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Capt. Sandy’s plans tangled in history
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IS IT HISTORIC? Capt. Sandy Yawn, star of the “Below Deck Mediterranean” TV show, owns this building at 618 W. Adams St. in LaVilla. She wants to tear down the structure and build a restaurant, but those plans were paused by the city over concerns the building may be historic.
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The city intervenes after reality TV star sought to raze LaVilla building. MIKE MENDENHALL ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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lans by reality TV show personality Capt. Sandy Yawn to demolish a century-old LaVilla building are on hold. Yawn bought the building at 618 W. Adams St. more than two years ago. The star of the Bravo reality TV series “Below Deck Mediterranean” intended to transform it into a restaurant — then found mold, a caved-in roof and second floor, and prohibitive renovation costs. Yawn and her business partner applied June 9 for a permit to demolish the building.
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Area historic preservation advocates and property owners quickly jumped on board to halt the razing and on June 22, the Jacksonville Davis Historic Preservation Commission ordered a historic review of the building. That review will give the people and organizations pushing to preserve the building and the other remaining turn-of-the-last-century structures in the city’s once-thriving historic black neighborhood what they seek — time. Ennis Davis, American Planning Association Florida Chapter vice president
of membership and a certified planner active in LaVilla historic preservation efforts, said the demolition delay is needed “to figure out what the heck is going on” and if the building is eligible for local landmark status or the National Register of Historic Places. “You want to figure that out before you haphazardly give a demolition permit on something that could be very significant to Jacksonville’s history,” Davis said June 24. The commission voted 5-0 to sponsor an application to determine if the twostory, 6,840-square-foot structure a block from the Duval County Courthouse is eligible for local landmark status. SEE YAWN, PAGE 7
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