Jacksonville Florida... Never been there, but my step dad has, and he brought me back a collecter coke bottle and a baseball cap!
:D What do you think of this city?

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/UnitedStates/USA-FL-Jacksonville-JoshuaDahl1.jpg
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/UnitedStates/USA-FL-Jacksonville-AerialsOnly1.jpg
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/UnitedStates/USA-FL-Jacksonville-JvilleCVB1.jpg
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/UnitedStates/USA-FL-Jacksonville-worldskyscraperscom1.jpg
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/UnitedStates/USA-FL-Jacksonville1.jpg
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I love everything about J-ville. My grandparents lived there. Then died recently.

8/10

far to many scrapers :(

:baaa:

It is maybe a cool city, but looks rather bad..

The skyline is far too little for what the population consists of (largest city in Florida.) Then again, it also is its own county which would explain the giant population. They should put some more buildings up there; or atleast something taller then the modis building.

What is that tower with the giant "MODIS" on the top? I hate that building... :(

I am not impressed. My biggest beef isn't with the number of buildings, but with the layout instead. There doesn't seem to be much continuity, if you know what I mean... ;)

@ De Snor

:?

theres not enough scrapers to make a sizable skyline, but gladly the skyline is not full of boxes... 5.5

virgin skyline, some interesting stuff 6/10

blah. Kinda modern, but way too small for its MSA, very unbalanced, and very unspectacular. I give it a 5.

Skyline is much better in person. 8

Not too excited at the moment... maybe in the future...

5

I like cities without too many high-rise like this one

Hmmm... 6

8/10

i like it. bofa rules! 10/10

I was born in jacksonville and lived there for many years. Given, lets not fool our selfs...the skylines sucks...for the population. But in person the place looks amazing!

8.5/10

4

Really not much there... I hate the Modis building... Bank of America bldg is pretty decent though...

lol why a 2?

Bad experience in that city?

:|

i kind of have always liked that skyline. it's original. 7

5.5/10



Nice buildings, but it needs more.

7

Interesting modern buildings, but gets points only due to the couple of modern highrises, needs much more infill of smaller buildings to make it look realler.....

http://www.angelfire.com/linux/flashstudio/beaver-street-skyline.jpg


this picture is awesome!

3.5

I love it the Modis building one of the best in America in my opinion

The population is a bit fudged because it includes all of Duval County, you see the Jacksonville sign but then drive through 15 minutes of forest first.

6/10

Um.. Jacksonville does not have a huge population neither is it "the largest city in Florida". It is the largest city in Florida by land size(Jacksonville and Duval County are one and the same) making it even harder to built a succesfull downtown and skyline because of the constant struggle against suburbanism. Jacksonville only has 800,000 people.

http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/df/SLIDES/jaxskyline.gif

http://www.cheuvront.com/pru.jpg

http://www.beachesphotography.com/gallery/images/Jacksonville%20Skyline%201.jpg

http://www.gotoflorida.net/img/beaches/jacksonville-skyline.jpg

http://www.mvce.net/downtown.jpg

http://www.newhomes-fl.com/images/layout/downtown3.jpghttp://www.smki.net/images/indsh.JPG

The new Federal Courthouse building.. 15 stories..

http://www.coj.net/NR/rdonlyres/euhy6m2znlh5hfrocfehpdkgpybtybxtezxf2fyw535l2s44dwijehnwixwhno3hdc3tbscdvtf2kt3uh7embd4lcjb/005.jpg http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/NewJaxCH.jpg

Looks nice but not alotta density or enough skyscrapers.

5/10.

8/10 looks real nice.

More Jax...

