Murray Hill businesses need your help

The sinister shenanigans started by Sleiman Enterprises’s fence fiasco seem to be behind them, and Perfect Rack Billiards, Buchner’s Bierhalle, Blackhat Vapor, and Beautifully Divine DIY Woodcraft Studio & Custom Gift Boutique will all be open for business soon. Once again, a big shout out to Goin Read More …

A Tale of two businesses, or how Murray Hill got its Perfect Rack back

This past All Hallows’ Eve  Sleiman Enterprises put up a fence blocking access to the rear areas of Perfect Rack Billiards, Buchner’s Bierhalle, Blackhat Vapor, and Beautifully Divine DIY Woodcraft Studio & Custom Gift Boutique. That action initially caused the closure of Perfect Rack Billiards Read More …

Multiple Murray Hill Businesses forced to close as a result of Sleiman Enterprises’s fence

Jax Examiner published an article last week titled Sleiman Enterprises has Perfect Rack Billiards behind the eight ball. In that story we revealed that Perfect Rack Billiards, 1186 Edgewood Ave. S would be forced to stop serving food last Sunday, after Sleiman Enterprises put up Read More …

Murder in Murray Hill: collateral damage of the storage wars

When they tore down the Jones College building more was lost than the last location of a college that had served Jacksonville for 99 years. Before it was Jones College it was The Edgewood Theater. The Edgewood Theater was the first movie theater in Murray Hill, Read More …

Sleiman Enterprises has Perfect Rack Billiards behind the eight ball

Most of the Murray Hill neighborhood on Jacksonville’s westside has heard that Perfect Rack Billiards, 1186 Edgewood Ave. S will be forced to stop serving food tomorrow, after Sleiman Enterprises put up a fence blocking access to their dumpster, to their grease holding tank, and Read More …

We don’t need another storage facility

Riverton Tower Senior Center, Inc. and the Silverfield Group want to tear down the former Jones College at 1195 South Edgewood, the historical location of The Edgewood Theater, Murray Hill’s first movie theater, predating The Murray Hill Theater by 2 years, so they can build Read More …

Bait and switch in Murray Hill Storage Standoff

Murray Hill residents  have been upset about the prospect of a 97,200 square foot  three-story storage facility at their front door. Developers and their attorneys have said not to worry, we will build some retail, maybe an arts center,  we’ll put up some murals, there Read More …

The Edgewood Theater: Murray Hill’s first movie theater

The Edgewood Theater was the first movie theater in Murray Hill. The Edgewood opened in 1947, the Saturday before Easter. California was the first film screened.  It was a  western, directed by John Farrow, starring Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, and Barry Fitzgerald. Two thousand people Read More …

Halloween happenings this weekend

Friday Moon Hooch at 1904 Music Hall Extinction AD, Corrupted Saint, Automatik Fit at Rain dogs. OH THE HUMANITY, SWILL, RUNNER’S HIGH, RATIONAL ANTHEM  at Nighthawks Shantytown Pub’s Annual Blumpkin Carving Contest  Riverside’s Bearded Buffalo Brewing Co. Grand Opening The Snacks Blues Band  at The Volstead. Read More …