FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
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STATION AREA CHARACTER
LAND USE AND KEY PLACES
Old St. Augustine Station has become a bustling neighborhood center just north of the Philips Highway interchange with Florida State Road 9B. Density throughout this station area has increased in recent years, especially in the west and southwest areas where new commercial, employment, and residential centers are being established around land that was once used for industrial and education purposes. In addition to these new developments, the Baptist South Jacksonville Hospital just west of the station area serves as an anchor for commercial, employment, and healthcare needs in this area. There is still a presence of less dense, established areas within the Old St. Augustine Station Area, especially on the west side of the FCCR. Bayard, a historical community that once serves as an intermediate location between St. Augustine and Jacksonville for tourists and industry around 1900, has a rustic feel with dense tree canopies and southern live oak trees. Beyond the gridded Bayard neighborhood road network, forest and agricultural land further reinforces the historic feel of the eastern portion of the station area.
Old St. Augustine’s Station Area has a commercial, office, and industrial core, and is surrounded by less dense, residential land uses. The Bayard neighborhood on the east side of Philips Highway is a planned development dating back to 1884 and has low residential density and numerous vacant parcels within its urban- scaled street grid. More recently developed residential neighborhoods and places present include the Hatton Chase neighborhood and Springs at Flagler Center Apartments, which are both west of Philips Highway. These residential areas are supported by commercial areas like Durbin Crossing, Shoppes of Bayard, and other recently constructed shopping centers at the intersection of Old St. Augustine Road and Philips Highway. There are numerous commercial services and attractions like local restaurants that reinforce a cohesive suburban neighborhood fabric. Most of the less developed and low-density areas remaining in this station area are along Flagler Center Boulevard south of Old St. Augustine’s Road. This area has seen recent growth with new residential developments and office parks filling in once vacant or forested parcels that were adjacent to Light Industrial land uses.
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Station Area Street View
Figure 3-120: OLD ST AUGUSTINE STATION AREA CHARACTER IMAGES
Figure 3-121: OLD ST AUGUSTINE STATION LAND USE
FCCR TOD
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