Ten Reasons to Save Fire Station Five

[JaxNative68]

Unfortunately, it doesn't cost much to tear down buildings.  That's why the option is pursued so often.  Don't count on avoiding that cost as a major factor in Fidelity's thinking.  The added bonus of demoliton to the property owner is that they don't pay extra property taxes on the "improvements".  Sad but true.

If Fidelity does something, it will be out of their "love" for our history and community.  At their size, this whole project is chump change.  Not even a week's pay in some years for their CEO or less than one hour's revenue for their group of companies.

We could hope that Fidelity donates it to the community as the "Fidelity Riverside-Brooklyn Community Center".  RAP and the City of Jacksonville should jointly ask them.

if the city leader show no love for our history and community, why should fidelity?

[ChriswUfGator]

It's ridiculous that this thread even exists. Only in Jacksonville.

Has anybody actually invested in the set of amazing architectural books which have been published about our local history and architecture? And compared what's in the book to the utter wasteland that the downtown area is now?

It's individual things like the loss of this firestation, combined to some extent with the racially misanthropic visions of urban development in the 1950's and 1960's, and the apathy towards preservation of the 1980's and 1990's, that over many years, made it this way. PUT A STOP TO IT BEFORE ANOTHER ONE IS LOST.

[Timkin]

Chris....  Appreciate your viewpoint and I would love to invest in the book set you mentioned.   I'm not sure what your point is in your first statement. "It's ridiculous that this thread even exists. Only in Jacksonville" . 

What is ridiculous are the people who come to this and other threads and spew nothing but negativity.   They will preach all day long about abandon buildings historic or not and how they need to be destroyed..  They will condemn pretty much Historic Landmarks but never lift a finger to do anything to help them or for that matter to help their community.

My words are backed up by actions.  I will fight to see anything Historic Preserved if I think it has even a granule of hope of being saved and reused. 

As a backup plan to FireStation 5  I think I will contact my two sources of Movers and see if either of them would be interested in the building.  They have been known many times to take buildings that are usable as FS 5 very definitely still is ..and relocate them.

[mtraininjax]

Timken, bravo, I applaud your efforts, but knowing movers, why would they want to move something that costs a lot of money and resources? Where are they moving it to? Do you have a definate location, address for the building?

I'd like to know so I can lobby my councilperson in that area to reject it.

[Timkin]

Mtrain..
    Perhaps it would be suitable if I no longer post on the MetroJacksonville site.  You seem to have an axe to grind and I fail to understand your brain at all except that you want everything that is vacant leveled and hauled to a dump.   

[Ocklawaha]

Keep on truckin Timkin! Remember the old proverb...

There Are Three Types of People in This World: Those Who Make Things Happen, Those Who Watch Things Happen and Those Who Wonder What Happened.

Guess which one we are and which one MTrain seems to be?


Yeah, I thought so!

OCKLAWAHA

[Timkin]

I would not give M the satisfaction of not posting.....   

Have another Schlitz, M.   that seems to be the one thing you do make happen

[ricker]

LONG LIVE THE LOVE OF FS#5 & PS#4!
The old firehouse was beautiful with its original dormer - and looks great dead ahead as anyone new to Riverside, DT  Forest/I10 approaches the river.
Similar to the building which previously housed Amsterdam Sky Cafe immediately outside the VeteransMemorial Arena.
old and new together.
What's with all the temporary looking light poles around A/L ps4? I have NEVER seen them on.
do tell.

[Dog Walker]

Some of those lights are on now and absolutely BLAST the neighborhoods close to them with light so bright you can't keep it out of your house.

I don't see how the residents who have rooms at the north end of Parkridge Nursing Home can get any sleep.

The new lights are much brighter than those that they replaced.

[JaxNative68]

Keep on truckin Timkin! Remember the old proverb...

There Are Three Types of People in This World: Those Who Make Things Happen, Those Who Watch Things Happen and Those Who Wonder What Happened.

Guess which one we are and which one MTrain seems to be?


Yeah, I thought so!

OCKLAWAHA

you forgot about the fourth type: Those who talk about making things happen only to sound important, but are actually unable to make things happen, but continue to talk a great game until the time comes to actually make something happen and then are nowhere to be found.  Unfortunately the world is full of the fourth type right now.

[ricker]

was it "Chevy Chase" who mumbled to expect nothing so you wouldn't be disappointed?

[JaxNative68]

not that i recall, but i could be wrong... wouldn't be the first time.

but it was ted knight who yelled "you'll get nothing and like it".

[Ernest Street]

I still like.."Hey Moose,Hey Rocco..help the Judge find his checkbook!"

[ChriswUfGator]

Best movie ever.

[Ocklawaha]

This is an easy fix...

MOVE FIRE STATION 5 ACROSS THE STREET ONTO JTA PROPERTY!

Come on JTA, play the hero here, we've already got a Brooklyn Station Designed for the Skyway, but NOTHING at the location where you plan the south end of the Riverside line. That location is already owned by JTA and reserved for a Skyway station, moreover if the streetcar is built, it should pass right by the door on Forest, between Myrtle and Riverside, toss in a few buses and a potato chip truck and POOF instant HISTORIC station/TOD.

OCKLAWAHA