A Different View of the Southbank

Started by thelakelander, March 28, 2010, 10:50:29 PM

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thelakelander

March 28, 2010, 10:50:29 PM
How times change.  I just came across this image while looking for historic images of another Jacksonville neighborhood.



http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1960/60-9/port.html
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Keith-N-Jax

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March 28, 2010, 11:14:15 PM
The old coliseum in the background.

Ernest Street

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March 29, 2010, 12:15:45 AM Last Edit: March 29, 2010, 12:20:32 AM by Ernest Street
Life before 52' semi trailers and Fed-Ex.
Could anyone picture Jax-Port Volumes unloading down town??
We truly outgrew the shipyards,and they would have been Hell to keep clean in this day and age. the river is so small there,and we still have the Power plant debris(Dioxin?/Asphalt?) that is permenantly embeded into the rocks on the south bank to deal with.

BridgeTroll

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March 29, 2010, 07:05:12 AM
Cool article... :)
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

finehoe

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March 29, 2010, 10:05:19 AM
Quotebig muscles, a patch on one eye and grime on its face

A patch on one eye?  Pirates? :D
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