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W Wood's avatar

This is a brilliant article and cuts to the core of the issue. These buildings cannot be left the way they are, and yet they are too architecturally and historically significant to allow them to be torn down. Everyone who reads this article should forward it to the Mayor and to City Council members.

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David Laffitte's avatar

I was part of one of the attempts to revive the trio, probably 20 or more years ago. The City of Jacksonville was derelict in transferring the property over to the Fire Pension Fund - where the buildings have suffered 'malign neglect' ever since. It's hard to overstate the importance of these buildings to the history of Jacksonville. Whatever the cost, they must be saved. If the City had faced this truth during John Delaney's administration, they'd have been on the tax rolls for the past 20 years!

David Laffitte, architect

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