Confederate Park Jacksonville long ago

[Cheshire Cat]

Really cool vintage post card showing Jacksonville's Confederate Park.  Check out all the palm trees. 

[coredumped]

For those interested, there's lots of these postcards floating around for pretty cheap. Ebay is a good resource:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=jacksonville%20postcard&=&_sacat=See-All-Categories

That particular one is $2.50 with free shipping:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Postcard-Confederate-Park-Jacksonville-Florida-Used-Dated-1946-/251356323641?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a86011f39

[ricker]

Really cool vintage post card showing Jacksonville's Confederate Park.  Check out all the palm trees. 

Thank you for this!
As important as many makeovers are for our public places, context sensitive streets being a greatplace to start, not many otherspaces in our city have the potential to rekindle and ignite vibrancy like the system of parks spanning UF Hospital to
The Bay St. Pier parks near MaxwellHouse, which once restored could be the catalyst build momentum behind finally connecting Met Park and WJCT to the Cummers Olmstead garden and RedCross.
Maybe oneday the rivewalk will reach the old ford assembly plant too, but seriously starting with the Klutho parks would be wondeful, let's brainstorm!

PM me, please, Diane.

[CityLife]

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-apr-urban-parks-confederate-park

[mbwright]

Some of the postcards for Hemming Park are especially pretty.  What a difference a few years, and lots of neglect contribute.