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Hardwicks in the Living Room of the City

Posted on September 22, 2023 | Leave a 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

2 New Year’s Stories: Remembering Kyle Marshall, DJ Chef Rocc, and New Life at Gator Lodge

Posted on December 31, 2018 | Leave a comment

Click below for either (why not both?) of the two full stories. Happy New Year’s! Here’s where we’ve been. Here’s where we’re going.

1. You shouldn’t die of congestive heart failure at 38 years old. Jacksonville loved F. Kyle Marshall. Some say he personified the city. I first met Kyle, where Rain Dogs is now, at Five Points Barber Shop, in 1931.

2. Lisa King learned to love people, coming and going, learned to love Jax when she first learned to walk at Gator Lodge. Never mind Haydon Burns and Aileen Wuornos. At her birthday party at this crossroads thrums the great untapped strength of the city’s diversity.

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Tagged 1045 Park Street, Aileen Wuornos, Alan Justiss, Andrew Jensen, Arcade Men’s Shop, Bebe Deluxe, Beckham Henry, Big Buck$ Crew, Birdies Five Points, Black Hats, Blackfinn, Bruce's Liquor Store, Burro Bar, Chopstick Charley, Chopstick Charley's, Clay Wickham, Consolidation, Corky Bell’s Seafood, Cracksonville, Dialectable Beats, Diamond Inn, DJ Chef Rocc, F. Kyle Marshall, Feryle Jump, Five Points, Five Points Barber Shop, Five Points Tavern, Folio Weekly, Frances Kyle Newton, Gator Lodge, Gator Lounge, Goode's Bakery, Hans Tanzler, Haydon Burns, Hurricane Dora, Ian Ranne, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Florida, Jai Shree Laxmi Kuber LLC, jaxpsychogeo, Julius Collier, Ken Organes, Linda King, Lisa King, London Bridge, Lora Gudbranson, Losco Road, Maddy Clifton, Marie Jump, Midtown Lodge, New Order, Night Hawks, Philips Highway, Phyllis Chesler, Prem Patel, Rain Dogs, Richard Brewer, Richard Ceriello, Richard Petty, Salvatore Tomarchio, Sam King, Sharkettes, Shaun Thurston, Shelton Hull, Spillers Gallery, St. Johns Town Center, Susan Bush, Susan King, Thoren Perego, Tim Gilmore, Truman Capote, TSI, Tyria Moore, Van’s Package House, Vincent Acri, Wally Gator, White Hats, Wu Tang Clan