Laura Street: Before and After

[Tacachale]

Yes.  A single here and steal a base there.  That's how true redevelopment happens.  Continuing to swing for the fences at every bat (which is what Jax has done in the past) is a bad strategy to follow if your goal is to actually win the game.

Absolutely. After seeing this kind of thing done successfully in Orlando, I'm confident Wells Fargo will be happy with the results, and hopefully it will let the other building owners see what a good idea it is.

[Abhishek]

To ride a bicycle through any of these intersections with any iota of reasonable comfort, we need one of these
http://surlybikes.com/bikes/moonlander

[JeffreyS]

Next let's see sidewalk seating and exposure for the businesses in the Wells Fargo Center and the other buildings. When can you have that by, Lake?

Very soon, lol.  Wells Fargo is leading the way by currently working on opening up their new first level bank branch to Laura Street.

^ A small thing but could be revolutionary if other first floor businesses in the downtown buildings follow suit.

You wouldn't know it from the outside but there is a street style market inside the lobby today. If you had come to the branch you would be exposed.

[fsujax]

Was in the new Wells Fargo Center earlier. Construction is moving along with the new bank, the new Suntrust is open across the street. Also, there was a large market type event inside the lobby of the Wells Fargo building.

[duvaldude08]

I will say this much. We dont get everything exactly how we want it, but the small things we have been doing as a city is moving Dt in the right direction. Along with the expanding of the out door seating, and the Laura street Facade grants are all good signs! And The Landing is also taking advantage of the Facade grants will be doing some exterior face lifts and adding outdoor seating.  I read it in the daily record a few months back.

[JeffreyS]

The market inside today.

[Doctor_K]

Confession: I've become a fan of the (now-repaired) Laura St. roundabout.

+1

[mtraininjax]

How many officers could we have still on the JSO for that same 2.7 million spent to put racing stripes on a street that was perfectly fine the way it was? Thankfully, the lost decade is over and we hopefully have new blood in City Hall.

Its a nice touch that when people ask where Laura Street is, all you have to say is, look for the ROUGH ROAD signs downtown and they instantly know where it is.

One last note drivers of downtown on Laura Street, the 2 DOUBLE YELLOW lines mean ONCOMING traffic, so stay in your lane. Its amazing people still don't know the basics of motor vehicle operation!

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

2 DOUBLE YELLOW lines mean ONCOMING traffic,

Or they mean divided highway - no passing, either way, make sure you keep the stripes on your left.

[finehoe]

The brick crosswalks are quite handsome.  But I would warn everyone to enjoy them while you can.  In other cities that have them, it seems that all too quickly they get disfigured by underground utility work, and then they 'repair' them with asphalt patches that ruin the whole look. 

[fsujax]

Mtrain come on, you are smarter than that. You know the way governement funding structures are set up, you can't mix capital and operating dollars. That sounds like something some of those posters on the TU site would say. You can't take money allocated towards a capital improvement project and move it over to support operations.

[iMarvin]

I like the new sidewalk and the how the road feels, but the bricks in the middle of the intersections are horrible. They weren't placed right or something. It would've been better leaving that part as asphalt.

[iloveionia]

Laura Street looks real nice.
Amazing!  Hope the love is spread.

[Keith-N-Jax]

I like those night shots!!

[coredumped]

All worth it just to have some walkability around the wells-fargo (modis) building. It's nice to walk from the landing up Laura now.