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Will LaVilla be Jacksonville’s Ybor City?

Incorporated in 1869, the neighborhood known as LaVilla was annexed by the City of Jacksonville in 1887 and thrived into the early decades of the 20th century as the setting of Jacksonville’s richest multi-cultural, multi-ethnic life.

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Local author/historian Wayne Wood and photographer Mark Krancer (right) flank Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd at the Florida Preservation Awards. Just one piece of News & Notes…

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