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#11

Urban Issues / Re: Sights & Scenes: Downtown ...

Last post by Charles Hunter - February 10, 2026, 03:28:45 PM

The domed building at Euclid and 9th is interesting. Any idea what it was originally? I see from Google Street View that it now houses a grocery and a theater.

Is it Cleveland that is trying to decide between refurbishing the Browns' stadium or moving to one of several suburban locations?

#12

Downtown / Re: Its time for the Laura Str...

Last post by acme54321 - February 10, 2026, 02:41:44 PM

It's a bold strategy, Cotton!

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#13

Urban Issues / Sights & Scenes: Downtown Clev...

Last post by thelakelander - February 10, 2026, 01:17:32 PM

In town for a business trip, The Jaxson's Ennis Davis shares a few sights and scenes from the streets of a snow covered Downtown Cleveland.

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/sights-scenes-downtown-cleveland/

#14

Science and Technology / Re: Wordle?

Last post by Charles Hunter - February 10, 2026, 11:44:30 AM

Wordle 1,697 - 3/6

Connections - no errors, Purple first
- saw that Blue (last) were connected, but didn't match their connection

Strands - no hints, Spangram #6

Pips
Easy = 0:28
Medium - 12:00, tried to insist on an incorrect placement

#15

Downtown / Re: Council Meeting Set for Mo...

Last post by Jankelope - February 10, 2026, 10:14:29 AM

Four Seasons is something that can complement an already thriving downtown. We are just not there yet. I do think we are investing appropriately in the parks, it just takes a long time. MOSH should already be open, and yet it hasn't broke ground yet. I do think there is something to be said for the Lot J thread where as much as that was a "handout" to developers, it actually did create retail, hotel, residential, entertainment clustered together.

I personally cant understand why we can't drop tens of millions to just add bay street retail across the street  from the exisiting retial.

#16

Downtown / Re: Its time for the Laura Str...

Last post by Steve - February 10, 2026, 10:05:20 AM

Well, this is an interesting quirk - Becovic has taken assignment of the mortgage on it:

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2026/feb/10/buyer-of-barnett-building-takes-over-mortgage-downtown-jacksonvilles-historic-laura-street-trio/

Clearly they're still involved.

#17

Science and Technology / Re: Wordle?

Last post by jaxlongtimer - February 09, 2026, 11:04:29 PM

Wordle 1,696 4/6

Connections - Y, G, 3 of 4 blue, then busted

Strands - solved with no hints, Spangram #1.

Pips #176 Easy
0:24
Pips #176 Medium
1:22
Pips #176 Hard
8:25

Daily Quordle 1477 - Total = 25
8️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/

#18

Downtown / Re: Council Meeting Set for Mo...

Last post by jaxlongtimer - February 09, 2026, 10:25:45 PM

If the City had started from Day One putting the dollars allocated to incentives into infrastructure and small business development instead of in the pockets of developers, we would not be on this endless treadmill of handouts.  Rather, all citizens of Jacksonville, not just special interests, would benefit from these dollars and developers would be knocking down Downtown doors to build there.

Until we stop this incentive madness, and redeploy such dollars, we will continue to be flushing the taxpayer dollars down the Downtown drain. 

Most successful downtowns I have seen, big and small, have followed the path of letting infrastructure and civic investments lead the way.  I don't see much of that here, if anywhere lately, other than the new downtown parks and Emerald Trail.  They are a good start, but just a down payment on what else needs to take place.

Imagine, if we took all the incentive dollars, now likely approaching hundreds of millions to a billion dollars, inflation adjusted, and used that the way I propose.  The Four Seasons, by example, will do nothing to boost downtown over time.  As such, it will struggle like the Hyatt and Omni because it takes a village to make all these projects successful, not "islands in a stream."

#19

Downtown / Re: Its time for the Laura Str...

Last post by Ken_FSU - February 09, 2026, 09:04:40 PM

Listening to the City Council committee meeting going on right now, Mike Weinstein just said that the purchase agreement for the Trio fell through. Steve Atkins still owns the building. It sounds like they are working on another deal. It's Groundhog Day I guess.

I actually came away a little more optimistic, Joey!

Weinstein - who I think is one of the straightest shooters in the entire city - said that even though the sale hasn't gone through, the existing buyer remains engaged, and that he is the most optimistic he's ever been that the Trio is going to move forward, with all three buildings intact, at a moderate cost to the taxpayers.

#20

Downtown / Re: Its time for the Laura Str...

Last post by heights unknown - February 09, 2026, 01:20:11 PM

Listening to the City Council committee meeting going on right now, Mike Weinstein just said that the purchase agreement for the Trio fell through. Steve Atkins still owns the building. It sounds like they are working on another deal. It's Groundhog Day I guess.

My my my; I'm like Liam Coen right now when he was asked by a Radio Show to sit down and explain what happened in Tampa. Of course Liam snuck out of Tampa in the middle of the night. When the Radio Host asked Liam to sit, Liam rolled his eyes to the back of his head and kept walking. Then about 30 seconds later, he came back, and asked the Radio host, "what happened last year in Tampa?" And then walked off for good, after receiving a hug from Baker Mayfield. I'm just rolling my eyes in the back of my head about all of this. Why don't they (the City purchase the Trio) just raze/demolish the Trio; its just crumbling and may not pass inspection anyway. Maybe Bryan Moll will take over the Trio (he already has too much on his plate as it is, so, don't think that will happen).