Cummer Museum commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities
To celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities Dec. 3, the Cummer Museum showcased two special exhibits: the annual Women of Vision show and paintings from visually impaired students at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB). The Women of Vision program, which includes monthly art making and literary arts workshops for […]
Murray Hill building provides large canvas for local artist
Somewhere there must exist a variation of Murphy’s Law about blank walls, such as “Every blank wall is a canvas waiting for paint.” For Jacksonville tattoo artist and muralist Thomas Berdugo, a blank wall is a challenge. “I’m trying to bring life to these blank walls around the city,” said Berdugo, who has painted murals […]
Plans for new Riverside restaurant include rooftop dining
Two years after renovating three floors in the iconic Fletcher Building at 1000 Riverside Ave., Padgett Premiere Properties, LLC, has applied for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to rezone approximately 1.90 acres of property from Commercial Residential and Office (“CRO”) to PUD in order to install a new, full-service restaurant. The eight-story building, designed by […]
Health of St. Johns River is everyone’s problem
I wish I had a nickel for every time over the years that I have heard someone say how critical the St. Johns River is to our community. The river is often cited as a blessing, Jacksonville’s greatest asset, an economic engine, the crown jewel, and even the reason for our community’s very existence. Despite […]
Analysis on repurposing structures will aid preservation arguments
Early last year, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund announced it had engaged the National Trust for Historic Preservation to conduct a county-wide analysis of Jacksonville’s historic districts and identify strategies to strengthen reuse of existing buildings throughout the community. Following the February 2016 announcement, researchers from the National Trust were in town in November 2016 […]
Therapy Cats Need New Home
A local woman facing Stage IV liver cancer desperately wants to go home to New York to be with family during her final months. She has two cats, Trouble and Rascal, and needs to find a good home for them in Jacksonville or nearby, so that she can go to New York. They are wonderful, […]
36th Annual Red Rose Ball chairs announced
Save the date for Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. St. Vincent’s HealthCare’s 36th Annual Red Rose Ball will be in good hands under the chairmanship of Betsy and Steven Siegel, M.D., Nanette and David McInnes, M.D., and Paula and Michael Phelan, M.D. Dr. Siegel has been a practicing hematologist and oncologist with Cancer Specialists of North Florida […]
Wendy’s 5 Points design in question
Critics feel character too modern for historic district The 5 Points Wendy’s restaurant located at 2006 Park Street is a 42-year-old neighborhood icon, albeit a tired one, and soon that icon will sport a fresh, new look. In keeping with a corporate move, which began in 2012 to overhaul the look of its restaurants, Wendy’s […]
