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Welcome to The Bold New City of The South-Commemorative Bicentennial Retrospective-Photos & Illustrations 1946-1995-It’s my pleasure to present to you this special show spanning the years 1946-1995-very amazing years for the city-of which I experienced 20 of them. I invite you to enjoy this musical photographic and illustrative retrospective. It is a retrospective for enjoyment […]
It’s Time for JAX 93-Jacksonville as it was in the Year 1993! 1993 was a very special year. It was the year that had perhaps the happiest day in Jacksonville’s history: November 30, 1993 the date on which Jacksonville was awarded the NFL team-The Jaguars. The City Council also approved an approximately 235 million dollar […]
George Farrar presents JAX 92-Jacksonville as it was in the Year 1992. Learn about Mayor Ed Austin’s leadership team which included a future Mayor, John Delaney- and about the River City Renaissance Urban Renewal concept that was proposed to revitalize the city. Hear about George’s experiences living on the Westside and about the I-295 Incidents […]
Jacksonville in 1990 – The GMAC Massacre , The Blodgett Homes Housing Project,The Avenues Mall Opens, Jacksonville History, Jacksonville George Farrar presents JAX 90-Jacksonville as it was in the Year 1990. In 1990, 9 people were killed in The GMAC Massacre in Baymeadows, The Blodgett Homes Housing Project was dismantled, The Avenues Mall opened at […]
George Farrar presents the story of early to mid 20th Century Jacksonville through photographs and images of Jacksonville- which rises from the ashes of The Great Fire of 1901 with the help of master architect Henry J. Klutho. Join George as he profiles Klutho’s greatest works including Jacksonville’s current City Hall-the St James Building, shares […]
George Farrar presents JAX 89-Jacksonville as it was in the Year 1989. In 1989, it snowed, the toll booths came down, The Dames Point Bridge and The Jacksonville Skyway opened, and a new skyscraper for Barnett Bank was announced. George also talks about growing up in Jacksonville then. Enjoy all of our shows at theleftturnnetwork.com
George Farrar presents JAX 88-Jacksonville as it was in the Year 1988. In 1988 people voted to remove the tolls on bridges and expressways, Baymeadows boomed as a center of office professionals, the Jacksonville Journal, an afternoon newspaper ended operations, and a grisly discovery was made at a funeral home.
In the 84th episode of the History Jacksonville series, George Farrar talks about what inspired him to create The History Jacksonville series on YouTube which spanned the years 2012-2020. Stay Tuned later in May for The Grand Finale of History Jacksonville! Seasonal History Jacksonville Specials will broadcast here in Fall, 2020-spanning thru Spring, 2021. We’re […]
On this episode of History Jacksonville, George Farrar brings you amazing pictures and illustrations from 1919 thru the mid 1970s, as Jacksonville was experiencing phenomenal growth. He shows you the openings of the old Acosta, and Main Street Bridges, Jacksonville’s old railroad station, the Annie Lytle School, The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Regency Square […]
On this episode of History Jacksonville, we look back on how cool it was to go to Drive Ins in Jacksonville back in the 1970’s and 1980’s. George reflects about fun times he had back then and profiles The Midway, The Fox, The Playtime…and even more.