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Hardwicks in the Living Room of the City

Posted on September 22, 2023 | 1 comment

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Hardwicks opens in the living room of the city, most recently the site of the Burro Bar and the London Bridge. A city is a storm of historical forces meshing landscape through timeline. Former segregationist spaces open into the city’s newest gay bar. Yet Tim Hoal speaks, not with surprise, but with irony of the loving feel of the old United Cigar Store Building.

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Tagged 5 & Dime Theatre Company, Aetna Finance Co., Bob Gavilan, Burro Bar, Chamblin Bookmine, Chomp Chomp, City Hall Pharmacy, Conservative Church of Christ, Cy Crawford, Death Diploma, Downtown Bookshop, Eddie Buquo, Eddie’s Powder Puff Beauty Salon, France Beauty School, George Cornwell, George Wallace Jacksonville, Golden Fleece Book Exchange, Griffin Pharmacy, Hair Extravagance, Hardwicks Bar, Henry John Klutho, Jessie Ball duPont Center, Kennedy’s Fishing Reel Repair, Klutho, Library Luncheonette, London Bridge Eatery and Pub, Moon Colony Razorblade, Nicole DeFeoThe Ole Downtown Tavern, Noli Novak, Ottis Toole, Park Place, Poppy Love Smoke, Rain Dogs, Ron Chamblin, Samuel Thomas’s Restaurant, Taylor Harwick, The Old Book Shop, Tim Hoal, United Cigar Store Building, Warren Folks

Resuscitating Klutho’s Last Downtown Design, the Florida Baptist Convention Building

Posted on November 26, 2021 | Leave a comment

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For 40 years, the Florida Baptist Convention Building has stood abandoned. Now architect Brooke Robbins is bringing the old building, the last downtown design by architect Henry John Klutho, back to life. Recently I wandered with Brooke up the stone stairwell, through the building’s history, to its rooftop.

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Tagged Better Jacksonville Plan, Brooke Robbins, Cummings Engineers, First Baptist Church Jacksonville, Florida Baptist Building, Florida Baptist Convention, Florida Baptist Convention Building, George Register, H.J. Klutho, Henrietta Dozier, Henry John Klutho, Jacksonville City Hall, John Delaney, Jones Brothers' Furniture Company Building, Jones College, Klutho, Morris Cummings, Old Federal Reserve Building, Peter Cummings, Register and Cummings, Reverend Stewart B. Rogers, Richard Cummings, Robert Broward, S.B. Rogers, Seminole Club, St. James Building, Stand N Snack, Sweet Pete's Candy Store

Craig Creek: From River Oaks to Oriental Gardens to Jax Ghats

Posted on June 8, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Craig Creek floods herons and frogs and oak roots. William Craig prepared to lead his army for the Republic of East Florida against the Spanish Empire. “Oriental Gardens” overflowed from George W. Clark’s Riverside residence across the St. Johns River to just south of San Marco.

The cypress trees along Craig Creek rise yet, love letters still molder in a particular attic, and the gardens still descend stone steps, Jax ghats, into the ancient river.

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Tagged " Mirror Lake, "Hell Screen, Craig Creek, George W. Clark, ghats, Great Blue Heron, Jax Ghats, jaxpsychogeo, Klutho, Oriental Gardens, Panama Park, Republic of East Florida, River Oaks Park, Riverside, Robert Broward, Rosa Parks, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, San Marco, singing gardens, Springfield Realty Company, Tim Gilmore