Hogan Street is one of the few streets downtown that offers an encumbered view of the St Johns River
A protected bike lane would link directly into the Northbank Riverwalk and connect cyclists with a multi-use path to Brooklyn and Riverside
Presently, Hogan Street dead ends into the river. Despite frontage from both the Times Union Center for Performing Arts and the Jacksonville Landing, there is nothing that engages pedestrians. This area is presently used as a loading zone, and is closed every so often for special events.
Between Bay and Forsyth Streets, Hogan Street features no on-street parking facilities nor active retail frontage.
Empty since 2004, a proposal is materializing to redevelop the Akers-Cody Building in Downtown Jacksonville with additional floors of office space and ground-floor retail space for shops and restaurants.
Despite the presence of wide sidewalks and a first floor restaurant space, the former Furchgott’s Building no longer activates the street with a pedestrian presence as it once did.
Hogan Street features an entrance to Hemming Park
The redevelopment of the former Seminole Hotel into Sweet Pete’s and Candy Apple Café shows how successful redevelopment projects can add life and create destinations downtown.
Petra Management currently is working with the Downtown Investment Authority to secure a development agreement to restore the former Jones Brothers Furniture Building along Hogan Street.
The Rosa Parks transfer station along Hogan Street provides connections to the Skyway and various bus routes. Because protected bike lanes can make it comfortable for almost anyone in a city to ride a bike to a good transit station, they are seen as perfect complements to public transit.