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Lenny’s Lawn won’t be flooded, we are assured
More questions are being asked about Lenny’s Lawn, the grassy site of the former Jacksonville Landing. City Haul, which doesn’t like to be questioned, appears to be irritated. This is a reaction Eye on Jacksonville has experienced numerous times. Our own questioning led to a blackout on access to the administration. People had wondered why…
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Work on the Jacksonville Landing site resumes, but in a troubling direction
City officials finally are making progress on replacing the Jacksonville Landing but the initial moves don’t look promising. The Downtown Investment Authority apparently intends to leave the expanse of grass known as Lenny’s Lawn mostly intact. It is asking developers for ideas on what to do with three-fourths of the waterfront property at the northern…
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Are all those bad downtown deals tearing down hope for Jacksonville residents?
Michel de Montaigne once wrote, “I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.” In the last two weeks, we have seen numerous headlines about downtown deals gone bad and the fleeting hope of grasping big…
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A picture is worth a thousand words or millions of incentives for Friends of the Mayor?
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The Jacksonville Landing: “Want a piece of me?”
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Tear Down Lenny’s Legacy: Insane politics.
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Nose pressing and Cronyism. It’s real friends.
In a recent article by the Jax Daily Record I was stunned to see this statement by the new DIA Director, Lori Boyer, regarding the Landing plans AFTER IT IS DEMOLISHED: “Boyer said the 2015 Landing plan coordinated by the DIA board and drafted by Wakefield Beasley & Associates and Urban Design Associates of Atlanta…
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Needed: a City Council watchdog to slow the mayor’s rush to tear down the Jacksonville Landing
For whatever reason, the Curry administration is moving full-speed ahead to tear down the Jacksonville Landing. Damn the torpedoes. It has no (publicly revealed) plan to replace the 32-year old-structure. The architect who helped design the Landing told WJCT it would be a mistake to demolish the Landing without a rock solid redevelopment plan in…
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For crying out loud, Mayor. Please Make Jacksonville Fun Again!
Once again the Mayor’s office is shutting down fun in Jacksonville. Now he’s attacking college football guests who come to Jacksonville for fun, fellowship, football and no stinking drama! The Florida Georgia game is a week away and the city is stalling on permitting this big, well attended, well known, long standing event/party at the…
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Former Mayor Brown calls for “gun control.” That’s not the issue, sir.
Another day, another “mass” shooting. This time in Jacksonville. The usual responses: We must find an answer. March in the street. Protests. And, of course, the liberal agenda. This time, it came from former mayor Alvin Brown. More gun control. If you had to make a list of things NOT to do, that would be…
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Mob tactics: Erasing your enemies. It’s happening nationally & locally too.
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Here we go again: City planners are known for making lofty, dreamy, expensive plans and this one seems to fit the pattern.
Downtown boosters have mangled the word “catalyst” pretty badly over the years. Friendship Park was supposed to be a catalyst for downtown redevelopment. Other projects that got hung with the label were Hemming Plaza, new City Hall, the Skyway, etc . But one that seemed to actually earn the title was the Jacksonville Landing. It…
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Taking away your fun. No docks for you. But docks for buddies! Who would do that?
Capt. Rodney Williams of the Jacksonville & North Florida Boaters Community recently sent emails and letters to the editor for our city publications. Why? Because he’s not happy that the City of Jacksonville has taken away boaters’ ability to dock their boats at fun events and locations along downtown. Read about it here: Boaters upset Tonight…