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January 20, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Once the largest train station south of Washington, D.C., more than fifty years have passed since the last passenger train left the station in 1974. Bolstered by plans to bring...
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September 19, 2024 | City of Jacksonville Press Release
The City of Jacksonville has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Build America Bureau, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation. This funding will support management of...
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July 30, 2024 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
Consuming nearly 800-square miles of land area, the City of Jacksonville contains more expressways than any other city in the state. However, here are a few that you may not...
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July 12, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Jacksonville and much of Florida owes a lot of gratitude to this railroad tycoon, whose 19th century infrastructure investments have paved the way for a 21st century Florida.
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June 11, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A 1914 map of Jacksonville's streetcar system. At the time, Jacksonville's streetcar system included 42.2 miles of streetcar lines, which served over 13.8 million riders in 1912. In 1936, the...
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May 16, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The North Florida TPO is partnering with Duval County to determine the most feasible alignment for a continuous shared-use path (SUP), oftentimes referred to as a “trail,” to extend from...
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May 6, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A virtual tour of Brightline. Operating between Miami and Orlando with a goal of potentially expanding to Tampa and Jacksonville, Brightline is the first privately funded intercity passenger rail system...
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April 24, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
April 2024 photo tour of Groundwork Jacksonville's Emerald Trail Model Project through LaVilla.
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March 21, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Sights and scenes from a recent press conference celebrating the largest one-time federal grant that Jacksonville has ever received. Recently awarded $147 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the...
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January 9, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Connecting Mayport and Fort George Island near the mouth of the St. Johns River, the St. Johns River Ferry opened to the public on September 15, 1950. Also known as...
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December 27, 2023 | Editorial by Marcus Nelson
Jacksonville’s entry into the federal rail corridor program is a chance for the city to seize a role in its transportation future. Local leaders must step up to deliver on...
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November 2, 2023 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Photographs of a popular bus rapid transit system that was developed for $65 million. Featuring dedicated lanes, the GRTC Pulse serves as a good example of how to improve public...
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September 20, 2023 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Streetcars were a common sight in U.S. cities at the beginning of the 20th century, but by the 1960s, they had been wiped out, usually replaced by buses deemed cheaper...
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September 18, 2023 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
Billed as a project that will take Jacksonville and downtown to the next level, the conversion of the Skyway into a one-of-a-kind autonomous transit system called the Ultimate Urban Circulator...
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September 4, 2023 | Editorial by Ennis Davis and Mike Field
Six years after the Jacksonville Transportation Authority announced its proposal to replace the Skyway monorail with a fleet of driverless vehicles, reports are showing the required technology is still years...
Read moreJuly 10, 2023 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
For more than a century, Northeast Florida has been an epicenter of passenger rail operations in Florida. Fifty years after the closure of the Jacksonville Terminal, several former passenger railroad...
May 16, 2023 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Modeled after the soon to be demolished Jacksonville Ford Assembly Plant, the Brumos Collection is a 35,000 square foot museum dedicated to the technology, innovation and historical significance behind some...
April 9, 2023 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Sights and scenes of downtown Jacksonville's new Fuller Warren Bridge shared use path. The new shared use path is first in Northeast Florida added to a limited access highway.
February 16, 2023 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A look at the most recent renderings of Jacksonville International Airport's planned Concourse B.
December 8, 2022 | Editorial by Daniel Herbin
There are seven major rail projects that have been in development for decades that are now coming to fruition all at once. Let's take a look at how rail travel...
November 15, 2022 | Ennis Davis, AICP
On November 15, 2022, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Ennis Davis of The Jaxson and the First Coast Section of the American Planning Association present Two Centuries of Jacksonville: Transportation...
October 26, 2022 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
A look at an urban streetcar system that was completed in 2018 for less than $100 million.
August 18, 2022 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Transit oriented development projects continue to mushroom into reality around the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. This collection of photographs illustrate the impact of Salt Lake City's...
April 29, 2022 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A brief look at five of Florida's largest passenger railroad stations.
January 31, 2022 | Editorial by Bill Delaney and Ennis Davis, AICP
A before and after look at the evolution of LaVilla's Broad Street after it was converted into a one-way corridor in 1980.
December 23, 2021 | WJCT News | By Raymon Troncoso
A WJCT News article with an update on a controversial plan to bring a spaceport to Camden County.
