Ashley Street The History of Northwest Jacksonville October 21, 2020 Ennis Armon Davis, AICP Broad Street Antebellum Period LaVilla Plantation Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Dell’s Bluff Plantation Magnolia Plantation 1860s Map of Jacksonville Civil War Era Jacksonville 54th Massachusetts Infantry in 1863 Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Boylan‐Haven School St. Paul AME LaVilla during the 1870s Gullah Geechee Settlements Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, The Gilded Era Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Honeymoon Yard Plessy v. Ferguson Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Great Fire of 1901 Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Great Fire of 1901 The Magic City (1901-1929) Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Early 20th Century LaVilla Ragtime, Blues & Jazz Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Immigrant Communities Greek Syrian Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Chinese Cuban Local Cuisine Camel Riders Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Seafood Boils Garlic Crabs Barbeque Zoning and Redlining Longbranch Moncrief Moncrief Longbranch Durkeeville Sugar Durkeeville Sugar New Town Hill Hill Eastside New LaVilla Robinson’s Town Addition LaVilla Brooklyn Eastside Mixontown Brooklyn Philips 1930 Jacksonville Zoning Map National Housing Act of 1934 (Redlining) Unrestricted Zoning Dennis Street ‐ Honeymoon Myrtle Avenue – Campbell Hill Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, New Town Baker Avenue – Robinson’s Addition Making A Way New Town Ashley Street – LaVilla Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, West 8th Street – Sugar Hill American Beach – Amelia Island Planning Destruction Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Desegregation) Housing Act of 1937 (Urban Renewal) Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Mims v. DCPS in 1971 (Closed Schools in Black Neighborhoods) Federal‐Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Expressways) Today LaVilla Edward Waters College Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, Durkee Gardens Historic District Grand Park Withintrication Ennis ArmonAICP Davis, The Deuces – St. Petersburg Thank You! The Emerald Trail’s LaVilla Link (Model Mile) Ennis Armon Davis, AICP Email: [email protected] Instagram: @thejaxsonmag Twitter: @TheJaxsonMag Facebook: facebook.com/thejaxsonmag/ Website: www.thejaxsonmag.com Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park.