Exploring Lakeside & St. Johns Park
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Lakeside Park and St. Johns Park are two overlooked streetcar suburbs that lie on the peninsula between Avondale, Lake Shore and Ortega.
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I just got home to Baltimore from a weekend visit to Jacksonville. My aunt lives in Avondale, and we stayed in Riverside. But I had to comment when I recoginzed Harpoon Louie's - where we had lunch on our first day in town. I love this city - maybe one day I'll be a Jacksonvillian (is that what y'all are called?)
Harpoon louies is always fun
QuoteJacksonvillian (is that what y'all are called?)
"Jaxon"
I lived on the block of Melrose Avenue and Herschel for 31 years. (That's one block over from St. Johns Avenue). Spent many a day walking past the Garden Shop and Fire Department building. The fire department had a gold fish pond and we would feed them. Had friends that lived on the corner of Fair and San Juan that was shown. Really brings back memories. I still have to drive down Melrose every once in a while to look at my old house and my grandparents house that is still there. My grandfather worked the trolly for years before he bacame a Justice of the Peace. Went to Fishwere Elementary and explored all the things shown on the video.
Follow Herschel Street to Lakeside Drive and continue past Euclid, pass Pier 17, cross the CSX A-line and continue to Hamilton St at LakeShore blvd at Bayview elementary.
Saturday June 4, 2011.
8am, across from Lamb's Yacht Center
Calling all volunteers!
JEA Forestry, Greenscapes of Jacksonville, LakeShore middleschool, JSO school resource officer, LAPS coordinated initiative.
We will be planting 32 (30gallon) trees, beginning a longterm beautification and reforestation of the ballpark surrounding the bleachers, benches, basketball court, playground equipment, dugouts and track!
(www.lapsjax.org / ww.lapsjax.blogspot.com)
We would greatly appreciate any and all able and willing bodies who could enjoy participating in giving back to the westside of our great city!
Thanks in advance!