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The name "Neptune Beach" originated in 1922 with Dan G. Wheeler, one of the few residents. Wheeler had a home at what is now One Ocean Hotel (now in Atlantic Beach), and had to walk all the way home from Mayport each evening after taking the Florida East Coast Railway train home from work in Jacksonville. A friend who worked for the railroad ...
The Jacksonville Public Library is the public library system of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It primarily serves Jacksonville and Duval County merged areas, and is also used by the neighboring Baker, Nassau, Clay, and St. Johns counties. It is one of the largest library systems in Florida, with a collection of over three million items.
Atlantic Beach also grew as a resort community around a large hotel, and smaller hotels were built at Mayport. Neptune Beach seceded from Jacksonville Beach in 1931 and incorporated as its own town. Ponte Vedra Beach and Palm Valley remained much more rustic into the 20th century. Palm Valley, especially, mostly consisted of farmland.
Jacksonville Beach is a coastal resort city in Duval County, Florida, United States.The population was 23,830 at the 2020 census. [6] The city is part of group of communities collectively referred to as the Jacksonville Beaches on the northern half of San Pablo Island. [8]
Ocean One interior in 1985. Ocean One was a three-story $40 million shopping mall and restaurant complex that was shaped like an ocean liner, featuring portholes, masts, and sailor-uniformed employees. The mall was to provide 750 permanent jobs and 750 seasonal jobs. At opening, Ocean One contained 60 shops, a German restaurant, and 20 fast ...
While the song's subject matter appears to be romantic in nature, the song takes root in the band's longing for home: for the group, "Ocean Avenue" represented a farewell to the sunsets and youthful days in Florida, where they lived, rehearsed, and grew up near the beach. "Ocean Avenue" received heavy radio airplay and was the band's biggest ...
Library Director Doug Crane said the finishing touches are being placed on the new 33,000-square-foot, $30 million facility that is expected to create a sense of community for the western Boynton ...
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