The 1992 Downtown White Paper

[Metro Jacksonville]

The 1992 Downtown White Paper

Five Years have passed since the 1987 plan which reformulated the 1972 Masterplan.
In the twenty that have passed since the '72 Plan was implemented, most of the elements of that strategy have been executed.

Massive redevelopment of the Hemming Park area, the implementation of the ASE, the reconstruction of the Riverfront, the installment of the "Loop System" and the deliberate creation of "Pedestrian Malls".

The result, complete, crashing failure at the expense of a billion dollars of taxpayer money.  The renovations obliterated the retail district, the loop system stifled and confused downtown patrons, the Skyway was a non starter connecting nothing directly to nothing, right through the middle of nothing.  By 1992 it was apparent that the Riverfront development, the Jacksonville Landing was headed for trouble.  

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