The Jaxson

03/03/2025

This week we explore how JaxParks, Florida Department of Transportation, City of Jacksonville, Florida - Government, Riverside Avondale Preservation and leaders in the skateboard scene came together to build a skate park under an interstate highway.

This is the story of how the Artist Walk Skate Park under the Fuller Warren Bridge was born.

03/03/2025

Want to learn about the past, present and future of Downtown? Our own Mike Field is hosting two guided walking tours of Downtown THIS Saturday March 8th at 9am and Noon. Each tour will explore how Downtown was developed and touch on where Downtown is going in the very near future.
Tickets are available here:

Join The Jaxson’s Mike Field for a guided walking tour of Jacksonville’s Downtown on Saturday March 8th

03/03/2025

Want to learn about the past, present and future of Downtown? Our own Mike Field is hosting two guided walking tours of Downtown this Saturday March 8th at 9am and Noon. Each tour will explore how Downtown was developed and touch on where Downtown is going in the very near future.
Tickets are available in this link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-walking-tour-tickets-1259474946469

Join The Jaxson’s Mike Field for a guided walking tour of Jacksonville’s Downtown on Saturday March 8th

27/02/2025

Want to learn about the past, present and future of Downtown? Our own Mike Field is hosting two guided walking tours of Downtown next Saturday March 8th at 9am and Noon. Each tour will explore how Downtown was developed and touch on where Downtown is going in the very near future.
Tickets are available in our bio, or copy/paste this link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-walking-tour-tickets-1259474946469?aff=oddtdtcreator

27/02/2025

Next Saturday March 8th, our own Mike Field will be leading two guided walking tours of Downtown exploring the history of our city's center, as well as learning about the future of the area where the first new buildings are being constructed since the 1990s. One tour begins at 9am and the other begins at noon. Purchase tickets here:

Join The Jaxson’s Mike Field for a guided walking tour of Jacksonville’s Downtown on Saturday March 8th

26/02/2025

Want to learn more about the past and future of Downtown? There will be two guided tours next Saturday March 8th at 9am and at noon. Tickets can be purchased here:

Join The Jaxson’s Mike Field for a guided walking tour of Jacksonville’s Downtown on Saturday March 8th

26/02/2025

Interested in learning about the past and future of Downtown Jacksonville? Two guided walking tours are happening next Saturday March 8th at 9am and Noon. Grab tickets here:

Join The Jaxson’s Mike Field for a guided walking tour of Jacksonville’s Downtown on Saturday March 8th

25/02/2025

One day, a skate park was built under a bridge. People thought, 'Wow, that's cool'. But an epic decade-long journey by some pretty rad people brought it to life. This is the story of from . Read the link in our bio

25/02/2025

All of a sudden, news broke out that a skate park was being built in Riverside. This is the story of the decade-long journey that made it possible to build a skate park under an interstate highway.

This is the story of how the Artist Walk Skate Park under the Fuller Warren Bridge was born.

23/02/2025

A few before and afters of Springfield's newest mixed use development now open on Main Street. This is the first new construction mixed-use building on Main Street since the Cesery Companies constructed 3rd and Main (home to ) in 2009.
Corner on Main features 200 apartments and 6,000 square feet of retail space (including a rooftop space).

20/02/2025

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are changing their name! But don’t worry, Shrimp lovers, it’s only temporary. The minor league baseball team will celebrate the

19/02/2025

A. Philip Randolph Boulevard in the Eastside, also known as Florida Avenue or simply “The Avenue,” is Jacksonville’s first street to be named to the Florida Main Street Program.

The Florida Main Street program's expansion into the Eastside neighborhood will pave the way for business growth along a historic corridor.

17/02/2025

Happy President's Day. Here are some images of past US Presidens in and around Jax.
Some of these are from and others from our personal collection.

17/02/2025

The Great Migration was the movement of roughly six million Black people from the South to the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970, making it one of the largest internal migrations in U.S. history. However, many contemporary historians overlook the fact that this migration was largely sparked by a series of events rooted in Black Jacksonville’s local resistance to Jim Crow-era segregation. In honor of Black History Month, here are six key facts that highlight Jacksonville’s pivotal role in reshaping the cultural demographics of the entire country.

The Great Migration was the movement of roughly six million Black people from the South to the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970, making it one of the largest internal migrations in U.S. history. However, many contemporary historians overlook the fact that this migration was largely spa...

16/02/2025

Rising from the ashes, re-construction has begun on in the Sports and Entertainment District. Heavily damaged by a significant fire just days before the first resisents were scheduled to move in January of 2024, the development team at Rise is rebuilding. When completed in early 2027, the development will include 247 residential units and 7,400 square feet of retail space (including a rooftop bar), and a third of the residential units are being reserved for affordable housing.

15/02/2025

Located near the intersection of Moncrief Road and Edgewood Avenue, Memorial Cemetery is the largest of a cemetery district serving as the burial ground for 70,000 late 19th/early 20th century Black Jaxsons. It was established by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1909, reflects the social history of the community, and is home to traditional burial customs brought from west and central Africa. Here are photos from a free walking tour provided this morning that highlighted the lives of early Jaxsons that built the city we know and love today.

13/02/2025

The Great Migrations A People On The Move miniseries mentions Jacksonville four times in the first episode. Even though Jacksonville is not the focus of the series, its stroytellers can't ignore the role Black Jacksonville played in our nation's history throughout the 20th century.
Learn more about the other side of the story via Link to story in Bio.

09/02/2025

Yesterday and today. 20 years ago, the Super Bowl was played in Jacksonville. The temporary docks along the Southbank are gone, but a Riverwalk replacement and residential buildings throughout the Southbank signify progress in the decades since the Super Bowl era. See more changes in our article for link in bio.