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New Story: Hogan’s Creek Tower
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Tagged Blodgett Villas, Brewster Hospital, Brutalism, Brutalism Jacksonville, Carl Andree, Confederate Park, Duval Armory, Florida Gothic, Frances Hines, Frank Henry Thomas, Hogan's Creek Tower, Hogans Creek, Jacksonville Armory, Jacksonville Brutalism, Jacksonville Housing Authority, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Jacksonville Trisect, jaxpsychogeo, Jimmy Hodges, Le Corbusier, Mary L. Singleton Center, Mathews Bridge, Maxwell House, Metropolitan Park, Sugar Hill, Ted Pappas, Tim Gilmore, Tower Tenants’ Association, World of Nations
Revisiting Jacksonville’s Trisect, Public Art Milestone
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Tagged Bill Harlow, Carl Adree, Carl Adree Davidt, Charles Adrian Pillars, Charles Adrian Pillars Life, Frances Hines, Fred Simpson, Harry Shortstein, Hogan's Creek Tower, Jacksonville Housing Authority, Jacksonville Trisect, John Van Ness, Le Corbusier, public art Florida, public art Jacksonville, Riverside Memorial Park, Riverside Memorial Park Life, Sugar Hill, Ted Pappas, Tim Gilmore Florida, Tim Gilmore Jacksonville, Towers Tenant Association, Unité d’Habitation
New Story: Lawton Pratt Funeral Home
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Tagged A.L. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Afro-American Life Insurance Company, Bessie Coleman, Blodgett Villa, Booker T. Washington, E.L. Weems, Ed Austin, Ellie Lee Weems, Evelyn Hillman, Hillman Pratt, Hillman Pratt and Walton, Independent Furniture, Irvlyn Kennebrew, Jacksonville history, Janie Coffey, jax psycho geo, Joseph Blodgett, L.L. Pratt, LaVilla, Lawton Pratt, Lawton Pratt Funeral Home, National Negro Funeral Directors’ Association, Negro Business League, Oscar Hillman, Paxon Air Field, Paxon School, River City Rennaissance, Sugar Hill, Tim Gilmore, Waldorf Cafe, Weems Photography
When Governor Claude Kirk Hopped the Fence and Took the Mic from “Black Power Agitator,” H. Rap Brown
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Tagged Art Hamilton, Ax Handle Saturday, Babe Ruth, Ben Geraghty, Black Panthers, Black Power, Bubbling Small, Buck O'Neil, Charlie Griffin, Claude Kirk, Dale Carson, Durkee Field, Durkeeville, Felix Mantilla, Fred Dickinson, H. Rap Brown, Hank Aaron, Hemming Park, honkies, Horace Garner, Indianapolis Clowns, J.P. Small, Jackie Robinson, Jacksonville Braves, Jacksonville Red Caps, Jacksonville Tars, James Baldwin, James Small, jaxpsychogeo, Joseph Durkee, LaVilla, Lorraine Motel, Manuel Rivera, Manuel's Tap Room, Martin Luther King, Negro Leagues, Negroes with Guns, Robert F. Williams, Sallye B. Mathis, SNCC, Stanton School, Stokely Carmichael, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Sugar Hill, The Fire Next Time, Tim Gilmore, Willie Weston
Hansontown Lies Beneath FSCJ’s Downtown Campus
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Tagged Bethel Baptist Church, Camilla Thompson, Central Grammar and High School, Clara White, Clara White Mission, Cynthia Bioteau, Daniel Dustin Hanson, Douglas Anderson, Downtown Campus, Durkeeville, Eartha White, Ed Napier, FCCJ, FJC, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Florida Junior College, Florida StarSt. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church, Florida State College at Jacksonville, FSCJ, FSCJ Archive, Hansontown, Henry John Klutho, Jennifer Grey, Joseph Augustus Baldwin, LaVilla, Orange Street, Springfield, Sugar Hill, Sugar Underwood, U.S. Colored Troops
Pedrica Mendez’s House
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The fire that consumed the great two-story house next door jumped sparks at Padrica’s house.
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Tagged Alvin Ailey, Bert Williams, Carmen Jones, Durkeeville, Ed Austin, Enrico Caruso, Frank Nero, Havana Night Club, Jacksonville, jaxpsychogeoTonyaa Weathersbee, Jennifer Chase, Joel McEachin, Josephine Baker, LaVilla, Manuel Rivera, Manuel's Tap Room, Mariano Stabile, MaVynee Betsch, Padrica Mendez, Pedro Mendez, Queen of Sheba, River City Renaissance, Solomon Shad, Sugar Hill, The Two Spot, Tim Gilmore, Victor Banjo, Virginia King
