It was the party of the century. It saved a building. It helped save a neighborhood. It was led by a conductor that never even worked in the rail industry. This is the story of the Station Celebration, a forgotten dispatch that rallied thousands of Jaxsons together to help save Jacksonville’s Union Terminal. Read More
Jacksonville, the birthplace of Southern rock, is also the final resting place of many who defined the genre. Photographer Chris Soldt takes a tour of Jacksonville's Southern rock graves. Read More
A year after a devastating fire destroyed the development before it was set to open, the RISE Doro multifamily project is under construction again. Read More
Once the largest train station south of Washington, D.C., more than fifty years have passed since the last passenger train left the station in 1974. Bolstered by plans to bring a University of Florida graduate campus to LaVilla and a $1.25 million grant from the Build American Bureau, passenger rail could be making its long awaited return to downtown. This will create the opportunity to reimagine the Prime Osborn Convention Center site as a major mixed use economic hub in LaVilla. With that in mind, here is a look at five rehabilitated passenger rail stations across the country. Read More
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