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[stephendare]

Just wanted to put together a list of the shops and things that have defined five points over the decades.

50s
The Golden Buddha

60s
Petersons Five and Dime.
Bogers Shoes
The Derby
Owens Pharmacy
Riverside Gowns
The Five Points Theater.

70s.
all of the above but I don't know any other places.

80s.
Edge City
River City Playhouse
The Camera Shoppe
Bridger's Display
The Frame Shop
Pizza Italian
Basel the Tailor
Repeat Performances
Foam City
Fans and Stoves
La Di Da
The Bicycle shop.
Riverside Liquors and Wine Shoppe
Heartworks Gallery

90s
Petersons Five and Dime.
Pizza Italian
Bogers Shoes
The Derby
Owens Pharmacy
Riverside Gowns
Club Five
Fusion Cafe
Five Points Deli
Richards
The Theory Shop
Now Hear This
Adcocks Costumes
Sitar of India
Kentucky Leatherworks
Clean Fun
Oppenheimers Kit Kat Club
Gold and Silver
La Di Da
Next Step Beyond Salon
Wall Street
Edge City
Nicotine
Lee Harvey Gallery
Franks Mongolian Barbeque
Riverside Liquors and Wine Shoppe
Subway Sandwiches
Heartworks Cafe
Big Shiny Shoes

2000s
Fuel Coffeehouse
Thee Imperial
Sushi Cafe
Wasabi
Starlight
Nest
Flux Gallery
Bogers
Fans and Stoves
Hovan
Pizza Italian
Studio 820
Hair Peace
Rainbows and Stars


Please help fill in the rest of the blanks!

[JeffreyS]

Riverside park as a kid feeding those ducks was an important part of my day.

[Ocklawaha]

Just thought I'd run your thread back a few years Stephen.

In 1886 the Jacksonville Street Railway (mule cars) extended from the Brooklyn Car Barn south of McCoys Creek to the end of May Street, far out of town at Five Points Swamp. A picinic grounds, park and ball fields were installed.

2/24/1893 marked the start of electric streetcar service as the first car ran up Bay to Main and out to the waterworks. The Local Humane Society launched a campaign to retire the mule cars and on 2/28/1895 the Jacksonville Street Railway matched the Main Street Railway in launching electric cars to 5-Points.

1901, the Jacksonville Street Railway extended from 5-Points to Willow Branch Park.

1909, the Ortega Company, under John N.C. Stockton, launched the Ortega Traction Company, to build South of Willow Branch into Fairfax, across the Ortega River on Grand and hence south to Ortega Village via Baltic.

1918, The Duval Traction Company built from the end of the track in Ortega to Blacks Point on the St. Johns River at Camp Johnston (present day NAS JAX). This and other quick expansions gave us the title of the largest system in Florida.

The company was denied a favorable franchise and under intense political pressure to remake transit into a modern (GM) bus system, sold out in 1932. The franchise was granted to MOTOR TRANSIT COMPANY of Boston, who was owned by NATIONAL CITY LINES of Detroit! The last streetcars ran at 11:30 AM, December 12, 1936... In a freezing rain.

Jacksonville, was targeting a population of 200,000 when the Great Florida (Building) Boom collapsed in 1926, followed by the market crash and depression in 1929. For the purpose of BUS RAPID TRANSIT hold outs, in 1926, Jacksonville Traction Company carried 23,500,000 persons. In 2008 JTA broke the 10,000,000 rider mark... Say, you still want buses?