November 19, 2021 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
Five functionally obsolete expressways in Jacksonville's urban core that are ripe for a makeover.
November 2, 2021 | WJCT News | By Claire Heddles
A WJCT News article highlighting the needs for safer streets in Duval County, along with information promoting this week's Safe Streets Summit. Organized by the North Florida TPO and American...
November 1, 2021 | Editorial by The Jaxson Magazine
Amtrak could be expanding intercity passenger rail operations in Jacksonville. Here are a few reasons why Amtrak's plans should be on Jacksonville's radar.
October 6, 2021 | Article by Ennis Davis, AICP
Taking a completely different and cheaper approach than Jacksonville's position on the JTA Skyway and U2C, Miami-Dade County is preparing to invest $153 million to keep and overhaul the Metromover...
September 10, 2021 | Article by Ennis Davis, AICP
Jacksonville is the dominant railroad epicenter of Florida. However, to learn about Florida's rail history, the city's contributions to the industry and walk inside railcars that were once in the...
May 12, 2021 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Groundwork Jacksonville's CEO Kay Ehas shares an important message about the Emerald Trail, while making a recommendation on how you can help.
April 27, 2021 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) would like to invest $379 million into the retrofit of the JTA Skyway into a futuristic transit service that will operate with autonomous shuttle buses....
April 16, 2021 | Article by Ennis Davis, AICP
Billed as a project that will take Jacksonville and downtown to the next level, the conversion of the Skyway into a one-of-a-kind autonomous transit system called the Ultimate Urban Circulator...
December 23, 2020 | Editorial by Scott Gann
Desiring to lead the charge for autonomous vehicles, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is working to pilot their Ultimate Urban Circulator system in Downtown Jacksonville in the coming years. The...
May 4, 2020 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Now open, the Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center (JRTC) at LaVilla officially replaces the Rosa Parks Transit Station as the main downtown bus transfer facility, serving most Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)...
March 24, 2020 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Modern Cities shares images of a congested South Florida arterial roadway corridor reconstructed as an effort to address sea level rise.
January 29, 2020 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Virgin Trains USA won't arrive for another two years but in Orlando, the train terminal is ready and waiting. Today, we take a look inside the Orlando International Airport Intermodal...
January 16, 2020 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Armed with the November 2018 approval of a one-cent sales transportation sales tax by Hillsborough County voters, by 2024 urban Tampa could be home to Florida's first modern streetcar system....
January 9, 2020 | John Cruz
Since the automobile became king of the road in modern civilization, traffic congestion has been a problem in cities around the globe. 108 years after Ford’s first Tin Lizzie found...
January 3, 2020 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The United States is home to 32 commuter rail systems. Here is a look at how these transit systems rank in terms of weekday ridership.
January 1, 2020 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The United States is home to 15 heavy rail systems. Eight of those systems operate in the northeast, two each in the midwest, south, and west and one in Puerto...
December 31, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The term innovation has become a big word in the transportation industry. Generally defined as a new idea, creative thought or new imagination in the form of a device or...
December 3, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
In a race where some cities are placing their image boosting hopes in the hands of emerging technologies, Orlando has become an early leader with the launch of what may...
October 15, 2019 | Editorial by the managing partners of The Jaxson
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has released a survey asking participants which destinations they'd like the Skyway expansion to reach. However, JTA continues to miss a golden opportunity by focusing...
September 17, 2019 | Ryan Stone
Abandoned: Where trolleys go to die and live again.
September 6, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Suffering from congestion and gridlock, Orange County, Florida wants to succeed where Nashville, Atlanta and Vancouver have recently failed by passing a transportation sales tax.
July 3, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
With a record number of Americans traveling for the holiday, Independence Day is a big boom for the travel industry. Here is a list of the top 10 U.S. travel...
April 17, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Formerly known as Brightline, Virgin Trains USA's potential footprint and reach throughout Florida continues to grow. Here's a look at where things are currently heading with the state's privately owned...
February 15, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Could Brightline (Virgin Trains USA) be headed to Jacksonville? The existing and future plans for the nation's only modern privately operated intercity passenger rail service will be the focal point...
