Urban Neighborhoods: Durkeeville

[thelakelander]

^FYI, their original locations were downtown. 

Stanton: http://www.stantoncollegeprep.org/central/?q=node/21

Edward Waters College: http://www.ewc.edu/home/about-us/history

[Ocklawaha]

Can you imagine what a blowtorch would be lit up in Durkeeville if that streetcar subway is used to connect Riverside and down Bay to The Terminal? Now from the junction of Bay and Myrtle, run that line right back where it was historically - right up Myrtle and into the heart of Durkeeville.

Perhaps: Union Station - Bay Street to Myrtle to 8TH to Shand's to Main to Water to Union Station.
With a new Courthouse down the road (somewhere) another loop back could be done on Pearl or Davis all the way to Bay, again all of these lines already have track under the pavement... Waiting for the next streetcar, Silent since December 1936.    

OCKLAWAHA

[stjr]

No mention of its impact, but I would think the construction of I-95, based on the map, didn't do any favors for this neighborhood. It would be interesting to see an article or study one day on how Jax's expressways changed the city on both sides of the river.  This may be one of the greatest pieces of social engineering ever imposed on the City and could show just how important transit modes and routes are to determining our future.

[I-10east]

Raines C/O 96' but it's all good

I lived a great part of my childhood in Durkeeville for a lil' while (87' to 95')

Outstanding job with the article Lake; That's stating the obvious.

[gogators07]

Stanton has again been named as one of the top high schools in the country.

http://www.news4jax.com/education/21918999/detail.html

[sheclown]

I found the bungalow duplex buildings in the story about Durkeeville.  The picture is the 7th one in the write up.  It shows 3 of the bungalows.  They are on Moncrief Rd. east of Stanton Prep. School.  They start at 13th and Moncrief.

chas1445.

Thanks for the picture! 

[duvaldude08]

I would have loved to see more pics from the old durkeeville. That why I could see what it looked like back then. but those Durkeeville Projects were the worse. I was so glad when they tore those things down and built the oaks. Those were one of the worse projects we had here.

[Garden guy]

Not to be disrespectful but it is nice to see african american men without their "pantsontheground"...

[billy]

I seriously want to know, and I don't mean to offend by asking but does the name Durkeeville originate from old racist slang? (Darkeeville?)

What about Eugene Durkee, inventor of the Durkee famous Sauce?

Durkeeville was founded by Joseph Henry Durkee.  He was a Union Army captain and pallbearer at President Lincoln's funeral who settled in Jacksonville after the Civil War.