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Reimagined, renovated Friendship Fountain back in action on Jacksonville riverfront
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFriendship Fountain has its sparkle back, thanks to a nearly $8 million renovation project. The...
A new look for Friendship Fountain: Splash park, garden, light show are new attractions
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Southbank's Friendship Fountain, designed by visionary architect Taylor Hardwick, opened in 1965...
After a three-year delay, Jacksonville’s iconic Friendship Fountain finally unveiled
WJAX via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAction News Jax told you back in 2019 that Jacksonville’s iconic Friendship Fountain was getting a...
Related Group's 25-story apartment tower might get $59 million in city incentives
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks agoTaxpayers would put up nearly $59 million in cash grants and tax rebates in order to close the deal...
Friendship Fountain reopens on the Southbank after a 3 year delay
WJAX via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFriendship Fountain on Jacksonville’s Southbank is back! The city celebrated the grand opening of the fountain Thursday night. The fountain originally opened in 1965. The renovation cost $7.95 ...
Mark Woods: Is orange the color of progress on Jacksonville riverfront? Let's hope so.
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe orangish roof that was a staple of so many downtown shots is long gone. Construction of a new...
Downtown Investment Authority and Related Group say deal close on 24-story luxury high-rise
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoA proposed 24-story luxury apartment building on the downtown Southbank still is in play for a...
Loved ones gather at candlelight vigil to remember father of 4 gunned down in Jacksonville
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe name “Erik” echoed throughout Friendship Fountain on Thursday as loved ones gathered to remember 37-year-old Erik Fountano. “He’s very unique, he was handsome, he was very, very talented and funny,” his mother Johnthia Heggs said. > ...
LGBT+ club to open in almost 100-year-old cigar company building in downtown Jacksonville
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 9 months agoInside Jacksonville's Hardwicks Bar downtown, you can look through its tall floor-to-ceiling windows...
Nate Monroe: Downtown will be a visible, stubborn challenge for Mayor Donna Deegan
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCOMMENTARY | There is a yawning gap between the ways we are told to think about downtown...