The facade of the CSX building in the lower left of this pic has been remodeled with sleek black glass..
http://66.78.26.20/~sbinder/everythingjacksonville/images/jacksonville.jpg

http://www.epa.gov/owow/mts/images/jax2_skyline.jpg

This is Friendship Fountain and at times of high publicity (Spring Break, Jazz Festival, Film Festival, holidays, etc.) it goes as high as 15 stories and becomes part of Jacksonville's skyline. It also changes colors takes to a new lighting system..
http://www.grywolf.cpjax.com/skyline.jpg

Downtown Jacksonville is very fortunate to be situated on a river..

http://www.grywolf.cpjax.com/jaxsky.jpg

http://www.skypic.com/florida/2-9521.jpg

http://www.skypic.com/florida/11-9528.jpg

http://www.trainweb.org/brettrw/amt/AMT004a.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/thelakelander/jacksonville/beaver-street-skyline.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinarentoft/image/28496234.jpg

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http://www.pbase.com/tim32225/image/23798157.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/efstop/image/35893799.jpg

It's "o.k."...It's not really impressing me at the moment, but in a couple of years, I can see this city having an amazing skyline. I give it a 6 on the skyline for now, and a 9 for it's potential...Overall, it's a good 7.5. :)

6.0 - the modis building is rad.

A very nice modern skyline. The bridges add a lot to it, I think. A 7.

It is OK but needs more buildings. I gave it a 5. It is really kind of boring.

Trust me...when you're driving on I-95, this skyline is quite impressive....I give it 7/8

That skyline is about to be under major construction too. A total of 14 20+ story building are getting ready for construction with 7 of them over 30 story.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=73930

This skyline rules! I give it a 7.5/10. :applause:

Pretty nice Skyline when you consider Jax has a metro population of only around 1,000,000.

Nice surprise. Skyline isn't big, but quite dense, and tall buildings are really nice :okay:
7/10

Good skyline, although there could be some more buildings and heightage, perhaps for its population of about 750,000. 8/10. It's nice.

I like the skyline, but the huge MODIS is really HIDEOUS.

6.5/10 until they fix that travesty

The skyline in person is so much better than these pictures. 8/10
I like Jax's skyline, and I think the Modis is pretty cool. It helps make the Jax skyline the Jax skyline, and not just any other city in america. I like when you can look at a skyline and know where you are by specific defining buildings.

8/10

I don't think that J-ville has good density at all! Far too spread-out, IMO. I think it has a lot of potential and hopefully gets a building boom like the other Florida metros.

7.5/10

The tallest tower is at 188m and the second at 163m. That's nice I say, but in the top 15 there's only one tower build after 2000! (84m tall). I'd say Jacksonville is pretty dead :fiddle:

Still ok skyline 5.5/10

^^
Oh, poor uninformed soul.
Jacksonville is FAAAAAR from dead...
You should look at under construction, approved, and proposed buildings. The numbers are very impressive.

The skyline can be decieving because downtown is split by the river. Here's a couple of shots I snapped yesterday, while out on the river.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/lakelander/Exchange%20Island/going-downtown-skyline.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/lakelander/Exchange%20Island/going-hart-skyline.jpg

Looks OK, but not that spectacular in density.
7.5/10

5.5/10

6/10

8/10- nicely developed for it's pop.

The skyline can be decieving because downtown is split by the river. Here's a couple of shots I snapped yesterday, while out on the river.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/lakelander/Exchange%20Island/going-downtown-skyline.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/lakelander/Exchange%20Island/going-hart-skyline.jpg

Look at all the cranes in those pictures. :p

skyline 7/10

It's nice, 7.5/10

7.5/10

@ Gonk, i'm pretty sure that Miami is the biggest city in Florida.

Anyways this skyline isn't that spectacular 5/10

actually, Jacksonville IS thew largest city in Florida...land mass and population. It, however, is not the largest metropolitan area.

Nice skyline!!8.5/10

Jacksonville is beautiful!

My photos taken in January 2006:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3229/jacksonvilleskyline26vf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3971/jacksonvilleskyline32vb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8945/jacksonvilleskyline11jt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2796/jacksonville45ns.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7336/img06261tw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nice skyline :okay: 9/10

9/10

7/10

Miami has the best skyline in Florida though.