January 25, 2019 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Here's a list ranking the 20 most dangerous metropolitan areas for walking in the United States according to Smart Growth America's 2019 Dangerous by Design report. Is your city on...
September 18, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Brightline to build express intercity passenger rail connecting Southern California and Las Vegas. Construction to begin next year.
September 10, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Modern Cities takes a stroll through America's first industrial town: Chicago's Pullman Historic District
July 26, 2018 | Ennis Davis
SunRail's latest extension is expected to increase ridership levels and spur economic development in Osceola County.
June 25, 2018 | Ennis Davis
In response to an unsolicited proposal by intercity rail operator Brightline, Governor Rick Scott has announced that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has begun the process to allow for...
May 22, 2018 | Ennis Davis
One of the most significant transportion accomplishments in recent US history continues to make national headlines. Brightline, the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger rail system in the country...
May 3, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Pineapples, Bicycles and Bulb-outs (Oh My!) - South Florida-based city planner Melissa Hege explores what the Village of Miami Shores has done to revitalize itself with bike-friendly multimodal streetscaping.
April 30, 2018 | Bill Delaney
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority's (JTA's) plan to replace the Skyway with a system featuring autonomous vehicles called the 'Ultimate Urban Circulator' (U2C) would expand the system into some coveted areas...
April 17, 2018 | Ennis Davis
With the relocated Greyhound terminal nearing completion, the JTA is moving forward with the second phase of its long proposed Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center.
March 23, 2018 | Mike Field
Americans are driving farther and longer than ever before.
March 15, 2018 | Mike Field
City of Orlando using temporary interventions to study long-term enhancements to pedestrian and bike infrastructure.
March 12, 2018 | Mike Field
Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood is set to construct a Dutch 'woonerf'.
March 7, 2018 | Mike Field
Two cities are trading in buses in favor of privately-owned and operated rideshare vans. What are they hoping to get out of it?
March 6, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Local transit advocates were thrilled when the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) embarked on a mission to finally upgrade Downtown's long-suffering Skyway. But anticipation for what is being called the Ultimate...
March 2, 2018 | Ennis Davis
The days of believing bike share programs can only work in urbanized areas with significant bike infrastructure may be coming to an end as Florida's St. Lucie County partners with...
February 20, 2018 | Mike Field
Lyft has entered into a partnership with Baltimore Bike Share, on the heels of Uber's entrance into the San Francisco bike-share market.
February 1, 2018 | Mike Field
Ride-hailing service Uber is piloting a new venture in San Francisco alongside dockless bike-sharing startup Jump.
January 23, 2018 | Ennis Davis
Autonomous vehicles replacing fixed transit may be on the minds of many in the transportation world but that's not stopping cities from upgrading and building around their transit lines. Here's...
January 17, 2018 | Ennis Davis
After years of anticipation and predictions that the project would ultimately fail to materialize, the first train from America's first new private passenger rail system in a century, left the...
January 5, 2018 | Mike Field
The Texas 'bullet train' cleared a major hurdle with the release of a draft environmental impact statement from the Federal Railroad Administration that identifies a preferred route between Dallas and...
December 19, 2017 | Mike Field
Company to launch service to Miami and start construction on Phase 2 expansion to Orlando in early 2018.
December 14, 2017 | Mike Field
State looks at creating authority to oversee autonomous vehicles and 'alternative' transportation.
December 1, 2017 | Ennis Davis
In recent years, the concepts of complete streets, right-sizing streets and traffic calming have taken the transportation planning industries and cities across the country by storm. If you live in...
November 14, 2017 | Mike Field
The automotive industry is the third largest research and development (R&D) spender in the country and much of that R&D is focused on connected and autonomous vehicles. Willing to take...
November 13, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP, LEED AP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. emphasizes how distinctive and unique characteristics to a neighborhood can assist in its revitalization.
November 3, 2017 | Ennis Davis
The OKC Streetcar continues the story of how Oklahoma City funneled the pain of rejection into fuel, making it one of the nation's most successful revitalization stories in recent memory....
October 25, 2017 | Ennis Davis
What seemed to be a dream that many believed would eventually fade away is well on its way to becoming a reality. In 2011, Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) announced...
September 19, 2017 | Mike Field
Survey finds higher taxes and tolls have powerful support when revenues are guaranteed for infrastructure; public-private partnerships seen as part of solution
September 14, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Karissa Moffett, the Safe Routes to School Coordinator at Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, highlights the important role of advocacy, facilities and policies for transportation justice in the development...
