is it staying?  It appears to completely separate the building from and/or divides the "green" that is supposed to be in front of it.

[tufsu1]

actually I think that is the top of the parking garage a block away