7.5/10 The Jacksonville Develpment thread in the Florida forum has some amazing new pictures of Jax. Jacksonville is growing fast.

8/10

Nice 7/10

Jax has a nice mix of old and modern high-rises. The Modis Building is one of those buildings either you love, or hate. I love it, it defines Jax's skyline. At night, three of Jax's bridges at downtown are lit up with lights; Hart Bridge, Main Street Bridge, and the Acosta Bridge. 8 out of 10

7.5/10

5/10.......just average, not enough buildings and it looks too much corporate styling.

7/10

7/10

8/10. Enjoyed my time here in June.

nice highrises, but too few

6.5/10

6/10

9/10. go jaguars!!!:okay:

9/10

again. same population as mississauga, but more scattered. i thought 'sauga will lose to other cities with same population. why would a suburb beat central cities? 9.

6/10

again. same population as mississauga, but more scattered. i thought 'sauga will lose to other cities with same population. why would a suburb beat central cities? 9.

Because Mississauga is part of a metro area that is FAR larger than Jacksonville. Plus sauga is a city in its own rite, not just a burb. It also is twice as dense as Jacksonville.


6/10 interesting skyline and great city, but not enough tall buildings or dense residential in the core.

5.5/10

7.5/10

7.5/10

6/10

7.0/10

6/10

7.5/10

7/10

http://s004.radikal.ru/i208/1001/ab/65038d913616.jpg

8/10

Jax is just weak. 6/10

6/10

7.5/10

i like it, 7/10

7/10

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Downtown%20Jax%20Aerials%20Nightlife%20and%20More/DowntownJax007.jpg
View from 42nd floor of city's tallest looking south.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Downtown%20Jax%20Aerials%20Nightlife%20and%20More/DowntownJax018.jpg
A cluster on the Southbank with a wall of rain in the background.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Downtown%20Jax%20Aerials%20Nightlife%20and%20More/DowntownJax002.jpg

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http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Downtown%20Jax%20Aerials%20Nightlife%20and%20More/DowntownJax082.jpg
Our "skyline" :)

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20FL%20Mediterranean%20Paradise/bla081.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20FL%20Mediterranean%20Paradise/bla086.jpg

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http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20FL%20Mediterranean%20Paradise/bla126.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20FL%20Ortega%20Mansions%20and%20History/a1.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20FL%20Ortega%20Mansions%20and%20History/bla00111.jpg

The following taken last winter:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20Suburbs%20JTB%20Corridor/SpringBreak2010252.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20Suburbs%20JTB%20Corridor/SpringBreak2010253.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Jacksonville%20Suburbs%20JTB%20Corridor/SpringBreak2010257.jpg

Jacksonville's skyline is certainly no Atlanta or Boston or San Fran, but it does well for an American city its size. Its tallest is 617 ft and 43 floor, which is not exactly short. It has 5 significantly tall residential buildings ranging from 22 floors to 37 floors (with plenty more residential shorter than that).

The bridges certainly add an interesting dynamic that most cities could only dream of. Whenever the next boom is and if city leaders wake up and take their thumb out of their ass, expect at least another 5 towers to pop up, one being office and the rest being residential.

Overall if you were to drive through the city and cross on 95 you would be impressed. The skyline is certainly more impressive than neighboring Orlando's (sorry and not to rag on that city) and is more impressive than Birmingham's, Raleigh's for sure, Louisville's, Richmond's, and arguably Nashville's (that's arguable).

Also density wise, that's another argument for another thread but some of Jacksonville's core neighborhoods would put any other sunbelt neighborhoods to shame. I have provided photos of said neighborhoods in the Florida forum and the Urban showcase forum.

6/10

8/10
not too many but nice.

7/10 from me.

5.5/10

5 out 10 :)

8/10