Things That Make You Go Hmmm,,,
I try to be observant, very observant. I love the picture books where you have to find all the differences between the photos. At signal lights I am not looking at my phone, I am looking around. Sort of like my own personal game of I-Spy or Where's Waldo.
There is no rhyme nor reason to these photos. Just things I saw and thought,,,hmmm
In case you forgot, you can click on a photo for a larger version of it.
I saw this old sign marking the way to an auto repair shop. It looks like his nose and all along his arm were light bulbs. Perhaps they showed you the way to good auto repair. It looks like a tire slung over his shoulder.
This building intrigued me. It was originally built between 1910-1911. It originally had 3 floors and a 1,500 seat auditorium. It now is office space but it did make the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is the oldest Shrine Temple in Florida.
As I would drive through Jacksonville I would see this atop an older building and always wondered, what the heck is this? Turns out the builder wanted Everyone to know where this building was. When it was completed in 1926 it was the second tallest building in Jacksonville. The top "11E" stands for where the building stands, 11 East Forsyth Street. It was originally office space but now stands as a semi-failed effort to make it apartments for downtown living.
Next up, the very top of the JEA Building (Jacksonville Electric Authority). The building was built in 1960 and at the time of completion, it became the 2nd tallest building in downtown Jacksonville.In 1962 a six-story department store opened in the lower floors of the building. The very top was Embers Restaurant. The restaurant opened in 1964 and had 250 seats. Every 90-minutes it made a complete 360 degree turn. At the time it was billed as the largest rotating restaurant in the U.S. It is now J.E.A. Office space and not open for public functions.
I like this place. It is a food truck storage lot. All different kinds of food trucks are parked here. Not sure if they are here for renovations or just resting between uses.
Fresh paint on an old, vacant, abandoned building. Why? Is someone going to bring this nondescript place back to life? If so, why not do the inside first.
The trailer of a semi. Since I work for an attorney who represents truckers and their insurance companies I pay a lot of attention to trucks nowadays.As I sat behind this one in traffic, I wondered what it had carried from Wisconsin (tag) or had it picked up a load somewhere else and recently dropped the load off. I figured it had to be empty because the doors were not padlocked or zip-tied shut.
Eat Beef, because the west wasn't won on salads. This person makes a very valid point and brightened my morning commute.
I spy this place on a major road. The Salaam Club is an Arab American club. It was founded in 1912 as the Syrian-American Club of Florida. As of 2012 a total of 119 families belong to the club.
The corner of the mural says 'Urban Core' but there isn't a lot of information on this, aside from a plan, or dream, to better parts of downtown Jacksonville and the northside. But it is a cool mural. You should see the side, it has a racoon and an armadillo near a tree stump and it sort of looks like they are sippin some 'shine.
And lastly, we have this. What is it? I am not really sure. It is a purple shade, it has been purposely placed in this tree with an "S" hook like one would use for a bird feeder or a hanging plant. I think it is metal because rain doesn't affect it. It has been here for at least 6 weeks since I first spied it way up in the tree branches. Someone went through a lot of effort to place it where it hangs.
There is no rhyme nor reason to these photos. Just things I saw and thought,,,hmmm
In case you forgot, you can click on a photo for a larger version of it.
I saw this old sign marking the way to an auto repair shop. It looks like his nose and all along his arm were light bulbs. Perhaps they showed you the way to good auto repair. It looks like a tire slung over his shoulder.
This building intrigued me. It was originally built between 1910-1911. It originally had 3 floors and a 1,500 seat auditorium. It now is office space but it did make the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is the oldest Shrine Temple in Florida.
As I would drive through Jacksonville I would see this atop an older building and always wondered, what the heck is this? Turns out the builder wanted Everyone to know where this building was. When it was completed in 1926 it was the second tallest building in Jacksonville. The top "11E" stands for where the building stands, 11 East Forsyth Street. It was originally office space but now stands as a semi-failed effort to make it apartments for downtown living.
Next up, the very top of the JEA Building (Jacksonville Electric Authority). The building was built in 1960 and at the time of completion, it became the 2nd tallest building in downtown Jacksonville.In 1962 a six-story department store opened in the lower floors of the building. The very top was Embers Restaurant. The restaurant opened in 1964 and had 250 seats. Every 90-minutes it made a complete 360 degree turn. At the time it was billed as the largest rotating restaurant in the U.S. It is now J.E.A. Office space and not open for public functions.
I like this place. It is a food truck storage lot. All different kinds of food trucks are parked here. Not sure if they are here for renovations or just resting between uses.
Fresh paint on an old, vacant, abandoned building. Why? Is someone going to bring this nondescript place back to life? If so, why not do the inside first.
The trailer of a semi. Since I work for an attorney who represents truckers and their insurance companies I pay a lot of attention to trucks nowadays.As I sat behind this one in traffic, I wondered what it had carried from Wisconsin (tag) or had it picked up a load somewhere else and recently dropped the load off. I figured it had to be empty because the doors were not padlocked or zip-tied shut.
Eat Beef, because the west wasn't won on salads. This person makes a very valid point and brightened my morning commute.
I spy this place on a major road. The Salaam Club is an Arab American club. It was founded in 1912 as the Syrian-American Club of Florida. As of 2012 a total of 119 families belong to the club.
The corner of the mural says 'Urban Core' but there isn't a lot of information on this, aside from a plan, or dream, to better parts of downtown Jacksonville and the northside. But it is a cool mural. You should see the side, it has a racoon and an armadillo near a tree stump and it sort of looks like they are sippin some 'shine.
And lastly, we have this. What is it? I am not really sure. It is a purple shade, it has been purposely placed in this tree with an "S" hook like one would use for a bird feeder or a hanging plant. I think it is metal because rain doesn't affect it. It has been here for at least 6 weeks since I first spied it way up in the tree branches. Someone went through a lot of effort to place it where it hangs.
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