Heart patient runs ‘Green Monster’ after surgery
Donald Edwards, a Fairfax Manor resident since October 2013, is a little bit chagrinned about his time running the 2018 Gate River Run. He ran the 15K in 1:40:52, placing 3,527 out of 5,752 men and said it wasn’t his best time by far, but he can be excused. In December 2017, Edwards underwent a […]
Workshop helps dispel rumors about historic renovations process
When Rick Pariani and his wife, Susan Painter, bought their 1927 two-story home on Avondale Avenue in early 2017, they had some ideas for renovating the 2,200-square-foot structure. Despite hearing the process for getting a Certificate of Approval (COA) from the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission (JHPC) was tricky at best, contentious and expensive worst case, […]
Developer wants to traverse St. Johns River by sky gondolas
The Southbank is no stranger to property developer Michael Balanky, one of whose projects includes the San Marco Place condominium tower on Riverplace Boulevard. Now Balanky is envisioning a 28-story high-rise of residential, office and retail on the Southbank near the Kings Avenue Skyway Station. But what sets this project apart is the gondola stretching […]
Cancer center skybridge marks another milestone
It was a big day March 4 when Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center’s pedestrian sky bridge was raised, then laid to rest over San Marco Boulevard. After months of careful planning and engineering, the steel and glass structure envisioned by construction superintendent Scott Gibbs was delivered intact. “We didn’t have a design for this 14 […]
Several Murray Hill murals vandalized weeks before mural festival
Muralist Christopher Sweeney will be returning to Jacksonville but it won’t be for a new robot with heart painting. Instead, he’ll be here to repair graffiti damage to the popular 25-foot by 15-foot XøRobot mural at 813 Edgewood Ave. South. The Murray Hill Preservation Association said the mural was vandalized March 7 with a vulgar […]
Herschel Street businesses, residents petition for crosswalks
For customers of small businesses and restaurants along Herschel Street, crossing the busy state road (Florida SR 211) on foot is no easy task. Limited store-side parking on the west side of Herschel Street forces patrons to park across the street in a “parking field” on the east side and walk to their destination, exposing […]
Former department store comes down
For more than a year, tenants in Roosevelt Square Mall, as well as nearby residents, have waited for the next shoe to drop after Belk Department Store closed its doors at 4535 Roosevelt Blvd. The closure came in January 2017 and then the building sat vacant while rumors circulated about future use as residential, retail […]
Riverfront party mansion slapped with injunction
A neighborhood dispute between the owners of a riverfront estate and other residents on a quiet street in Miramar may be drawing to a close with an order by a Circuit Court judge to stop using the property as a destination rental. The Tuscan River Estate, 4424 Kelnepa Drive, has been marketed as “a premier […]
