Woman Decapitated in Downtown Jacksonville Neighborhood!!!

[Jerry Moran]

It happened at 1561 West 6th St. in Downto..., no wait a minute, Durkeeville?  As in College Park?  Like right next to Edward Waters College, which is way up Kings Road on the other side of I-95, and a long way from what is commonly known as Downtown Jacksonville?

The Media tells it thus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EFnjR19eKw

All the television news viewer hears is Downtown, Downtown, Downtown.  It doesn't matter that this incident happened miles away from the Core, and what is generally considered to be Downtown.



Years ago, before I wrote off Downtown Vision Incorporated as a worthless, money wasting organization, I would call it's executive director, Terry Lorince, every time the media attributed another atrocity to 'Downtown".   Well, here we are today, and nothing has changed (other than the addition to Downtown of some Charley Brown hanging baskets and silly rah-rah stickers stuck on everything).  After all this time, nothing has been done to effectively change even the Media's perception of Downtown Jacksonville.

Now, I was impressed with the contents of the recent DVI white paper Turning the Corner: Rethinking and Remaking Downtown http://downtownjacksonville.org/_images/_documents/Turning%20the%20Corner%20_%20Rethinking%20and%20Remaking%20Downtown%20FINAL%20low%20res.pdf.  I even attended last Wednesday's meeting that DVI called.  Through the paper, DVI appears to finally acknowledge the complaints that property owners, residents, and merchants have been making for years.

There may yet be hope for DVI, by starting with the little things:

I suggest to DVI that someone from their office get on the phone this morning, call WTEV, and tell them that College Park / Durkeeville is not Downtown Jacksonville, and has nothing to do with Downtown Jacksonville, other than providing night lodging for some of the bums that spend the day in Hemming Park.  Additionally, DVI must insist that WTEV make a clarification with it's next news broadcast.  Additionally, WTEV must refrain from calling the entire area north of San Marco and south of the Trout River "Downtown", and use the correct name for whatever area they are reporting on.

DVI, give this a shot, and then let's see if you are up to bigger projects.

[Joe]

For whatever it's worth, ActionNew's web article now correctly lists the area as "Northwest Jacksonville." I guess someone bothered to do a little fact checking after the original report aired.

Also, Channel 4 and the Times Union correctly reported Northwest Jax. FirstCoastNew just listed the address and didn't mention a neighborhood.

Regardless, a women was decapitated. Pretty crazy. Apparently the body was found in her house, and the head was found in an empty lot owned by Edward Waters College.

[I-10east]

I had drove by both the crime scenes (down Tyler St.) not knowing what was going on at the time. How awful, and tragic!

The Jax media does not know this city period. The only areas that they probably know are the upscale areas of the city where they live. You'd think that someone would have been working at those stations long enough to correct obvious erroneous infomation. Hmmm, no parking meters here, is it DT?

[Jerry Moran]

Hmmm, no parking meters here, is it DT?

That's very funny.

[braeburn]

I have lived in DT since 2007 and have no idea where these places are...

[north miami]

Having spent three days at the city marina Downtown for the Jacksonville Boat Show I listened to many discussions regarding "downtown". Nothing positive.

[duvaldude08]

I do not consider that area as "downtown". I was actually upset when the news said that. They do that quite often when reporting. That area more consider the Northside than downtown.

[tufsu1]

Having spent three days at the city marina Downtown for the Jacksonville Boat Show I listened to many discussions regarding "downtown". Nothing positive.

maybe you should listen to some of the visitors at the Hyatt and The Landing.

in fact, I had 3 people visiting this weekend from Atlanta who had never been here....they loved being able to sit outside at a restaurant on the river and watch sports on big screen TVs!

[stjr]

Jax has grown to the point were "quadrant" names like Southside, Westside, Northside, Downtown are way too general in describing an area.  Our neighborhoods can change drastically in just a block or two and broad geographic names are not very useful.

Most reporters to town, especially for television, are here only a year or two and never seem to grasp the character of the areas they report from (as if they really cared!).  Listening to them mangle local geographic names is a good clue to their local incompetence.  The quadrant names are about as much local geography as they are capable of comprehending.  Of course, the broader the geographic name, the more viewers tune in to see how "close to home" the crime of the day is.  It's all about eyeballs.

[reednavy]

The only station that seems to do an ok job with geography is WJXT. All the others, especially Action News, screw it all up.

[I-10east]

Mother beheaded by her son. They have a special place in hell for him!

www.news4jax.com/news/23264007/detail.html

[Ocklawaha]

If the city and cities business groups would place signs at the neighborhood entries, it would make things much easier.  For example a standard size and color (purple!) sign, then each neighborhood can label in letters X high, and in any color or design they choose.

If the same crime happened in MUCH LARGER Los Angeles, Paramount wouldn't accept Lywood's blame, Lynwood wouldn't hear of Comption, who would deny Watt's, none of which can stand Bellflower, City Of Industry, or Hawaiian Gardens! The new's WOULD get it right.


OCKLAWAHA

[Bill Ectric]

The whole thing sounds like a David Lynch movie.

[Coolyfett]

I have lived in DT since 2007 and have no idea where these places are...

Jaxis a very big city many barely leave the area they live at. This is crazy news though. Someone was trying to make a point.

[buckethead]

I heard on the radio that the woman's son had been arrested for the crime.

Hate crime?