The Way We Were: Karyl & Bert DeSousa
Karyl Crowley DeSousa remembers when there was no Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville. “We lived on Belden Street in St. Nicholas and we’d take the bus down Atlantic Boulevard to the old Pier at Jacksonville Beach,” said Karyl. “There was an arcade and there were rooms to rent at the Pier. Mother, my cousin Yvonne, and […]
The Way We Were : Hank Bonar
Henry Bascom (Hank) Bonar II grew up on a lake in Tampa and loved all that the water had to offer – boating, fishing, skiing and even duck hunting – so the opportunity to buy a house on the St. Johns River was one he couldn’t pass up. When his friend, Francis Langel, who worked […]
Chance Partners get rezoning approval for second San Marco development
Just as construction is beginning on the old Jackson Square property, the developers, Judd Bobilin and Jeff Rosen, are launching a second residential project to the north that they envision becoming the gateway to San Marco. Bobilin and Rosen, principals of Chance Partners LLC, won approval to rezone 6.8 acres on Kings Avenue anchored by […]
Coffee shop’s popularity creates headaches for nearby residents
San Marco Place is a little street directly behind Southside Baptist Church with about a dozen houses. A street you pass without noticing it unless you’re looking for a cut-through from Hendricks Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard – or a place to park. But residents say traffic jams caused by on-street parking have become a problem, […]
Hendricks residents’ parking concerns fall on deaf ears at FDOT
Although it may be too late, Hendricks Avenue residents who live in the half-mile residential stretch between Dunsford Road and San Marco Boulevard are praying the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will yet find a compromise that will protect the on-street parking in front of their homes, which is slated to be eliminated when State […]
Conflict resolution in community garden an ongoing debate
Lock it up or leave it open – that’s the issue facing the Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) board of directors as they grapple with complaints of theft from the community garden at the corner of Park Street and Azalea Terrace. The garden, which opened in April 2016 under a public-private partnership between RAP and the […]
Waterways Commission gives Fishweir Creek dredging project ‘green light’
The long-awaited dredging of Big Fishweir Creek has inched forward with the approval by the City of Jacksonville Waterways Commission of an ordinance to authorize a partnership between the City and the Army Corps of Engineers. Under the partnership, the city would fund 35 percent of the $6.5 million project that would be undertaken by […]
RiverVue garage sparks concerns; developer adhering to plan
After the two-story parking garage went up at RiverVue, the new apartment complex on St. Johns Avenue at Fishweir Creek, Avondale residents began “seeing red” or, more accurately, a lot of gray. When Chance Partners LLC’s planned unit development (PUD) was initially submitted two years ago, the only barrier indicated for a narrow area between […]