OCKLAWAHA

[undergroundgourmet]

had to shake the brain on this one...Edge City was actually late 70's.
There was a great bakery at that time also,"Goode's" which is where The Gold Exchange is I believe. In the 80's you can't forget the lizard lounge "The 5 Points Lounge" which had these cool circular booths on both sides and a great jukebox. Wish I could buy that place and get it back to the way it was.
Before Sitar of India there was in its place a restaurant that was home style that started with a H - Harwicks? Henleys?, then Sitar of India then a fab place owned by a woman chef (rare at the time) who had a great Carribean menu (1995 ish)
And Steven what about Smart bar? or was that part of the Fusion cafe and I'm seperating them?
There was also a Hearts of Lavendar that was before its time

[Dog Walker]

" H - Harwicks? Henleys?,"

Hargrave's Steak House.  Jack Hargrave in the space next to the 5 Points Theatre.  You could get a steak for a few bucks that you could wrap around your shoulders and keep warm!  He had a black lady cook that would pound a piece of calf's liver with a coke bottle with flour, salt and pepper until it was as tender as butter, then two minutes in the pan and heaven! ( If you liked liver!)

Bobby Marindino, who still works part time at the Riverside Wine Store& Bar during the week, had live jazz in the bar on the weekends.  During the first Jacksonville Jazz Festivals some very famous people would come there to jam after the festival events were over.  Famous names with local talent.  Wonderful!

5 Points Theater was not only the first sound theater in Jax, but the first CinemaScope theater too.  Saw Lawrence of Arabia and gasped with everyone when the curtains opened up to show the wide screen.  It was the Imax of the day.

Basel the Taylor is still in 5 Points, but is now in his third location around the corner on Post next to Gina's.  He was in the space of the 5 Points Men's Shop which was next to the theater for many years and dressed all of the "power" men in Jacksonville that weren't dressed by Rosenblum's downtown.

We need Peterson's and Tower's Hardware (corner of Park and Lomax) back!  Between the two of them you could get anything you needed to live.  Before Tower's Hardware there was a grocery store there.

There has been and probably will always be an ebb and flow of stores in 5 Points that serves the changing needs of the neighborhood and those who share the values of people of the neighborhood.

[Charles Hunter]

I think Edge City actually goes back to the late 60s - selling black light posters and smoking paraphernalia (for tobacco products, of course!).  The Five Points News Stand goes back at least to the late 60s also.  I was too young to get into the "back room" there! I remember Hargrave's and Petersons - which has a side entrance on Post Street.  The Theater building was full of doctor and dentist offices.  There was a jewelry store on the corner of Post and Park - where the new "Bistro" is - was it an Underwood's?  I don't remember.

[lindab]

Five Points had some different street names around 1900. The ones I love were named for fruits - Banana Street and Orange Street. Sounds a lot more interesting than names of forgotten city politicos.

[TREE4309]

Wolfgang
O'Brothers
Mossfire
Larry's
Carribean Connection
Ragland's
Steamworks

[Shwaz]

I remember a music store that sold instruments in the 90's... I believe it was in the Gold Exchange.

Spiller's Framing (sp?) 2000's

Midnight Sun

[jbroadglide]

Don't know if this counts but there was a model railroad club in the second floor space above Owens Pharmacy for something like 25 years. The Gateway Model Railroad Club lost its lease about 3 years ago and has been looking for a space ever since. Anyone know any empty spaces that a non profit social club could rent at a very minimal charge?

[Dog Walker]

The news stand goes back at least to the early '60's and maybe the '50's.

And don't forget the Riverside Gown Shop in the 40's-60's where everyone in Riverside and Avondale bought their prom and coming-out dresses.  (Oh my, how the meanings of some words have changed with the years!)  Debutantes!

[iluvolives]

There was Hypnotique in the 90's and 2000

[L.P. Hovercraft]

Five Points had some different street names around 1900. The ones I love were named for fruits - Banana Street and Orange Street. Sounds a lot more interesting than names of forgotten city politicos.

Here here!
I recently discovered the 1930 bungalow my wife and I purchased about a year ago used to reside on Lemon Street--much more of an evocative name than the generic sounding College.

I would love to see Riverside streets revert to their earlier 20th century fruit names.

[Omarvelous09]

Milo! 
Omg.. used to love this place.

[jbroadglide]

Stephen you may have actually met me up there at the railroad club. I was a member for many years. I also remember Charlie Dixon very well. I was a reporter for several local radio stations when they use to do news and Charlie was in my rolodex.