Jacksonville's Westside Information Blog

While cruising the web I came across the Metro Jax website. They have done a series of articles and pictorial reviews of various neighborhoods throughout the Jacksonville Florida area. They are worth a look or two.

Here is one for the westsides Lake Shore Area:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-mar-urban-neighborhoods-lake-shore

The article features various pictures throughout the Lake Shore area with a little bit of information about each shot. Not much else but some really great pictures.

Here is a article on the fairly new area of Oakleaf:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-apr-suburban-jacksonville-oakleaf

There are lots of pictures of the neighborhoods, condos, shopping malls and recreational areas located within this planned community on the Westside.

We consider the Ortega Area as the beginning boundary for the Westside area along the St. Johns River.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2008-feb-exploring-ortega The neighborhood starts at the Ortega River bridge, runs along Roosevelt Boulevard and ends just before NAS Jacksonville.

They Also did a pictorial feature on the Cecil Field Commerce Center:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-apr-suburban-jacksonville-cecil-commerce-center The article has pictures old and new as well as history of NAS Cecil Field and what businesses are currently there.

We hope you enjoy the pictures and historical information in the articles. We sure did!