(Source of image:  Florida State Archives)

Nowadays, what occupies this old Lovett's Supermarket?  Barnett's Art & Frame Shop.  The 1940s structure is located just south of the intersection of Blanding Boulevard and San Juan Avenue.  As shown, it stood next to Stewarts 5 & 10 in 1948.  The variety store is vacant today, and the parking spaces in front were paved over when Blanding was widened.

Just several hundred yards south of the building are the distinctive white entry gates to the Lake Shore neighborhood.  Although first developed during the 1920s, the subdivision boomed after America entered into World War II in 1941.  Lake Shore was home to many Navy families whose wage earners commuted to NAS Jax.  Today, the neighborhood consists of both modest homes and waterfront residences that stretch along the Cedar and Ortega rivers.  Local kids are served by Bayview Elementary School and Lake Shore Middle School, contained in a 1942 building that underwent a $13 million renovation during the late 1990s.

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