The City Hall Annex was a 210 ft (64 m) high-rise in Jacksonville, Florida , located in the Northbank area of downtown .
6-505: Completed in 1960 as City Hall, the building's design was symbolic of the city's accession to modernity. It was designed by the architecture firm Reynolds, Smith & Hills . Until its implosion in 2019, the building served as a prime example of Mid-century modern architecture. The building served as Jacksonville's city hall from its opening until the late 1990s, when the city renovated the St. James Building to become its new city hall. Following
12-565: A building or structure in Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to Jacksonville, Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Reynolds, Smith %26 Hills RS&H, Inc. (RS&H) is an American facilities and infrastructure consulting firm in the United States. The privately held architectural , engineering , planning , and environmental services corporation
18-465: Is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida , where they also provide clients with facilities and infrastructure consulting. The company was founded in 1941 and grew slowly through the years before being purchased in 1987 by Hunter Environmental Services. Three years later, after negotiating for a year, a group of eight senior RS&H employees that included Leerie Jenkins and David Robertson bought
24-560: The company's architecture, engineering and planning operations and incorporated in the State of Florida in 1989. Their goal was to rebuild the company and concentrate on its specialties. The firm is one of Florida's largest privately held architectural service companies with 26 offices located in ten Florida cities, as well as California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia. RS&H operates in five segments: In 2004, RS&H
30-436: The relocation of city hall, the building became an annex for other city departments. The building closed permanently in 2017, with the city planning to demolish it to make room for a new convention center project that was later scrapped. The building was demolished in early 2019, along with the adjacent former county courthouse building. The property it sat on is currently being marketed for development. This article about
36-534: Was awarded the contract for design and engineering the reconstruction of the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida . The $ 77 million job was expected to take five years to complete. In order to retain the historic character and structural integrity within space constraints, the design required numerous innovations and unusual construction methods. Roads & Bridges magazine named the Bridge of Lions as fourth in
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