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Jacksonville does not tell its story in neat chapters. It spreads out, wide and sometimes contradictory, across riverfront neighborhoods, maritime history, military growth, old rail corridors, and the long stretch of Atlantic coastline that keeps shaping the city’s economy and identity. It is a place where the past is still visible in the street grid, where the present is marked by cranes, container ships, and suburban expansion, and where the future often depends on how we