Downtown Construction Update - October 2009

untarded · October 06, 2009, 01:22:16 PM

Quote from: Ethylene on October 06, 2009, 12:51:09 PM
Oh, and as for Springfield those crazy new colors are all on the west side so far...just saying!

The Fish Market is on the east side of Main.

I'll hold my opinion on the colors until they are completed.

Ethylene · October 06, 2009, 01:30:57 PM

I stand corrected...I made the leap when Stephen mentioned colors on "the one next to Boomtown Loft" and I was thinking the old Boomtown and that he meant the Fish Market, but it seems he may have been referring to more than the two in question, ie Waffa's and the Fish Market. What color is the Fish Market anyway? A fresh coat of paint always works wonders! What is Boomtown Loft?

heights unknown · October 06, 2009, 07:01:36 PM

Quite inspiring. The Courthouse seems to be the main construction thing downtown now. It is good to see those cranes creaking around and over construction of the Courthouse site. Otherwise, seems kind of quiet around Jax, but same is happening around the nation.

Heights Unknown

thekillingwax · October 07, 2009, 01:33:35 AM

I'll take crazy pink and fuchsia any day over boarded up windows and empty storefronts. Besides, I don't care what color they paint it, Wafaa and Mike's is awesome.

clemjax · October 07, 2009, 08:59:57 AM

First Presbyterian Church, The Spirit of the City, has started it's parking lot beautification project. The parking lot is located between Adams & Monroe across from the old Morocco Temple bldg.

TPC · October 07, 2009, 09:06:14 AM

I think Wafaa and Mike's should have asked Content Design for some color suggestions.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-may-recreating-jacksonville-the-urban-facelift-project

jason_contentdg · October 07, 2009, 10:30:22 AM

The fish market may actually be in the Urban Facelift Project hopper....

jason_contentdg · October 07, 2009, 04:08:02 PM

Is the fish market only taking up the one bay at the north end of the building?

thelakelander · October 07, 2009, 04:24:48 PM

From what I can tell, its taking up at least the three bays to the south.

jason_contentdg · October 07, 2009, 04:36:24 PM

^ Hmm, I can't tell...I thought with the paper only over the 1st bay that construction was taking place there, and the other bays almost look like their being used as storage.

NM, I zoomed in on the picture and can see that all of the bays are covered, the south 3 in plastic...

Thanks for the help!

jason_contentdg · October 07, 2009, 04:46:55 PM

Cool, thanks for the info Stephen.

urbanlibertarian · October 07, 2009, 08:30:57 PM

clemjax wrote: "First Presbyterian Church, The Spirit of the City, has started it's parking lot beautification project. The parking lot is located between Adams & Monroe across from the old Morocco Temple bldg."

I guess a beautiful parking lot is better than an ugly one. Thanks for the info.

mtraininjax · October 09, 2009, 09:47:39 AM

New article in the TU today says that the JEDC is going to help fund the build-out at 20 East Adams. They are going to pay $$$ to the owner as the floors are completed, so as not to give it all away upfront, as they have in the past. I like this and its good for downtown. Here is the link:

http://jacksonville.com/business/2009-10-09/story/renovation_of_downtown_jacksonville_building_gets_accelerated_payout

Jason · October 09, 2009, 11:38:10 AM

Makes sence to do it a floor at a time. Hopefully this will get the damn building finished already!

RockStar · October 15, 2009, 07:10:34 AM

The reason the metrojax links show up before the website is because it's a placeholder site right now. Metatags describing the site haven't been coded, so google shows what it shows in whatever algorithm it uses.