September 1, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. takes a trip to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, discovering a sleepy beach town with an unbelievable wow factor.
August 15, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Bullet of Autopsy of Architecture provides us with a look inside one of Atlanta's most well known abandoned abandoned sites: The Pratt-Pullman industrial complex
August 10, 2017 | Mike Field
New procedures announced by Federal Transit Administration are designed to further the Trump Administration's goals to empower the private sector to rebuild the nation's infrastructure.
August 1, 2017 | Ennis Davis
With all the talk about autonomous vehicles, ride sharing and predictions of their negative impacts on public transit, it was only a matter of time before the world's first autonomous...
July 13, 2017 | Mike Field
The City and County of Denver and the Regional Transportation District, with support from CH2M, will kick off the downtown 16th Street Mall alternative analysis and environmental clearance effort to...
July 11, 2017 | Ennis Davis
If you're in search of a successful road diet case study to assist with a potential project in your community, look no further than Orlando's Edgewater Drive.
July 3, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. takes a trip to Paris, to provide a few transportation planning tips on how to improve mobility in our...
May 25, 2017 | Ennis Davis
A quick run down of Florida's existing bike share programs and a look at what's coming in 2017.
May 16, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Sights and scenes from Detroit's new streetcar system: The QLine
May 5, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. shares her thoughts on what every urban enthusiast should know about good streets and great places.
April 27, 2017 | Ennis Davis
If you thought construction on I-95 was coming to an end, it may be time to think again. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is considering expanding I-95 between Downtown...
April 26, 2017 | Ennis Davis
The DC Streetcar is a controversial 2.2-mile streetcar line serving H Street and Benning Road in Washington, DC's Near Northeast neighborhood. Intended to spur redevelopment along blighted commercial corridors, the...
April 18, 2017 | Ennis Davis
The LYNX Blue Line is the Charlotte region's first light rail service; it opened in 2007. When the extension is completed, the line will operate along 18.6 miles, from I-485...
March 13, 2017 | Mike Field
Temporary installation is the first attempt to showcase possible improvements that could transform Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami into street rivaling the Embarcadero in San Francisco.
March 3, 2017 | Mike Field
Open Streets temporary projects are great, but what's the point if they don't lead to permanent changes?
February 23, 2017 | Ennis Davis
Before and after images in and around downtown Tampa, taken between 2007 and 2016, that illustrate the incremental development of a multi-modal friendly urban core.
January 31, 2017 | Mike Field
Report by the Congress for the New Urbanism identifies the ten greatest opportunities in America for replacing aging urban highways with boulevards or avenues and reconnecting the surrounding neighborhoods.
January 5, 2017 | Ennis Davis
2017 will mark the ten year anniversary of the opening of Charlotte's LYNX Blue Line light rail system. The LYNX Blue Line, operating with 10 to 15 minute weekday headways,...
December 9, 2016 | Mike Field
In an effort to help solve the ever-evolving demands of urban logistics, UPS asks 'what can Brown deliver to you, on a fixie?'
November 23, 2016 | Mike Field
At most big box stores, the parking lots occupy far more land than the stores themselves, and those lots suck up additional resources from our towns.
November 4, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. takes a trip to western Massachusetts and highlights affordable, easy-to-implement concepts for enhancing bicycle and pedestrian safety in the...
November 1, 2016 | Mike Field
Nashville's embrace of temporary urban interventions is producing amazing results that are capturing the imagination of both locals and tourists alike.
October 30, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Largely viewed as a city built for the automobile, things were not always this way in Jacksonville. Eight decades have passed since buses replaced streetcars as the city's primary mode...
October 12, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. takes a trip to Bordeaux, France and highlights what Miami can learn from this city when it comes to...
September 21, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Debates are ranging across the country concerning drive-throughs and their impact on walkable communities. Many communities have outright banned them. Here's a guest article by Anthony Morando, Esq. LEED AP...
September 20, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Former Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Public Information Officer Mike Goldman exposes the good, bad and ugly reality behind the past, present and future of Jacksonville's Mathews Bridge.
