Jacksonville may have been a smaller city, but our streets sure looked a lot prettier and with more character than anything we have left today >:( !
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Fantastic finds!!! :o
Indeed!
Thanks for posting
These images show why places who have preserved their older building stock (ex. Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, etc.) are so special.
Wow...definitely some amazing postcards/photos
Quote from: thelakelander on May 05, 2009, 01:00:22 PMThese images show why places who have preserved their older building stock (ex. Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, etc.) are so special.
and let me add...Philadelphia
Absolutely Heart wrenching that most of this does not exist any longer :(
I am struck by the resemblance to today's New Orleans. Does growth necessitate tearing down history?
The totally wrong leadership in Jacksonville is why most everything that was ever beautiful and significant in our downtown area is either a Parking Garage, surface parking or blighted vacant lot.
sad.
Quote from: Timkin on February 09, 2011, 02:37:29 PM
The totally wrong leadership in Jacksonville is why most everything that was ever beautiful and significant in our downtown area is either a Parking Garage, surface parking or blighted vacant lot.
That is probably the most correct statement about jacksonville i have ever heard....hopefull we can elect some modern evolved people that will hold our places up in the light and not bulldozing them down...personally i'd love to make an amendment in our city charter that would ban that behavior. If we can afford to build these massive buildings and give cash away to an nfl team who does'nt need the money...we can save every old building in this city.
Quote from: Garden guy on February 12, 2011, 08:50:38 AM
That is probably the most correct statement about jacksonville i have ever heard....hopefully we can elect some modern evolved people that will hold our places up in the light and not bulldozing them down...personally i'd love to make an amendment in our city charter that would ban that behavior. If we can afford to build these massive buildings and give cash away to an nfl team who does'nt need the money...we can save every old building in this city.
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To me this is one of the most imperative issues we face...the rapid and senseless loss of our historic architecture and fabric. I would love to know which of our Mayoral canidates, if any of them ,even give a damn about this. CLEARLY the current administration did not, and all in the last 50 years have not.
Thank you G G ..... appreciate the support.