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Laura and Ashley: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 7:14am.
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Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Residences, corner Laura and Ashley Streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Concrete Jungle
Submitted by don on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 9:47pm.
We can than The First Baptist Church for the current "enhancements" to the view. There is a house a few blocks away still standing that is very similar to the the one on the corner in the photo from 1910. For years it housed The Seminole Club but I think it closed and is for sale. Majestic house, just like this one.
Impossible to ignore
Submitted by Don Struke on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 10:03am.
My, oh, my, look at the precisely trimmed hedges and other greenery (black and grayery?) for that corner house, with credit due, I'd think, to the broom-sweeping gent at the curb.
Paradise Lost
Submitted by 19thCenturyGirl on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 1:19pm.
If ever a song comes to mind referring to this photo, it would have to be a Joni Mitchell song with the lyrics, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot". I do hope that these stately homes were relocated. I am so sad to see this kind of destruction and in place an ugly square box built!
All gone in the name of Progress
Submitted by Maogwai Cat on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 8:49am.
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