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The Life and Multiple Deaths of the Drew Building

Posted on November 25, 2019 | Leave a comment

Click below for this week’s story, or navigate the city through the direction buttons at the top of the page:

The story of the building at 45 West Bay Street concerns a bear, Jacksonville’s first bookstore, Ottis Toole, the tragic deaths of construction workers, multiple demolition plans, the ghost of a third floor and the love of an architect who refused to let this building die. Now Urban Grind Coffee, Folio Weekly and other businesses call the Drew Building home. Click below for the story.

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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