Northbank vs Southbank

[jcjohnpaint]

I remember so many of this kind of bridge in Rome and it indeed was such an amazing place to hangout and meet people. 

[newzgrrl]

I'm with you Cap.  To me, downtown encompasses anything south of State/Union, East of I95, West of the river, and North of I95 on the southbank.

That said, there are still different sections of "downtown" and they are:
- The Northbank (the central CBD)
- The Southbank (the area on the south side of the river above I95)
- The Cathedral District
- Brooklyn
- LaVilla
- The Sports District


I think the average person should understand that if I tell them I'm going "Downtown" that I will be in one of those districts.  Everything else is a standalone section of town (i.e. Springfield, San Marco, Riverside, etc.).

Indeed. I refer to Springfield, San Marco, Riverside and Saint Nicholas as in-town neighborhoods. (Living in St. Nick, I like to make others aware that the greater tip of land south of the river isn't all San Marco.)

As for the foot bridge, height would be the issue. During the Super Bowl, it was absolutely cool to walk across the Main Street Bridge in the traffic lanes.

[Ocklawaha]

So Northbank (or Southbank) is just another sub-division of Downtown and only a bit broader then LaVilla, Fairfield, Brooklyn etc... all of which are within the historic urban core. So someone could live in LaVilla, Northbank, Downtown Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA, Earth, 3Rd inner planet from the Sun (a G4 Star), 8kpc from the center the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, In the Virgo Supercluster.

Guess that pretty well nails it.

OCKLAWAHA

Lol. you consider LaVilla the Northbank?? LaVille has no access to the river, basically land locked.

Actually yes, as LaVilla is historically a city in it's own right that even had it's own streetcar system. So LaVilla, the place, is political, while Northbank is geographical. In other words, one could consider anything loosely connected to the north bank of the river (geographical) as Northbank (the community). In other words, the north bank of the river is much more location specific then Northbank as a part of then community. For example is downtown on the north bank or in the Northbank? Bay Street is the historical north bank drive, but today it is not on the bank at all.

Oh well, I'm back off to the Klatu Nebula...  Outta sight!

OCKLAWAHA