Urban Jacksonville

I’m a realist, so most didn’t impress me, but out of the ones you posted in this article, I love the idea of spotlights and laser light shows at the Performing Arts Center. That would be an impressive element to add to the skyline.

I’m not a talented artist or architect, so I will write out what I think of the Jacksonville skyline.

I love that bridge that lights up purple. I’m not sure what it’s called, or even where it goes to, but it’s so pretty and fun. In the cities up north, people take things WAY TOO SERIOUSLY to ever put up a purple bridge.

The appeal of Jacksonville (to me, anyway), is that it’s NOT so urban, yet not entirely rural, and definately not in the mid-west. I like that life here is more laid-back and casual, and the weather is great, and it’s so close to the beach; I would love to see a skyline that reflects that. I wouldn’t want to see a massive skyline of traditional-styled, grey buildings and high-rises here, remniscent of other cities.

I would encourage more bright colors and lights, and different styles of architecture. At the same time, it would be nice to restore a few of the older buildings in the city- like that old school that you drive right next to on I-95. This would give Jacksonville an identity of it’s own, and would attract newcomers looking for a change of scenery.

I like the pretty lights too :-)

Blue Main St Bridge, green neon around Fidelity Trust (?)….etc

Isn’t it downtown Dallas has different colored spotlights on their buildings? I’ve seen that somewhere – very pretty at night!

i don’t care about what the place looks like that much, and i honestly don’t care about homeless people shitting all over the place. just give us more parking, and better shops, restaurants, and bars downtown, and i’ll be happy.

Yeah, because you know, eating at a restaurant next to some guy taking a dump is appetizing! Nothing says “let’s eat” like seeing Hobo Bob taking a crap on Laura St.

yeah, i’ve never seen that. i’m pretty sure it’s not a common occurrence, either, so i’m not too worried about it.

Um… well, you guys are the ones who want to be more “urban”. I suggest that if you encounter a homeless person doing something nasty on the sidewalk, do what real “urbanites” do and ignore it!

Can anyone please tell me, where is the best sushi restaurant in JAX? Please help…I’m fading fast over here!

If I was going to get sushi I would head over to Five Points. There are two sushi restaurants there. One in the publix shopping center, sushi cafe. It’s ok. The bomb sushi is located right in Five Points. I can’t remeber the name right now of the restaurant right now. Can anyone help me out?

Sake House on Lomax Street. Have never been but supposedly very good.

There are also a few bait shops along the waterfront :)

sake house is definitely the best in jax. sushi cafe is the most popular, if you are wanting that.

Megan says, “Um… well, you guys are the ones who want to be more “urban”. I suggest that if you encounter a homeless person doing something nasty on the sidewalk, do what real “urbanites” do and ignore it!”

Are you freakin’ serious? Ignore it b/c we live, work or play downtown? So, we as the “urbanites” deserve this?

I’m not saying you “deserve” anything. Just saying that if living in close proximity to the mentally ill and homeless (and vast majority of homeless do have mental illness) truly disgusts you, then you be living at the beach or in the suburbs somewhere.

We do not live in a society where the mentally ill are just locked away, so we either have to live with them (not literally…you know what I mean) or live someplace more secluded.