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====Paxon====

====Paxon====

Platted in the 1920s and 30's,  the Paxon area is one of the oldest,  pre-platted neighborhoods in Jacksonville.  Built due to the redistribution of housing after the Great Fire,  the Paxon area replaced the many thousands of homes that were destroyed in the Great Fire with thousands of modest,  wood-framed homes.  The Paxon area was extensively well-planned with its own schools (originally known as Paxon Sr. High School and Paxon Jr. High School, along with a half-dozen small elementary schools).  The area straddles Edgewood Avenue South, and stretches from Mcduff Avenue to the East,  and I-295 to the West,  and is bordered by I-10 to the South,  and  I-295 to the North.  The area originally contained over 40,000 single family homes in over 15 different residential neighborhoods,  all anchored by the Edgewood Avenue, and Beaver Street business districts.  However,  over time,  the area declined due to the small average size of the homes,  and many of those homes were destroyed, and replaced with warehouses and mixed industry.  Despite the new industrialization of the area overall,  there are still many thousands of occupied homes in the Paxon area.  Paxon Senior High School has been converted into a magnet school—it is now know as [[Paxon School for Advanced Studies]]—which has been listed by [[Forbes Magazine]] as one of the top three high schools in the United States for the last four years.{{fact}}

Platted in the 1920s and 30's,  the Paxon area is one of the oldest,  pre-platted neighborhoods in Jacksonville.  Built due to the redistribution of housing after the Great Fire,  the Paxon area replaced the many thousands of homes that were destroyed in the Great Fire with thousands of modest,  wood-framed homes.  The Paxon area was extensively well-planned with its own schools (originally known as Paxon Sr. High School and Paxon Jr. High School, along with a half-dozen small elementary schools).  The area straddles Edgewood Avenue South, and stretches from Mcduff Avenue to the East,  and I-295 to the West,  and is bordered by I-10 to the South,  and  I-295 to the North.  The area originally contained over 40,000 single family homes in over 15 different residential neighborhoods,  all anchored by the Edgewood Avenue, and Beaver Street business districts.  However,  over time,  the area declined due to the small average size of the homes,  and many of those homes were destroyed, and replaced with warehouses and mixed industry.  Despite the new industrialization of the area overall,  there are still many thousands of occupied homes in the Paxon area.  Paxon Senior High School has been converted into a magnet school—it is now know as Paxon School for Advanced Studies—which has been listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the top three high schools in the United States for the last four years.{{fact}}

====Riverside====

====Riverside====

Riverside lies on the St Johns River just south of Downtown Jacksonville and is home to the historic "5 Points" and "King Street" business districts, with apartment towers along the river and hundreds of large, spacious, turn-of-the-century homes, and even some cobble-stone streets.  Since the 1970s,  the "Riverside/Avondale Preservation District" has guided the rebirth of this late-1900s era neighborhood.  Along with Avondale and Ortega,  Riverside was originally the home to the wealthiest of Jacksonville families.  In the late 1950s & 60's,  the area went into decay, with many of those grand old homes being converted into rooming houses.  However,  after being designated a "National Historic Neighborhood",  by the late 1990s,  Riverside had recovered,  with many homes restored to their original form.  The Avondale, Riverside, and Ortega area is popular with those families who prefer to own large old Southern Style homes, with easy access to the river, just next to downtown.

Riverside lies on the St Johns River just south of Downtown Jacksonville and is home to the historic "5 Points" and "King Street" business districts, with apartment towers along the river and hundreds of large, spacious, turn-of-the-century homes, and even some cobble-stone streets.  Since the 1970s,  the "Riverside/Avondale Preservation District" has guided the rebirth of this late-1900s era neighborhood.  Along with Avondale and Ortega,  Riverside was originally the home to the wealthiest of Jacksonville families.  In the late 1950s & 60's,  the area went into decay, with many of those grand old homes being converted into rooming houses.  However,  after being designated a "National Historic Neighborhood",  by the late 1990s,  Riverside had recovered,  with many homes restored to their original form.  The Avondale, Riverside, and Ortega area is popular with those families who prefer to own large old Southern Style homes, with easy access to the river, just next to downtown.