(Source of images: 1955-56 Jacksonville Municipal Yearbook)

TOP PICTURE -- As the parking lots were being constructed in 1955 & '56, mounds of earth appeared in the vicinity of today's Jacksonville Landing marketplace.  The waterfront was extended and filled in where the shipping facilities lay.  How does this site look today?  CLICK HERE for a recent shot!

BOTTOM IMAGE -- Here's the view from the other side of the Main Street Bridge, the rail of which can be seen to the left.  Piles of earth cover the area of the upcoming parking lots.  They were to stretch to Newnan Street, that is, to the spot of the future, 13-story City Hall (today's City Hall Annex).  While cranes worked among the mounds, two vessels, one apparently a barge, parked along the shore.  Workers extended the waterfront in this area too. 

The green arrow denotes the Rhodes Furniture Building, which was imploded in 2002.  Still with us, though, is a 1926 structure, the Lynch Building, indicated by the red arrow.  It now houses the spectacular 11 East Forsyth Apartments.  What a shame, however, that the blue arrow points to a ghost: the stately City Hall from 1903.  It stood at the spot of the current Main Public Library, next to the 11 East Forsyth Apartments.  Curious about what this site looks like now?  CLICK HERE for a recent pic!

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