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The Laura Street Trio is a group of three historic buildings located on and near Laura Street in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The Trio consists of two perpendicularly arranged skyscrapers, the Florida Life Building and the Bisbee Building , plus a third structure, the Old Florida National Bank (or Marble Bank ), which is framed by the other ...
[4] [2] Anderson's country-music themed game show on TNN, Fandango, was sponsored by the restaurant. Krystal acquired Po' Folks in 1982 and continued to expand it. By 1984, the chain had 102 restaurants in 17 states. Eric A. Holm (now with Golden Corral) was director of construction and accused of taking bribes for favorable construction deals. [5]
A Florida Department of Transportation study in September 1997 counted 110,743 vehicles. [3] With busy exits within a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of either end of the bridge, rush-hour backups are typical. Downtown Jacksonville and Naval Air Station Jacksonville are visible from the bridge to the north.
718 Bagel Time brings a real taste of New York City to Jacksonville following its April opening at 2777 University Blvd. W. No 24 near Publix in the Lakewood neighborhood.
It is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Jacksonville, and is the location of many historic homes and buildings. [2] The peninsula containing Ortega is bounded by the St. Johns and Ortega Rivers, and is bisected by Roosevelt Boulevard (U.S. Route 17); the area to the east of Roosevelt is known as Old Ortega, while the area to the west is ...
James Weldon Johnson Park is a 1.54-acre (6,200 m 2) public park in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Originally a village green , it was the first and is the oldest park in the city. [ 2 ]
John Gomez was one on the first to use Pass-a-Grille Beach as a vacation area, inviting travelers from St. Petersburg and Tampa to stay at his resort-like structure as early as 1857. Some of the first major businessmen in the area were Roy S. Hanna and Selwyn Morey, who began developing plots of land for homes and lodgings at Pass-a-Grille ...
A 1992 map of the Acosta Bridge (the middle one), before its replacement. The St. Elmo W. Acosta Bridge spans the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida on a fixed span.It is named for City Councilman St. Elmo W. Acosta, who convinced voters to approve a $950,000 bond issue for the original bridge at the site.