June 18, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A behind-the-scenes look into the history and decay of the last downtown Jacksonville office building designed by early 20th century architectural mastermind H.J. Klutho.
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June 12, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located 46 miles west of New Orleans, Whitney Plantation is a museum and historic district that is devoted to sharing the un-sugarcoated story of slavery.
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June 4, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Maintained by the National Park Service, Kingsley Plantation is the home of Florida's oldest surviving plantation house and related to one of the Antebellum South's most surprising historical civil rights...
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May 14, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A walk through one of Florida's most prestigious early 20th century African-American cemeteries: Miami's Lincoln Memorial Park
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April 15, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The rise and fall of Florida's largest early 20th century red light district: The Line.
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March 25, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Sometimes we overlook the influence and role many former residents have played in shaping the society we live in today. Raised in Jacksonville's Eastside, A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) left town...
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March 22, 2019 | Aubrey Brown
A brief article highlighting the general history of convict leasing in the development of Florida.
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March 4, 2019 | Adrienne Burke, AICP, Esq.
A tale of two Jacksonville women...Cora Crane and Zora Neale Hurston. These two remarkable women paint a picture of not only different lives in Jacksonville history, but unique and fascinating...
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December 28, 2018 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Rarely seen imagery taken between 1928 and 1929, of Jacksonville's neighborhoods by George W. Simons Jr.
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October 30, 2018 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Modern Cities shares the sites and scenes from what may be one of the country's most underrated and overlooked urban environments: Downtown Pittsburgh
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September 27, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Black history is ineradicable to our cities history, just as it is imperative to a comprehension of our nation’s evolution. Traditionally, black cultural resources in have been among the most...
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August 10, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities takes a look at a city that has built an economy out of the preservation of history.
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July 30, 2018 | Ennis Davis
A look into the industrial ruins and remains of a 19th century cypress lumber mill.
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July 24, 2018 | Ennis Davis
The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently unveiled its 31st Annual List of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Schools in East Los Angeles, Denver’s Larimer Square, Historic Resources in...
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July 3, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Abandoned Florida provides us with a rare look inside of an abandoned Green Cove Springs estate.
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The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced the 2018 Florida’s 11 to Save, a list of the most threatened historic properties in the state. This year’s list represents endangered...
April 25, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities takes a look at a forgotten part of cigar making history in Florida.
April 11, 2018 | Ennis Davis
If you believe sprawl just magically happened, here's something that visually suggests otherwise. Thanks to researchers at the University of Richmond, Mapping Inequality offers unprecedented online access to the national...
March 26, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Home to the first four-level freeway interchange in America, Los Angeles is a city that has become an international poster child for everything concerning urban sprawl. However, to equate the...
February 4, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Despite being a major center for black commerce and culture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, not much is known about Jacksonville's significant African-American history, heritage and culture....
January 25, 2018 | Ennis Davis
An interesting comparison of 1943 and current aerials illustrating the impact of expressways penetrating through various Jacksonville neighborhoods and districts.
December 10, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Before chains like Walmart, Publix, Winn-Dixie and Whole Foods dominated the grocery business, these names once anchored shopping centers and street corners throughout our cities.
December 4, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities takes a look at the remains of the South's most overlooked substantial African-American entertainment district during the formative years of ragtime, blues and jazz in the early 20th...
November 27, 2017 | Ennis Davis
A look at the architectural evolution of one of the largest grocery chains in the United States.
October 22, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Closing in on 900,000 residents, Jacksonville is a bustling Sunbelt city with a bright future. However, a visit to its Moncrief Road cemetery district suggests it is a community that...
October 12, 2017 | Ennis Davis
A 'regional brewery' can be described as one that distributes to particular regions on a smaller basis than the nationwide breweries many of us are familiar with today. According to...
October 10, 2017 | Mike Field
What makes one building worth saving and another worth destroying? Strong Towns' Rachel Quednau explores the line between destruction and preservation.
September 21, 2017 | Ennis Davis
On Thursday, September 21st, Jacksonville's Downtown Development Review Board (DDRB) granted conceptual and final design approval for the long awaited mixed-use project known as The Barnett. Here's a brief look...
