August 20, 2025
The School Board now faces a pivotal choice: strengthen Downtown’s resurgence or contribute to its decline.…
August 13, 2025
THE JAXSON | 5 historical facts about Fernandina Beach
Located about 25 miles northeast of Jacksonville, Fernandina Beach is a historic city of 13,000 residents that spans the northern…
August 5, 2025
THE JAXSON | A tour of McCoys Creek in 1926
Today, McCoys Creek is the focus of an extensive restoration effort. Here are photographs taken by the city of Jacksonville…
July 8, 2025
THE JAXSON | 5 things you didn’t know about Bayard
Located 18 miles southeast of Downtown Jacksonville, Bayard is a historic community with a rich cultural story.…
June 25, 2025
THE JAXSON | Jacksonville’s wholesale baking legacy
While Jacksonville is associated with pungent paper mills and roasted coffee, much of the city was once defined by a…
June 18, 2025
THE JAXSON | The historic coffee roasters of Jacksonville
Maxwell House was neither the first nor the only company to fill Jacksonville’s air with the fragrance of fresh-roasted beans.…
May 27, 2025
THE JAXSON | Milldale: A long-forgotten early Jacksonville mill town
Five facts about Milldale. a long-forgotten industrial mill town born from Panama Park’s Cummer Lumber Co.…
May 21, 2025
THE JAXSON | From bacon to BUBBA Burgers to Peterbrooke: Jones-Chambliss meat packers
For nearly a century, Jones-Chambliss Meat Packing was a major employer and smelly beehive of activity in Jacksonville’s Mixon Town.…
May 13, 2025
THE JAXSON | The rise, fall, and rebirth of West Adams Street
Before-and-after photos of a street that was a vital artery in Jacksonville’s LaVilla for over a century.…
May 7, 2025
THE JAXSON | Streets of memory: Jacksonville’s forgotten urban commercial hubs
Once vital arteries of Jacksonville’s growth and cultural identity, here are four historic commercial corridors that have been forgotten and…
April 30, 2025
THE JAXSON | The rise, fall and rebirth of Duval Laundry
For nearly a century, Duval Laundry stood not just as a place of work but as a pillar of community…
April 16, 2025
THE JAXSON | From rust to revival: 5 dream adaptive reuse projects
Here are 5 early 20th century buildings that combine architecturally unique features with deep connections to Jacksonville’s history.…
April 8, 2025
THE JAXSON | Before and after: The S-Line Urban Greenway
S-Line Urban Greenway opened in 2008 as Jacksonville’s first dedicated urban multi-use trail. Here is a before-and-after look at the…
April 1, 2025
THE JAXSON | When the machines stopped: Jacksonville’s forgotten industry
Here is a look at seven major industrial structures that were demolished, marking the end of an era in Jacksonville’s…
March 25, 2025
THE JAXSON | History of the West Jacksonville Rail Yard
For much of the 20th century, the West Jacksonville Yard and its locomotive shops served as a key economic anchor…
March 18, 2025
THE JAXSON | The story of Dr. Julia Walker-Brown and Walker’s Business College
For nearly 50 years, Walker’s Commercial & Vocational College was a major Jacksonville educational institution. In honor of Women’s History…
March 11, 2025
THE JAXSON | Before and after: The rebirth of Downtown Hastings
Located in southwest St. Johns County, Hastings is experiencing economic rebirth. Here’s a before-and-after transformation of this new Florida Main…
February 19, 2025
THE JAXSON | 5 forgotten Black-owned businesses in Jacksonville
Here are five early 20th century African-American-owned businesses associated with Jacksonville.…
February 12, 2025
THE JAXSON | The Great Migration and Black Jacksonville
In honor of Black History Month, here are six ways Jacksonville reshaped the cultural demographics of the entire country.…
January 22, 2025
THE JAXSON | A trip down memory lane: 1970s Jacksonville
Here’s a visual history of seven sites photographed as a part of a 1970s city of Jacksonville planning study.…
January 15, 2025
THE JAXSON | Rehabilitated urban passenger rail stations
The Prime Osborn Convention Center could become a major mixed-use economic hub. With that in mind, here is a look…
January 8, 2025
THE JAXSON | 3 things changing the urban landscape in 2025
In 2025, here are three predictions about the urban core that could permanently change Jacksonville for the better.…
December 18, 2024
THE JAXSON | 6 major projects planned for LaVilla
In addition to the new University of Florida campus, here are six other major projects under construction in the historic…
December 4, 2024
THE JAXSON | 14 historic JAXPORT photographs
Here’s a photographic journey showing JAXPORT’s facilities over the past 108 years.…