Ruins of Jacksonville: Annie Lytle Public School

[Timkin]

Timkin,
Any letter that can be written in support of saving the school?
Please let me (us) know and I am on it.

To  ANYONE interested in seeing the School Remain.........


P  L   E    A    S    E   !  !   !   !  !


Voice on this matter.  Thank you !

[ricker]

Who do we reach out to TimKin, and what do we say !?
Certainly the building must remain!

[Timkin]

The Building is in Councilman Jones district.  Councilman Lumb also seems to have some interest.  RAP is of course on board with saving it, as is many in the Community.

   The City probably now has liens and fines accruing on it for various code violations and the fact that they now are having to take on securing the building. I would imagine this would give them some right to take the building if they so chose.   I doubt they want it.

As Dog Walker pointed out , the former owner , who holds all of the adjacent property is probably waiting on it to finally be demolished.   That owner would probably never state that publicly, but it is pretty obvious.

The problem is finding :  A practical use for the building coupled with an entity with the resources to take on an overhaul/purchase of the building.   This would be no easy task.

Thank god for Mothballing being an option for it , until an investor/ appropriate owner can be identified. Even so , Mothballing it will cost a significant amount of money !!!

I do not remember the price tag for the renovation on John Gorrie Junior High School , but it must be somewhere in the same area... depending on adaptive reuse of the School.

[Timkin]

Councilman Jones, Myself , RAP, Dogwalker and others to meet at 1pm conference room B at City Hall ,to see where we go from here.  I am hopeful for a positive outcome.

[Tacachale]

Councilman Jones, Myself , RAP, Dogwalker and others to meet at 1pm conference room B at City Hall ,to see where we go from here.  I am hopeful for a positive outcome.

Fantastic. Keep us posted on how it goes.

[Timkin]

I think the meeting went pretty productively.  Dog Walker will likely post on it in a while.  I was pleased and surprised at the turn-out at the meeting. It gave me hope that rather than a drum roll to begin again for demolition, that instead an uprising and a concerted effort to come up with a plan for the building that will save and re purpose it will be the Avenue pursued.

Present at the meeting  among others ,was Doug Milne of Foundation Holdings IV  who was very vocal about his position on the School . He states he does NOT want to see it demolished.   

Many steps will have to be taken before such time as we can begin again on a cleanup effort. 

I left the meeting feeling encouraged.  Certainly appreciate CM Jones and Lumb arranging to get us all together to begin a plan.

[deathstar]

They should rename the school after yourself, Timkin, and Dogwalker, if they can save it and rerfurbish it!

[Timkin]

Deathstar...that is really nice of you to say. I am sure Dogwalker  would appreciate it as well, but if the School is saved , it would be from efforts of many ,not just myself or Dogwalker.

We are cautiously optimistic about #4's  future.   If it is saved , it will have been worth the effort, that is for certain.

[Dog Walker]

All of the people who needed to be at the meeting were there, even someone from the General Council's office to speak to the legalities (and illegalities) in the situation of the school now.  Even a representative of the DDA was there since Brooklyn is part of their turf.

The clear consensus of the group was that the school must be removed from the hands of the current owners, a Boca Raton based tax deed investment company, before any substantive work can be done about finding a way to rehab.

In my opinion new momentum has been started toward finding a final solution.  Tim made this happen.

[iloveionia]

The city needs to take a road trip to Boca Raton.  Pay Tarpon a visit.  I should like to ride along as they also own multiple properties in Springfield. The neighborhood wants them back.

[Timkin]

The city needs to take a road trip to Boca Raton.  Pay Tarpon a visit.  I should like to ride along as they also own multiple properties in Springfield. The neighborhood wants them back.

Ionia... Let me know if you seriously would like to make that trip. I have a feeling that Tarpon's response would be much like it is with attempts to answer calls or emails.   They can (and probably WOULD ) refuse to see us.     It makes absolutely no sense that an entity buys a piece of property , lets it sit and rot, refuses phone calls from potential buyers, or keeps their obligation to maintain their own property.  I cannot see it any other way, than a deliberate effort to let their properties get demolished by neglect. 

To me a business that runs like that is out of business , and does not realize it.

[Timkin]

I am sure many of you will remember when this was painted on the Columns of the School.


http://www.uer.ca/forum_picdirect.asp?url=/forumpic/norm/ec02eabf6db655fc6c958f8b6b760d58.jpg&name=Kwk-A9005.jpg

[iloveionia]

That's awesome. How beautiful the school is unboarded.

[Timkin]

I would guess that pic abt 1991 or so , Ionia

[Dog Walker]

What's up there now on those columns are crude representations of male and female genitalia.  Really classy!