Eastside deserves national historic designation

Started by thelakelander, October 03, 2022, 08:05:26 AM

thelakelander

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Located just east of Springfield and Downtown, the Historic Eastside neighborhood is one of the most intact nineteenth-century African American neighborhoods in Jacksonville, and it still upholds its history as a Black working-class neighborhood today. In support of the effort to designate the Eastside as a national historic district, here's a look and stories and spaces from the neighborhood that deserve to be better known.

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fsu813

No doubt this will be approved, in large part thanks to your work.

The next HPC meeting where this will be considered is October 26th, 3pm.

fsu813

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JHPC supported this today.

thelakelander

Quote from: fsu813 on October 08, 2022, 01:52:17 AM
No doubt this will be approved, in large part thanks to your work.

The next HPC meeting where this will be considered is October 26th, 3pm.

Thanks! It's been a long time coming. Hopefully, the zoning overlay coming behind it will be a success as well.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

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