Built in 1909, the Richmond Hotel was once one of the finest hotels in Downtown Jacksonville for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era. Featuring 48 upper floor rooms, its famed guests included Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Holiday. The Richmond closed for good in the early 1970s, following desegregation. Today, its street level retail spaces are occupied by Delo Studios, an art gallery, meeting and event space. However, the building's former hotel rooms have largely sat empty and untouched over the past four decades. Here's a peak inside a space where time has remained still. Read More
Memorials and monuments commemorating the Civil War on the First Coast go far beyond Jacksonville. St. Augustine, Palatka, Olustee, Fernandina Beach, and other communities all have memorials of their own. These include graves, historic sites preserving battlefields and significant structures, place names dedicated to Civil War figures, and of course, Confederate monuments. This article by Bill Delaney highlights how each one represents the way towns have chosen to remember the Civil War in the generations that followed. Read More
Brooklyn's latest infill development project is now under construction. Here's a look at the latest project coming to this popular urban core district. Read More
Catullo's Italian Food Truck bringing authentic Italian flavor to Intracoastal West area when new brick and mortar location opens early next year. Read More
