Dating back to 1925, the Oneida Bungalow Court is the largest single-site collection of historic residential units from West Lewisville's (North Riverside's) early days. Now a small local developer intends to preserve and rehabilitation the missing middle housing site as a form of addressing the city's affordable housing crisis. Here is a look at Oneida Court. Read More
James Weldon Johnson (1871 – 1938) is, without exaggeration, the single most accomplished person ever to come from Jacksonville or Florida. Among other things, the LaVilla native was Florida’s first African American lawyer after Reconstruction; the principal of Stanton, which he converted into Florida’s first black public high school; a U.S. Consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua; the first African American head of the NAACP; and a respected university professor. But even without these accomplishments, Johnson would have secured a place in history for his literary output. Read More
On Tuesday, June 11, Mayor Deegan filed formal legislation for the $1.4 billion stadium development agreement between the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars. However, one of the most popular elements of the deal, a $300 million community benefits agreement (CBA), could be on the City Council chopping block. Here is a brief look into how the CBA could provide tangible benefit to an adjacent urban core neighborhood seeking to survive the risk of displacement and gentrification. Read More
A 1914 map of Jacksonville's streetcar system. At the time, Jacksonville's streetcar system included 42.2 miles of streetcar lines, which served over 13.8 million riders in 1912. In 1936, the last streetcar lines connecting Northwest Jacksonville with downtown was closed in favor of a modern bus system. Read More