Oaks

Pictures from childhood.

Streets near where I was raised (and all over Jacksonville) typically looked like this -- shaded by moss-draped oaks and very green.

The areas were not, however, necessarily as friendly as they might appear in this picture. Not far from the house on Brookside was a relatively wealthy neighborhood (Empire Point) where we used to ride our bikes. As last as the early 1960's, Empire Point had rules that prohibited Jews (and clearly all non-whites) from buying and building in the area -- I think they might also have prohibited Catholics at one point in time.

Scans of older pictures, best viewed from left to right, as part of Jacksonville set.