The Cows Return to Cowford
Do you find the amount of graffiti in Jacksonville to be “udderly” ridiculous? The City of Jacksonville along with Downtown Dwellers and Downtown Vision agree. The Jacksonville City Council recently approved an agreement between the city and the Florida Department of Transportation to commission a mural on the bridge supports of the Acosta next to […]
Teed Up for Success
The recent PGA Tour Champions event was a smash, as Furyk star power enhances field, raises funds, and grows awareness for philanthropy on the First Coast. The Timuquana Country Club’s Donald Ross designed course was on full display as towering pines, sprawling bunkers and grand moss-draped oaks accentuated the manicured fairways and finely tuned greens […]
Four Seasons coming to Jacksonville’s Riverfront
The Jacksonville City Council gave unanimous approal for plans to build a world-class, Five-Star hotel brand in Jacksonville’s sports complex, on portions of the former Shipyards and Metropolitan Park Kids Campus sites. The $321 million-dollar proposal will include a Four Seasons Hotel and Residences along with office and retail space, an improved marina and expanded […]
Home Sweet Haunted Home
It’s October—time for Halloween, ghosts, haunted houses and spooky stories about things that go bump in the night. For some local residents, though, ghosts and haunted houses aren’t just a seasonal thrill. In the mid ‘90s, Linda Olsavsky owned and operated a B&B in a two-story residence on River Road in San Marco. Built in […]
Paralympic athlete with local ties defies odds
Kyle Coon, who grew up in Ortega Forest, represented the United States in the recent Tokyo 2020 Games, completing the Para Triathlon. Alongside his guide, Andy Potts, Coon swam .47 miles, biked 12.4 miles, and ran 3.1 miles. “My first @paralympics were certainly an experience. The result wasn’t indicative of my capabilities but we learned […]
Artist’s granddaughter searches for subjects’ families
Anne Holland Polk is searching for the family members of portrait subjects done in pastels by her grandmother, the late Barbara Holland. Holland was the wife of a prominent Avondale dentist and mother of five. For a time, she was also a student of the late Jay Harder, Jacksonville’s master portrait artist, whose studio was […]
