This is a RSS file. Copy the URL into your aggregator of choice. If you don't know what this means and want to learn more, please see: http://platial.typepad.com/news/2006/04/really_simple_t.html for more info. http://www.platial.com A tour created as part of the Travel Office's unofficial residency with the National Park Service's Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, centered in Jacksonville, FL. The tour is an expansion of the Preserve's boundaries and explores connections between colonial history, civil rights, and contemporary environmental justice concerns. http://www.platial.com/post/2095956
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]]> 30.37332 -81.723236 platialUser:grifray 2007-09-24 16:15:49.086228+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/1688219 This park became Florida´s first state preserve in 1971 and is now designated as a National Natural Landmark. Noted artist and naturalist William Bartram called it the great Alachua Savannah when he wrote about his visit to the prairie in 1774. Over 20 distinct biological communities provide a rich array of habitats for wildlife, including alligators, bison, wild horses, and over 270 species of birds. Exhibits and an audio-visual program at the visitor center explain the area´s natural and cultural history. A 50-foot-high observation tower near the visitor center provides a panoramic view of the preserve.

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Tags: pollution dump incinerator school racism environmentaljustice florida jacksonville

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]]> 29.715656 -81.232193 platialUser:grifray 2007-01-10 14:14:44.455116+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/896542 gunned down as she walked along the road on March 23, 1964 by 4 white men. Several miles away in downtown Jacksonville, protests against the inequities of racial segregation turned violent as whites fought the advances of civil rights. The shooter, JW Rich, served 3 years for manslaughter, the charges against the 3 other men were dropped, despite confessions.

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]]> 30.34347 -81.67075 platialUser:grifray 2007-02-09 12:51:00.65865+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/952830 Lonnie C. Miller, Sr. Park is located northeast of the intersection of Moncrief Road and Soutel Drive, approximately five miles northwest of downtown Jacksonville. From the 1940s to the 1960s, the owners operated a dump on a portion of the land, which was formerly used for agricultural purposes.
The City of Jacksonville disposed of incinerator ash waste, and other parties reportedly disposed of septic sludge and other wastes at the dump site. St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church was constructed in 1964 at the northeast corner of Moncrief and Soutel, next to the present park entrance. In the late 1980s, the City of Jacksonville purchased a large portion of the privately owned land to develop a regional park. Opened in 1995, the park includes a picnic shelter, playground, and walking areas. The Ribault River borders the east side of the park, flowing northeast to the Trout River

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]]> 30.324438 -81.701317 platialUser:grifray 2007-09-25 19:10:05.853429+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/896332 Tags: florida, jacksonville, historic, monuments, naacp, civilrights, sitin, colonialism

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]]> 29.894773 -81.31115 platialUser:grifray 2007-01-10 15:43:13.017809+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/896499 The fort now sits in a popular tourist district of "Old St. Augustine."
At the Castillo is also the Freedom Tree, near the cross walk at the traffic light across from Teepee Town.
Though there is no official version of the story, it was well known to residents involved in the movement in the 1960s. Fliers were passed around when a rally was called, saying "meet at the Freedom Tree," according to Barbara Vickers, who participated in the St. Augustine marches. The tree that is believed to be the Freedom Tree would have had more land around it because of changes to the streetscape since then.

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]]> 30.38817 -81.4898 platialUser:grifray 2007-01-10 17:00:46.820537+00:00 http://www.platial.com/post/952818 Forest Street Incinerator
The former Forest Street incinerator site occupies approximately 10.5 acres in an area of mixed residential and industrial land use, approximately one mile west of Jacksonville's central business district. The City of Jacksonville operated the Forest Street municipal incinerator from the 1940s until the 1960s. Although some of the ash waste was taken to other dump sites for disposal, a considerable amount was apparently deposited at and near the incinerator location. The former incinerator area is now enclosed by a chain link fence to prevent access. The site also includes adjoining land used or potentially affected by waste handling or ash disposal activities, including the present location of the Forest Park Head Start School on the west portion of the site and a city park facility in the south portion of the site.
After much protest (including one arrest), in late 2005, the Head Start School was closed and those attending it were relocated to other school locations.

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