Urban Construction Update - May 2018
Major construction projects have returned to the landscape of Jacksonville's urban core. Find out where (and more) as we take a brief look at the status of various developments...
May 20, 2018
Historic Springfield's 2018 Tour of Homes
Grab your bicycle, slip on your flip flops (or drive if you must) and enjoy touring eight unique homes, both historic and modern, on the 2018 Historic Springfield Tour of...
May 18, 2018
103 floors above the Second City: Chicago
A look at Chicago, home of the world's first skyscraper, from the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower).
May 17, 2018
Latest plans for Laura Street Trio garage
Another parking garage is coming to Downtown Jacksonville. This time, the structure is for the proposed Laura Street Trio and Barnett redevelopment, and will include street...
May 16, 2018
Transform Jax
Urban Construction Update - May 2018
May 20, 2018
Major construction projects have returned to the landscape of Jacksonville's...
Historic Springfield's 2018 Tour of Homes
May 18, 2018
Grab your bicycle, slip on your flip flops (or drive if you must) and enjoy...
Latest plans for Laura Street Trio garage
May 16, 2018
Another parking garage is coming to Downtown Jacksonville. This time, the...
News
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,...
A view from above: St. Patrick's Day in Chicago
March 18, 2018
In Chicago for an Alfred Benesch & Company (Benesch) Emerging Leaders Leadership...
Transportation
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...
Updated renderings for JTA's transit center
April 17, 2018
With the relocated Greyhound terminal nearing completion, the JTA is moving...
Economics
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...
Black Millennials Not Keeping Up With Peers
February 25, 2018
While Millennials are coveted by marketers and consumer goods companies,...
Environment
Two Simple Sentences Could Reshape Suburban America
May 10, 2018
An obscure ordinance published by the Department of Commerce in 1928 has...
Exploring White Oak Conservation
May 6, 2018
Located on the banks of the St. Marys River in Nassau County, White Oak...
Could Savannah Lose Historic District Designation?
April 12, 2018
The National Park Service (NPS) recently commissioned a study to assess...
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
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...
Overlooked Urbanism: Los Angeles' Historic Urban Core
March 26, 2018
Home to the first four-level freeway interchange in America, Los Angeles...
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