New Duval County Courthouse with Green Space
The exterior of the New Duval County Courthouse is nearing completion and it is beautiful. The afternoon sun illuminates its skin tiles and makes the entire building shine. (Click on photograph to enlarge)
From directly across the street the view is outstanding. But what happens when the parking lot I’m standing on becomes a parking garage? I’ll tell you. It makes this multi-million dollar building and Jacksonville’s finest newest construction project a disappointment. A situation that can never be corrected.
I spoke to the Mayor several weeks ago regarding the space in front of the Old United States District court building. Currently a dozen or more construction trailers inhabit the space. I asked the Mayor if it were true that once the trailers were moved that the city would construct a parking garage there. He said that it was true.
I have provided a photograph of the Old United States District Courthouse before it is blocked by a parking garage.
Old United States District Court Building - Jacksonville, FL (Click to Enlarge)
Every step forward this city takes it takes two steps backwards. If you have any ability to stop this “parking lot progress” please help.
We must not block the New Duval County Courthouse or the Old United States District Courthouse. There is plenty of property behind these two courthouses to build parking garages.
For every block of city buildings downtown, we build another block of parking garages.
No More Parking Garages! Save the view! Create green space!
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The parking garages are coming!
Who would expect the architectural planners of the ” Moran Temple” to be astute enough to realize the importance of “greenspace” or “panorama” to the courthouse addition. Furthermore, any undergraduate architectural student could have told you that in the current environment, downtown buildings go up…not out, making the accommodation of parking and building far less expensive ( for example, just look at the new Federal Courthouse). But hey, this is John Peyton’s city; we’ve plenty of money to waste!