Major Jacksonville Photo Thread...RAM, JIA, Panoramas, Food, and More! (St. Augustine: neighborhoods, live in)

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Coming as soon as I can edit it all and put it together, so I'm just trying to pique interest.

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Starting off with two panoramas. These are simply attempts. I have a new camera and I haven't learned even 10% of it yet. I took this using motion control and fast snaps to maintain a level shot. There are some disconnects and a little bit of contrast from right to left. There is a pan feature on my camera that I don't know how to use yet.





Both pictures taken from the base of the Ortega Bridge this past Sunday.

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Food.

First pictures taken at the Brick. I ordered beef tenderloin benedict, and other dishes at the table were varied. I forgot to take pictures of the food because it just never occurred to me, but the pictures are of the inside of the restaurant.

The second pictures were taken at 'town, just down from the Brick. Both of the meals were brunch type meals over the past weekend. 'town was a bit of a letdown because I ordered the market fish, which was red snapper, and out came salmon. The waiter tried to convince me I was wrong and that the red snapper literally was red. I honestly at first thought it might be someone else's dish. I wasn't too impressed with the bed of mushrooms, either, but the three tater tots you see were absolutely delicious. I probably won't be going back.

Brick:


(Please ignore my father LoL)









'town

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A large photo/pan:

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Jacksonville International Airport:

Guys, we really have a cool airport. It might be small, but it is NICE. It is very fast and efficient, and it offers lots of great service. It is clean, too. The bars/restaurants are very good for airport places and there are several worthy shops (the PGA Tour shop/Jax shop, a Haskell gallery, Brighton Collectibles, and a Brooks Brothers). The whole space is very airy and definitely points visitors in the right direction of a progressive Jacksonville on the move. The color scheme is appropriate, too. I really just can't say enough.

A model of what the airport will look like when built out in a decade (or less depending on growth).




Space still UC (recently remodeled)




The above photo seen from the plane:


Haskell gallery had some interesting art:




There was of course live music in the atrium:




One of many food spots, the food court in the concourse with Sbarro, Freshens, and Quizno's.


One of the new concourses:


Planes at the airport:

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The area where I took the panoramas.

Baker Point and the Ortega Bridge Park are relatively new (~6 years) public parks at the foot of the Ortega Bridge. They were largely financed by private donations from individuals in the Ortega area, namely the Bakers. They are very very popular parks and serve as small scale examples of what Jacksonville should have in all of its parks. They also offer the best skyline views and beautiful views of the river.

[Northside904]

Lovely shots. I like the JIA pics and not because I live in close proximity to the Airport (32218 ). Sometimes I go to the airport just to walk through. The airport is nowhere near small, if anything it's mid-sized. I can say that it's not congested like MIA, TIA, OIA and the other big airports in the state and I like that.

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Riverside Arts Market

This is a weekly art market held under the Fuller Warren bridge (I-95). There are lots of local art and local produce vendors, live music, entertainers, and just an excuse to be out and about on a Saturday.

I would say that for Florida, and even for the South, Jacksonville is kind of artsy fartsy in a funky sort of way. I have never been to a city with so many art shows/walks and with the same amount of local produce being sold everywhere. I live in Atlanta now, but going to art walks in Midtown and Piedmont Park and searching for local produce vendors makes one want to cry. I guess Jacksonville is just fortunate enough to have good weather, lots of scenery in the area, St. Augustine, Amelia Island, and lots of old, funky neighborhoods. There are weeks in Jacksonville where six similar art shows will take place in one week all over town, just by coincidence.

The other thing that was funny to me was seeing everyone bundled up. It was 63-83 for the previous week or so, and then a cold front came through and the high dropped to maybe 68 or 70. Don’t get me wrong, Jax can get pretty cold in January and February, but coming down from Atlanta where even I thought Atlanta was too hot for this time of year made me laugh to realize that to these people 60s is cold.

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Some Asian dude rapping while some other guys break dance

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Did you see Wayne Wood there?

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Scenes from an early winter weekend









There were soooo many birds out all weekend!