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#71
Downtown / Re: Culinary Institute of Amer...
Last post by Ken_FSU - July 21, 2026, 08:58:04 PM
Quote from: Aristocles on July 21, 2026, 07:14:44 PMI'd actually like to see the food hall add more to the streetscape rather than be off in a park. Parks are nice but ultimately they don't make a city; streets and the buildings along them do.

Quote from: fsu813 on July 17, 2026, 05:31:58 PM^ I believe there have been preliminary discussions about CIA potentially using currently vacant restaurant space in Downtown, as well.

Interesting! Bread & Board Provisions still needs a tenant. FSCJ's test kitchen (later Jumping Jax) is still there. Snyder would be a great home for a small food hall or restaurant with live music too.

#72
Downtown / Re: Sights and Scenes: Pearl S...
Last post by Ken_FSU - July 21, 2026, 08:54:25 PM
Quote from: Skybox111 on July 21, 2026, 07:47:53 PM
you can see n8 is still empty no one there i guess that equipment was from the apartment next to it. Wondering if investors are saying not to start construction until the pubix situation is done and to see if the apartments are going to be rented out quick enough to justify that tower to be built. Cause this should've started back in may and june more of this stalling approach needs to be addressed as to why nothing has happened.

Gateway Jax is the group I'm least worried about in terms of following through in Downtown Jacksonville right now. Seems like it's less stalling, and more reprioritizing the order in which they deliver. Ambassador is moving fast. The office block is probably coming next, with a significant announcement about office tenant. Lighthouse Garage is moving swiftly. Publix should be nearing the finish line in terms of incentive negotiations. And don't forget they still work to deliver to the city over the next two months with Riverfront Plaza. It'll happen when it happens.
#73
Downtown / Re: Sights and Scenes: Pearl S...
Last post by Skybox111 - July 21, 2026, 07:47:53 PM
you can see n8 is still empty no one there i guess that equipment was from the apartment next to it. Wondering if investors are saying not to start construction until the pubix situation is done and to see if the apartments are going to be rented out quick enough to justify that tower to be built. Cause this should've started back in may and june more of this stalling approach needs to be addressed as to why nothing has happened.
#74
The Photoboard / Re: Visions of Vibrancy: Pitts...
Last post by jcjohnpaint - July 21, 2026, 07:22:20 PM
Quote from: jaxlongtimer on July 21, 2026, 12:13:39 AMImpressed by:
- Lot of extra wide sidewalks, often due to narrow streets.
- Cleanliness, no trash I could see in any of these photos.  Looked like everything is well swept. Even along the railroad tracks.
- Solid mix of preserved historic buildings and distinctive new buildings.
- Greenery, green spaces and green sides along the water.
- Pedestrian friendly streetscapes.
- Vibrant street facings, not parking garages and hardly any blank walls.

How does Pittsburgh handle transit?  I only saw one bus in the pictures and a painted bus lane.  No rail.

The T runs from downtown to far Southside. It leaves the underground and is more like a streetcar. There was a new(er) extension under the river to the stadiums. I believe they had rail to East Liberty, but is now a brt.
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Downtown / Re: Culinary Institute of Amer...
Last post by Aristocles - July 21, 2026, 07:14:44 PM
I'd actually like to see the food hall add more to the streetscape rather than be off in a park. Parks are nice but ultimately they don't make a city; streets and the buildings along them do.
#76
The Photoboard / Re: Visions of Vibrancy: Pitts...
Last post by Aristocles - July 21, 2026, 07:03:49 PM
They don't even have 10,000 people living in the golden triangle (though a lot live right near it) and they still have all this vitality - plenty of national chains, housing and offices, mom and pop establishments, it's all there. The big difference between the golden triangle and downtown Jax is the golden triangle is considered a good market to be in. This is something downtown Jax is still working on.
#77
Politics / Re: Deegan proposes $2.03B bud...
Last post by Jankelope - July 21, 2026, 03:29:56 PM
A 1.1% increase in the budget when you have 2.7% CPI from 2025 is effectively a decrease.
#78
Downtown / Re: Fincantieri Marine dry doc...
Last post by BridgeTroll - July 21, 2026, 02:57:50 PM
Nice. Do they have a government contract for anything specific?
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Science and Technology / Re: Wordle?
Last post by Charles Hunter - July 21, 2026, 12:03:01 PM
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#80
From the article
QuoteOn Saturday, all three candidates appeared at a public forum.

I hope Ford didn't expense his trip to Dallas to the JTA.


To echo jaxlongtimer, the article's conclusion could have been written by someone from the Jaxson.
QuoteTo cities and state leaders who think of DART, and even fixed-route transit generally, as a relic of the 1980s, Ford is selling what they are buying: things like innovative vaporware solutions pitched as an easy way out of the very uneasy situation transit faces in the Dallas area. Political tradeoffs aren't anything new to DART, but the current situation demands a CEO who can manage political relationships without giving in to them and who serves riders instead of turning them into pawns to be sacrificed for headline-getting pet projects. We ought to have learned our lesson about what happens when you build transit for politicians over riders by now.

In the week since Tuesday's meeting, Ford's many scandals have started bubbling up into the Dallas press. The board will have been given a whole week since Tuesday to learn about their "Candidate A" when they meet again on July 21. It's possible he is up to the task; he will fit into the role smoothly and serve the agency well. However, DART's future requires walking carefully down a narrow path, and Ford's record is nothing but shaky.

Will be interesting to see if a week's marination has changed any minds on the DART board. Will they make a bullseye, or ... the something from the other end of the bull?