Bentley Motors Announces Plans for Jax's Southside
On Monday, Danny Becton, the Jacksonville City Council member for the Eleventh District, officially welcomed Bentley Motors who has plans to open their 46th US dealership...
June 19, 2018
Who was Chopstick Charley?
It's Jacksonville's oldest Chinese restaurant, but most Jaxsons likely believe it closed years ago. Who was the man behind Chopstick Charley's?
June 17, 2018
Home Depot plans massive nationwide expansion
If you live in one of the 40 largest markets in the U.S, an e-commerce fulfillment center or flatbed distribution center is likely headed your way. With its online sales growing...
June 13, 2018
Inside Murray Hill's Latest Restaurant: El Jefe
The renaissance of Edgewood Avenue in Murray Hill into Jacksonville's next great walkable mixed-use street continues as Tex-Mex restaurant El Jefe opens for business.
June 10, 2018
Transform Jax
Bentley Motors Announces Plans for Jax's Southside
June 19, 2018
On Monday, Danny Becton, the Jacksonville City Council member for the Eleventh...
Who was Chopstick Charley?
June 17, 2018
It's Jacksonville's oldest Chinese restaurant, but most Jaxsons likely...
The Story of Jacksonville's West Lewisville
June 7, 2018
It's one of the oldest neighborhoods still standing in the heart of the...
News
Top 100 US Cities Ranked By 2017 Population
May 24, 2018
The Census Bureau recently released their 2017 estimates for the country's...
103 floors above the Second City: Chicago
May 17, 2018
A look at Chicago, home of the world's first skyscraper, from the 103rd...
Liberty Public Market: From Navy Mess Hall to Food Hall
April 22, 2018
From downtown urban areas to suburban shopping malls and strip centers,...
Transportation
Brightline expands passenger rail service into Miami
May 22, 2018
One of the most significant transportion accomplishments in recent US history...
Pineapples & Bikes: How Miami Shores Is Nailing It
May 3, 2018
Pineapples, Bicycles and Bulb-outs (Oh My!) - South Florida-based city...
Skyway Expansion: Forgotten Urban Core Neighborhoods
April 30, 2018
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority's (JTA's) plan to replace the...
Economics
Home Depot plans massive nationwide expansion
June 13, 2018
If you live in one of the 40 largest markets in the U.S, an e-commerce...
Revamping the mall: The Centre of Tallahassee
April 8, 2018
Tallahassee Mall was once the city's premier enclosed regional mall. By...
An up & coming neighborhood: Orlando's Mills 50
March 4, 2018
Located just northeast of Downtown Orlando, Mills 50 was recently recognized...
Environment
Before and After: Tallahassee's Gaines Street
June 3, 2018
It can be argued that the revitalization of Gaines Street has been one...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The New Urban Crisis
May 29, 2018
Melissa Hege of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning highlights...
Two Simple Sentences Could Reshape Suburban America
May 10, 2018
An obscure ordinance published by the Department of Commerce in 1928 has...
Lifestyle
What does "gentrification" really mean?
May 11, 2018
Kea Wilson of Strong Towns (https://www.strongtowns.org/journal) explores...
Moncrief prepares to lose its food desert status
May 8, 2018
A long time Jacksonville food desert could be going away if the Northwest...
72 hours on foot in Havana, Cuba
April 18, 2018
Modern Cities visits a city established as a strategic location for the...
History
Florida Trust Announces 2018 11 to Save List
June 1, 2018
The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced the 2018...
Move over Tampa, Jax is Florida's forgotten Cigar City
April 25, 2018
Modern Cities takes a look at a forgotten part of cigar making history...
Redlining our core neighborhoods to ruin
April 11, 2018
If you believe sprawl just magically happened, here's something that visually...
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