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The Urban Facelift Project #5 (937 main)
May 18, 2009 – 2:13 pm | One Comment
The Urban Facelift Project #5 (937 main)

We’ve finally gotten around to #5, at 937 main.  We actually don’t have too much information about the building other than it’s actually part of the larger parcel, Claude Nolan Cadillac Building, but it actually …

MA modern home tour
May 14, 2009 – 10:51 am | 3 Comments
MA modern home tour

We’re walking out the door headed to Atlanta for this weekend’s modern home tour, hosted by Modern Atlanta.  Looking forward to seeing what’s new in residential modern design in Atlanta, and counting the years until …

Metro Jacksonville and Urban Jacksonville features the Urban Facelift Project.
May 8, 2009 – 7:20 am | No Comment
Metro Jacksonville and Urban Jacksonville features the Urban Facelift Project.

We’re excited to have a feature article explaining what the Urban Facelift Project is running over on metrojacksonville.com.  We’ve been a fan since they started and have the same stance on a majority of the …

The Urban Facelift Project #4 (118 Main Street Revisited)
May 4, 2009 – 12:02 pm | 4 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project #4 (118 Main Street Revisited)

Revisiting UFP #2, this time we’re focusing on the empty lot between the old  Lerner Shop and 5 W Forsyth.  We love the idea of working with deep, thin linear infill spaces because of the …

The Urban Facelift Project #3 (1632-1636 Main Street)
May 4, 2009 – 9:43 am | 9 Comments
The Urban Facelift Project #3 (1632-1636 Main Street)

We’ve got a two for one special for the third Urban Facelift Project.  We’ve gone outside of the boundary of the immediate downtown area and ventured north into Springfield.  We’re actually going to focus quite …

The Urban Facelift Project #1 (53 Union Street)
April 24, 2009 – 10:06 am | One Comment
The Urban Facelift Project #1 (53 Union Street)

We’ve been tinkering around with the idea of doing a virtual facelift to Downtown Jacksonville and the surrounding urban neighborhoods for a while now. Usually what happens is we will be driving, or better …

Bruce Brandit’s “World Builder”
April 16, 2009 – 9:31 am | Comments Off
Bruce Brandit’s “World Builder”

The movie was completed in 2007, but has just recently become very popular int he last month, quickly spreading across the internet. Working on a budget of around $2000 and a volunteering cast and crew, …

Riverside Arts Market
April 6, 2009 – 8:39 am | No Comment
Riverside Arts Market

If you’re a local and didn’t get a chance to go and visit one of the biggest events that is sure to be a catalyst for the growth and culture of Jacksonville, then go next …

Home Office Redux
March 31, 2009 – 4:12 pm | One Comment
Home Office Redux

With more and more people turning spaces in their homes to office space, we’re starting to have inquiries on what steps one should take to make a work space that they can be productive in.  …

Peel P50
March 26, 2009 – 3:21 pm | No Comment
Peel P50

With recent imports to the United States of the Smart Car and the Mini Cooper, I wonder if we’ll see anything quite as small as the P50, built in the early 1960′s by The Peel …