Historic Jacksonville: North & West Side

Gateway Mall (Jacksonville Northside, FL) sits on Norwood Avenue and was once one of the city's major retail hubs. This photo tour and history trace its rise, its decline, and the ongoing conversations about redeveloping the site for the surrounding community.

Cedar Hills (Jacksonville Westside, FL) is one of the city's original postwar suburbs, known for its mid-century ranch homes and a mix of urban and suburban character. This piece walks through the neighborhood's history and architecture.

The 103rd Street "Wonderland Corridor" (Jacksonville Westside, FL) is a stretch of 103rd Street at the center of a community effort to create a formal business district. This article covers the petition and residents' vision for revitalizing the area.

May-Cohens, "The Big Store" (Downtown Jacksonville, FL), was the Cohen Brothers department store that anchored downtown's shopping district for generations. This retrospective revisits the store's history and the role it played in the life of the city.

The Age of the Downtown Department Store (Downtown Jacksonville, FL) traces the rise and fall of downtown's great retailers, from Cohen Brothers and Furchgott's to JCPenney, between the early 1900s and the 1980s. A good overview of how downtown shopping shaped the city.

French Novelty (Jacksonville, FL) is one of the historic Jewish-owned businesses featured in this Jaxson guide to the city's Jewish heritage sites. It highlights the families and storefronts that helped shape Jacksonville's commercial and cultural history from the mid-1800s on.

Norwood (Jacksonville Northside, FL) is a Northside neighborhood laid out in 1912 along the banks of Moncrief Creek. This history covers its early development and its place in the growth of Jacksonville's north end.