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MOCA Jacksonville was founded in 1924 as the Jacksonville Fine Arts Society, [2] the first organization in the Jacksonville community devoted to the visual arts. In 1948 the museum was incorporated as the Jacksonville Art Museum, and in 1978 it became the first institution in Jacksonville to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
A new all-you-can eat buffet opening soon in Jacksonville promises 150-plus classic Southern-style and Chinese-style favorites in one restaurant. ... 1201 Memorial Park Road and 582 Blanding Blvd ...
In 1968, the city of Jacksonville and most of Duval County formed a consolidated municipal unit. As part of this process, Mandarin ceased to exist as a political entity, and became part of the city of Jacksonville. [9] In 1990, with the rapid growth of Mandarin, a new public high school was opened in the area.
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena [5] (originally Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena) is a multi-purpose arena located in Jacksonville, Florida. It currently serves as the home arena of the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL , the Jacksonville Giants of the American Basketball Association , and the Jacksonville Sharks of the Indoor Football League .
The Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is a 7.1-mile (11.4 km) long expressway running along the eastern and northern edges of Downtown Jacksonville, Florida.It carries U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alternate) from near its southern terminus to an interchange with US 1/US 17 (Main Street).
Jacksonville has recorded four days with measurable snow since 1911, most recently a one-inch (2.5 cm) snowfall in December 1989, [88] flurries in December 2010, [89] and 1/10 of an inch of snow in January, 2025. [90] Jacksonville has only received one direct hit from a hurricane since 1871. The rarity of direct strikes is attributed to chance ...
May 9, 1973 [1] The Epping Forest (also known as the Alfred I. duPont Estate ) was a historic, 58-acre (230,000 m 2 ) estate in Jacksonville, Florida , United States where a luxurious riverfront mansion was built in the mid-1920s by industrialist Alfred I. du Pont and his third wife, Jessie Ball du Pont .
Southside, or South Jacksonville, is, along with Northside, Westside, and Arlington, one of the larger sections of Jacksonville. Originally the name "South Jacksonville" applied to the area to the south of Downtown across the St. Johns River, a neighborhood now typically called San Marco. [21] Today, however, the term covers a much larger region.