A little time downtown
Since moving here a little over a year ago I have seen and done many things around town but one thing I have done very little of is spend any time downtown. Jacksonville has a beautiful river running right through the center of it with some picturesque bridges and vistas. Yesterday was such a beautiful day with clear blue skies so I decided to remedy this oversight on my part.
There is a VERY large VERY old live oak tree located downtown known as the Treaty Oak The story has it that a newspaper writer wanted to save the tree from developers so he concocted a story about early settlers signing a treaty with the indians. While that never actually happened the story caught on and well the developers never got their way. Who says a little white lie isn't a good thing from time to time.
There is a VERY large VERY old live oak tree located downtown known as the Treaty Oak The story has it that a newspaper writer wanted to save the tree from developers so he concocted a story about early settlers signing a treaty with the indians. While that never actually happened the story caught on and well the developers never got their way. Who says a little white lie isn't a good thing from time to time.
If you come to Jacksonville its worth a stop by and maybe a picnic!
After the Treaty Oak I moved over to the southbank of the St. Johns River. There are certain images in every city which is just iconic to that place. The Modis Building and Main St. Bridge is that iconic image of Jacksonville.
A night shot.
There is a park called Friendship Park there as well with a huge fountain known as the Friendship Fountain. When it was built in the 60's it was considered the largest fountain in the world (in terms of height of water). A fully functioning fountain has 3 rings of water with the center shooting water up to 120 feet. Unfortunately the pumps on two of the rings have broken and the City says its too costly to fix them. If I have my facts right the cost to fix them is $850,000 which the city says it doesn't have yet the Mayor proposed an idea that would destroy the fountain and move an already existing kids park to the spot, at get this, for a mere $4 million. I love governmental accounting logic. So here's a couple pictures of the fountain the mayor thinks should be destroyed. I tend to disagree (vehemently).
Check out my web album for more photos.
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