September 18, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Passionate about the preservation of historic structures to renew our downtowns without reshaping their skylines, Christopher Levy shares the story behind the transformation of a 19th century Birmingham boarding house...
August 28, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Situated in the heart of Central Florida, the City of Lake Wales is a place known for a variety of things. From the Legend of Spook Hill and Bok Tower...
August 22, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Autopsy of Architecture provides us with a look inside one of the South's tallest abandoned buildings: 100 North Main in Downtown Memphis
August 13, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Home to the University of Florida, with an estimated 2016 population of 131,591, Gainesville is the largest city in North Central Florida and one rapidly redeveloping into a walkable community....
July 16, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Abandoned in 1999, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church is one of the largest buildings still standing in Brooklyn, that date back to the Jacksonville neighborhood's days before demolition and gentrification. Tim...
June 5, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities' Ennis Davis, AICP shares sights and scenes from the inside of Washington, DC's National Museum of African American History & Culture.
May 11, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Autopsy of Architecture takes us on a tour inside of what's said to be one of the country's most haunted sites: Birmingham's Sloss Furnaces
April 30, 2017 | Ennis Davis
A property containing a few of Florida's oldest abanonded skyscrapers is on its way to finally being brought back to life. With this in mind, Bullet of Abandoned Florida takes...
April 11, 2017 | Ennis Davis
The rise and fall of an overlooked historic Jacksonville streetcar suburb: Lackawanna.
March 31, 2017 | Mike Field
The Case of Parramore, an African American community in Orlando that has been almost erased from history.
March 7, 2017 | Ennis Davis
What do treasure hunting trips, hovercrafts, ferries, space exploration, and vintage rail cars have to do with one another? All are forgotten relics that combine to make up the afterlife...
February 21, 2017 | Ennis Davis
This article by Dr. Tim Gilmore of jaxpsychogeo.com examines the history of one of the last surviving American Civil War era structures in urban Jacksonville.
February 7, 2017 | Ennis Davis
In honor of Black History Month, here's rare images and the story of Jacksonville's Sugar Hill neighborhood. Prior to largely being destroyed by desegregation, highway construction, medical center expansion, and...
February 6, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Abandoned Florida provides us with a rare look inside an early 20th century cigar factory: West Tampa's Balbin Brother's Cigar Factory
January 26, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Abandoned Florida provides us with a rare look inside one of downtown Birmingham's most majestic historic abandoned buildings: The Thomas Jefferson Hotel
January 1, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Abandoned Florida provides us with a rare look inside one of Florida's first automobile dealerships: The Claude Nolan Cadillac Building
November 29, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Be careful the next time you curse a building as a bad piece of architecture. Sometimes looks aren't always what they seem. Here's seven downtown Jacksonville buildings that have been...
November 15, 2016 | Ennis Davis
If you believe sprawl just magically happened, here's something that visually suggests otherwise. Thanks to researchers at the University of Richmond, Mapping Inequality offers unprecedented online access to the national...
October 17, 2016 | Ennis Davis
An interesting comparison of 1949 and 2016 aerials illustrating the impact of time and change on the shape of Florida's capital city: Tallahassee.
October 2, 2016 | Ennis Davis
An interesting comparison of 1938 and 2016 aerials illustrating the impact of time and the construction of expressways through various sections of Tampa.
September 26, 2016 | Ennis Davis
An interesting comparison of 1952 and 2016 aerials illustrating the impact of expressways penetrating through various Miami neighborhoods and districts.
September 21, 2016 | Ennis Davis
An interesting comparison of 1947 and 2016 aerials illustrating the impact of expressways penetrating through various Orlando neighborhoods and districts.
September 14, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Once housing an institution that enhanced the lives of tens of thousands of citizens over a century, the abandoned Barnett Bank Building still stands two blocks from William Boyd Barnett’s...
September 8, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Have you ever wondered where the day of insane deals, long lines, and 4am door busters began? BlackFriday.fm, a shopping resource has put together an infographic displaying the history of...
