Stockton Street Town Center

[A-Finnius]

If i missed this on another thread, I apologize.

Does anyone have any updates on this?  It looks like the ball has started rolling on this project.  I checked some of the "Urban Core Construction" updates but just found info on the middle school conversion.  I'm curious as to what the final product is suppose to look like.

[Fallen Buckeye]

http://www.coj.net/NR/rdonlyres/e7jv4yqqtexn4klpqog725lenpuuoe2yh364bho5a2ca6kdsfb4jvj3d6mhwuvhtuov7d6pkufjqx3dzoakqpswhpsa/Stockton+Street+Vision+Part+1.pdf

[A-Finnius]

I couldn't get the link to work but I did check out COJ.net and found their vision plans.  Thanks for the tip.

[letters and numbers]

hey its going to look great i think

[Brian Siebenschuh]

That's quite a URL...

[Timkin]

Looks awesome

[uptowngirl]

Looks really good!

[BridgeTroll]

I hope this eventually extends to the Stockton on the "other side of I-10". 

[Dog Walker]

We were there for the groundbreaking and it is my understanding from talking to the City people there that it will extend all the way to the railroad tracks on the north side of I-10.  The Firefighters Union and Gateway Rehab have agreed to maintain the two landscaped medians that are going in on each side of I-10.

Getting the power lines underground along that stretch is going to be a big improvement all by itself.

[Captain Zissou]

I hope John Gorrie goes ahead with the commercial component on Stockton street.  It would be profitable for them and great for the neighborhood.

[John P]

We were there for the groundbreaking and it is my understanding from talking to the City people there that it will extend all the way to the railroad tracks on the north side of I-10.  The Firefighters Union and Gateway Rehab have agreed to maintain the two landscaped medians that are going in on each side of I-10.

Getting the power lines underground along that stretch is going to be a big improvement all by itself.

Extending this past the overpass is a giant waste. There is nothing over there that any body can enjoy. Run-off space, WW GAY and Gateway rehab.

[Kay]

We were there for the groundbreaking and it is my understanding from talking to the City people there that it will extend all the way to the railroad tracks on the north side of I-10.  The Firefighters Union and Gateway Rehab have agreed to maintain the two landscaped medians that are going in on each side of I-10.

Getting the power lines underground along that stretch is going to be a big improvement all by itself.

Power lines unfortunately are not going underground.  JEA claimed that just the one block between College and Myra would cost $500,000.  The project actually extends only to Phyliiss St. and not beyond the overpass.  There will be a median there and between Gilmore and Ernest.  The Firefighters have agreed to maintain them as the City will not and requires an org. who will. 

[simms3]

Looks good.  The streetscapes is one thing the city does right.  Appearances mean a lot.

[I-10east]

North Riverside (particularly on Stockton) has been reeling over the last coupla years with the bad economy and crime. Tien's Chinese restaurant, and Mary Ann's Chicken both had closed about two years ago; I'm not sure with Ms Betty's Chicken (formerly Mary Ann's) hours, but everytime I see it it appears to be closed. Sure the "other side of the tracks" are unadorned, but it is what it is, a predominantly black neighborhood with heavy/light industrial. Sure N. Riverside isn't perfect, but everything can't be baskets of roses you know. I'm proud to have lived in N. Riverside at one time. Kickbacks is not that far away either.  

[Ocklawaha]

IMAGINE! SQUINT YOUR EYES AND THINK JACKSONVILLE!

Look vaguely familiar? This is an original "Acetylene Beacon" by American Gas Accumulator Company circa 1916. Ya have to wonder how cool a reproduction of this would look and if we could hide the LEDS inside?

Why don't the people with idea's and imagination speak up? Here we go again 800+ square miles of the same old shit!  Big black arm signals ought to go really nice with our Cobra Head streetlights. In case your wondering how the Acme Light was blended with the Cobra Head streetlights, they were stacked on the same posts at intersections, streetlight above and traffic lights below. Damn people THINK... wouldn't a 1926 style ACME traffic signal system, with the addition of a caution light be a "traffic stopper" on Stockton street? Or Park and King? How about replacing the 5-Points flasher with the original acetylene torch light?

Time to pull your head out Jacksonville!

OCKLAWAHA