Cool Stuff in Other Cities

[spenser1058]

Amtrak will move passenger facilities from its landmark, century old Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore to a new glass facility connected to the original via a concourse across the tracks.

The historic older facility will be refurbished and leased for other uses.

https://www.archpaper.com/2020/10/gensler-reveals-baltimores-new-central-amtrak-station/

From The Architect’s Newspaper 

 

Edited October 18, 2020 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

How ‘bout a trip to Indianapolis, “The Crossroads of America ”?

From Tampa Aerial Media 

We’ll sing the theme from “One Day At a Time” and try to forget Mike Pence exists...

Edited October 19, 2020 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

Will Miamians be able to live there if they’re not rich?

From PBS

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A walking tour of downtown Miami:

From David Hoffmann

Edited October 26, 2020 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

What we could have had downtown:

https://youtu.be/LFhVvjgh5Qs
 

This is in Bakersfield, CA

[spenser1058]

The third incarnation of the Pensacola Bay Bridge:

From FDOT 

[spenser1058]

Jax City Council hearing on the Jags’ Lot J entertainment complex:

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/378696-lot-j-questions-jaguars

 

From Florida Politics 

[spenser1058]

While we’re busy trying to bulldoze our history, Jacksonville is trying to convert these six awesome buildings into food halls:

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/six-food-halls-proposed-for-the-urban-core/

From The Jaxson 

 

Meanwhile, we’ll just look forward to generic big boxes where the 1950s- era Sentinel newsroom now sits instead of commemorating the huge part it played in the milestones of Orlando. We’ll also settle for boring instead of the textures and unique infgresses and egresses of the newsroom. I imagine we’ll just toss the century-old clock as well. We can’t be bothered with anything unique - Boring R Us. As long as we line the pockets of some developer, that’s all that matters.
 

 

Edited November 3, 2020 by spenser1058

[spenser1058]

Good things happen when you reuse your history instead of bulldozing it:

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/a-walk-through-pittsburghs-strip-district/

From The Jaxson

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More historic buildings in downtown Jacksonville being restored for reuse while we bulldoze ours:

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/mixed-use-project-proposed-for-ambassador-hotel-block/

From The Jaxson

 

We don’t need no stinkin’ history here - we want cheap Baker Barrios visors!
 

[spenser1058]

Today, let’s have a nice sunny cruise around St. Pete:

From Tampa Aerial Media

[spenser1058]

This article on the political changes in Georgia is astounding. We know that Atlanta and its closer ‘burbs have been driving the blue shift, but even places like Macon are becoming competitive. 
 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/us/politics/georgia-politics.html?referringSource=articleShare

From The New York Times

 

[Uncommon]

20 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

Today, let’s have a nice sunny cruise around St. Pete:

From Tampa Aerial Media

Beautiful. I love his videos and looking at this makes me miss living in St. Pete. Awesome downtown area.

[dcluley98]

Not quite as majestic as Winter Haven. . .  But then, would you live there if it were quiet?

 

(They are both quite quiet, methinks)  

Edited November 10, 2020 by dcluley98

[dcluley98]

I mean there looks like not much to do at all at that new pier. 

 

Why would anyone ever want to see it, or anything else there. . . 

[spenser1058]

4 hours ago, dcluley98 said:

Not quite as majestic as Winter Haven. . .  But then, would you live there if it were quiet?

 

(They are both quite quiet, methinks)  

Imperial!

[spenser1058]

4 hours ago, dcluley98 said:

I mean there looks like not much to do at all at that new pier. 

 

Why would anyone ever want to see it, or anything else there. . . 

At least their bridge is real, not a faux one...

[dcluley98]

Key West: 

 

[spenser1058]

Jacksonville’s Riverside Avondale Preservation is one of the largest and most successful neighborhood restoration programs in the country, beginning back in the ‘70’s.

Avondale has one of the smaller commercial districts among several in the preserved area. Here are some photos by Ennis Davis at The Jaxson:

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/walkable-jacksonville-shoppes-of-avondale/

Notice the angled parking and ALL THOSE TREES!

[spenser1058]

Here’s a project @AndyPok1 will love - the Tampa Yuengling brewery (originally Schlitz - it’s behind Busch Gardens) is adding on a hotel.

Doesn’t get any closer to the source than that!

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2020/11/16/yuengling-breaks-ground-for-tampa-hotel-expansions/

 

From The Tampa Bay Times 

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The Jaxson takes a tour of another awesome historic neighborhood in Jacksonville, San Marco.

There’s also a bit about how the city succumbed to the infamous GM streetcar conspiracy (yep, Roger Rabbit and Judge Doom were based on a real thing which killed transit in cities across the nation, not just LA).
https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/walkable-jacksonville-san-marco-square/

 

 

 

[spenser1058]

It’s interesting to look at the cities who’ve done the work to support and promote baseball like Jacksonville:

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/could-the-jumbo-shrimp-be-headed-for-triple-a/

Meanwhile, Orlando has done nothing to encourage the sport in the last couple of decades. Nevertheless, we deserve a MLB team because Pat Williams said so!

[elefants]

Disputed apartment towers are redesigned, and a beloved tree will survive

Apparently with enough outcry, it can be done...

I'm looking at you, Zoi

[spenser1058]

25 minutes ago, elefants said:

Disputed apartment towers are redesigned, and a beloved tree will survive

Apparently with enough outcry, it can be done...

I'm looking at you, Zoi

SAVE THE TREE!

[spenser1058]

Jacksonville takes another step toward preserving its past as this redo of the 1955 Independent Life Building moves forward:

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/independent-life-project-up-for-final-ddrb-approval/

From The Jaxson

Meanwhile, our historic downtown buildings slowly move toward demolition by neglect or worse...