August 18, 2016 | Ennis Davis
24 then and now images from the core of one of America's greatest cities: San Francisco.
August 16, 2016 | Ennis Davis
In preparation of APA Florida's 2016 Annual Conference and in honor of the good work being achieved by URBN Tampa Bay (United Residents for Better Neighborhoods), here's a look at...
August 2, 2016 | Ennis Davis
The Sun Belt has seen substantial population growth since the 1960s from an influx of people seeking a warm and sunny climate, a surge in retiring baby boomers, and growing...
July 19, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Ponce City Market is a mixed-use development located a few miles east of downtown Atlanta along the BeltLine. Covering over 1 million square feet, it suggests that no underutilized building...
March 10, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Orlando wants to have a 'big city' downtown and it's well on its way. Over the last decade, the skyline has doubled in size and the number of downtown residents...
March 10, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Known as The Capital of Southern Hospitality, Columbia is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Approved as the new state capital on March 22, 1786, the...
March 9, 2016 | Mike Field
Look Here! is a compelling history exhibition transforming the public realm into a temporary museum using historic photographs of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
June 10, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
During its heyday, the Jacksonville Terminal was the largest passenger railroad station...
April 1, 2019 | Bill Delaney
Through Thursday, April 4, Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) is seeking public...
March 20, 2019 | The Jaxson
Most festival marketplaces built in the 1970s and 1980s have struggled, but...
March 15, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Many cities have struggled with the revitalization of their urban cores. Orlando...
February 25, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Some look at the Jacksonville Landing as a failure that's past its...
February 14, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
In honor of Black History Month, here's five internationally known African-American individuals...
April 9, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A walk through one of Jacksonville's long forgotten and abandoned early 20th...
January 30, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Pilsen is a neighborhood of Chicago located on the Lower West Side...
December 24, 2018 | Ennis Davis, AICP
During recent decades, Savannah has become internationally known for its revitalized historic...
December 18, 2018 | Ennis Davis, AICP
As the City of Jacksonville and Groundwork Jacksonville embark on a long...
December 6, 2018 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Modern Cities takes a before and after look at the transformation of...
September 4, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities takes a look at the rebirth of what was once...
April 17, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Formerly known as Brightline, Virgin Trains USA's potential footprint and reach throughout...
February 15, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Could Brightline (Virgin Trains USA) be headed to Jacksonville? The existing and...
January 25, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Here's a list ranking the 20 most dangerous metropolitan areas for walking...
September 18, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Brightline to build express intercity passenger rail connecting Southern California and Las...
September 10, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities takes a stroll through America's first industrial town: Chicago's Pullman...
July 26, 2018 | Ennis Davis
SunRail's latest extension is expected to increase ridership levels and spur economic...
June 19, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
While 45 of 50 states recognize Juneteenth as either a state holiday,...
May 30, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
What happens when city after city makes the same expensive mistake in...
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May 17, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
In a cooperative effort with the City of Lakeland, a long time...
March 11, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
What happens when city after city makes the same expensive mistake in...
February 28, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Very few urban revitalization innovations have generated as much popularity as the...
December 14, 2018 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Since its opening, Anheuser-Busch has offered free guided tours to anyone willing...
June 18, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A behind-the-scenes look into the history and decay of the last downtown...
June 12, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located 46 miles west of New Orleans, Whitney Plantation is a museum...
June 4, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Maintained by the National Park Service, Kingsley Plantation is the home of...
May 14, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A walk through one of Florida's most prestigious early 20th century African-American...
April 15, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The rise and fall of Florida's largest early 20th century red light...
March 25, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Sometimes we overlook the influence and role many former residents have played...
June 19, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
While 45 of 50 states recognize Juneteenth as either a state holiday,...
June 18, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A behind-the-scenes look into the history and decay of the last downtown...
June 12, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located 46 miles west of New Orleans, Whitney Plantation is a museum...
June 10, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
During its heyday, the Jacksonville Terminal was the largest passenger railroad station...
June 4, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Maintained by the National Park Service, Kingsley Plantation is the home of...
June 3, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The rapid transformation of Pensacola's Palafox Street serves as a revitalization example...