August 23, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Andy Clarke, of the Toole Design Group team, recently made a presentation at the North Florida Bicycle Club (NFBC) called 'Six Mega Trends and the future of Bicycling in Northeast...
August 19, 2016 | Ennis Davis
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August 1, 2016 | Ennis Davis
2016 TIGER Grant award winners announced! Did your city win?
July 27, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Melissa Hege, AICP of South Florida-based Melissa Hege City Planning LLC. highlights Santa Monica, California's successful implementation of creating great street environments.
July 17, 2016 | Ennis Davis
Florida will soon feature one of the most advanced passenger rail systems in the United States. While the concept of higher-speed passenger rail in Florida has made national headlines, the...
June 28, 2016 | Mike Field
Local Motors Debuts 'Olli', a self-driving, 12-passenger electric bus in Washington, DC powered by IBM.
March 9, 2016 | Ennis Davis
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March 9, 2016 | Mike Field
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March 12, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located in southwest St. Johns County, Downtown Hastings is experiencing a rapid...
March 3, 2025 | Mike Field
In a dimly-lit room above Riverside’s Cool Moose Café, an innocuous meeting...
January 14, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
This will be an exciting year for Jacksonville's urban core. While much...
December 29, 2024 | Mike Field
Start 2025 with all things Jacksonville, and catch us at any of...
December 26, 2024 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
A rebirth of Jacksonville’s LaVilla neighborhood continues. In addition to a new...
December 20, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A rare 1936 photograph of the bolita 'big house' on LaVilla's West...
September 9, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A natural getaway within the city limits of Jacksonville, Cedar Point Preserve...
July 31, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located 20 minutes north of Downtown Atlanta, the Galleria Specialty Mall is...
July 26, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Stranded in Minneapolis due to Delta's CrowdStrike outage struggles, The Jaxson took...
April 3, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city...
March 7, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A visual tour of one of the last intact Sea Island Gullah...
February 14, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, AG Lafley served as the guest speaker...
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January 20, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Once the largest train station south of Washington, D.C., more than fifty...
September 19, 2024 | City of Jacksonville Press Release
The City of Jacksonville has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from...
July 30, 2024 | Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP
Consuming nearly 800-square miles of land area, the City of Jacksonville contains...
July 12, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Jacksonville and much of Florida owes a lot of gratitude to this...
June 11, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
A 1914 map of Jacksonville's streetcar system. At the time, Jacksonville's streetcar...
May 16, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The North Florida TPO is partnering with Duval County to determine the...
September 4, 2024 | Photographs by Caron Streibich @CaronEats
The long awaited official ribbon cutting and grand opening of the Historic...
June 17, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
On Tuesday, June 11, Mayor Deegan filed formal legislation for the $1.4...
May 2, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The heyday of the enclosed shopping mall in Florida is long gone....
April 9, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Regional enclosed shopping centers across the country are in decline. Charleston's Citadel...
February 27, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located in Brunswick, Georgia, Glynn Place Mall is the only enclosed regional...
January 30, 2024 | Ennis Davis, AICP
For decades, Bradenton's DeSoto Square Mall was one of the most popular...
March 16, 2025 | Article by Bill Delaney
Forgotten for centuries, the ancient city of St. Augustine hosted what was...
February 24, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Established in 1901 and operating until 1990, the Afro-American Life Insurance Company...
February 17, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The Great Migration was the movement of roughly six million Black people...
January 30, 2025 | Bill Delaney
Jacksonville, the birthplace of Southern rock, is also the final resting place...
January 28, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Here’s a visual journey into the history of seven various sites photographed...
December 19, 2024 | Andrew Nicholas
Guest writer Andrew R. Nicholas dives into the history of a World...
March 16, 2025 | Article by Bill Delaney
Forgotten for centuries, the ancient city of St. Augustine hosted what was...
March 12, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Located in southwest St. Johns County, Downtown Hastings is experiencing a rapid...
March 3, 2025 | Mike Field
In a dimly-lit room above Riverside’s Cool Moose Café, an innocuous meeting...
February 24, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
Established in 1901 and operating until 1990, the Afro-American Life Insurance Company...
February 17, 2025 | Ennis Davis, AICP
The Great Migration was the movement of roughly six million Black people...
January 30, 2025 | Bill Delaney
Jacksonville, the birthplace of Southern rock, is also the final resting place...