Wholesale Abandoned Jacksonville: Ruins of the First Coast

Following the demolition of the LaVilla neighborhood during the cocaine epidemic, Abandoned Jacksonville takes readers from the city's fall to the current downtown resurgence and renovations of many structures. Written by local historian and photographer David Bulit, this book explores the seedier and forgotten parts of the First Coast. It features locations like the 310 West Church Street Apartments, a once high-class establishment with a dark past; the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home, the longest-running family business now frequented by homeless and drug dealers; Annie Lytle Elementary School, closed for over fifty years due to highway construction and nicknamed the "Devil’s School"; and the Dr. Horace Drew Manor, once beautiful but now referred to as the "Haunted House." Many more locations are included.