San Marco is small in size, but it packs as much art, culture, green space and trendy, upscale boutiques in its 1.5 square miles as anywhere else in Jacksonville. It’s home to some of the most pricey real estate and merchandise in the city, but housing options are available for budgets of just about any size. There’s high-rise condominiums with waterfront views, quaint double-decker apartments as well as duplexes and single-family homes tucked just a blocks from the St. Johns River.
San Marco is the only riverbank community in Jacksonville that’s fed by three bridges, the Fuller Warren, Acosta and Main Street bridges, which connect the neighborhood to Downtown and northwest Jacksonville. They lead to San Marco Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue, the area’s two north-south thoroughfares that meet at San Marco Square, the heart of the area, along with Atlantic Boulevard from the east. The square marks the center of this bustling shopping, restaurant and gallery district modeled by developer Telfair Stockton after the Piazza di San Marco, a business district in Venice, Italy. The square is guarded by the Three Lions Fountain, San Marco’s hallmark image and a popular spot for visitors and locals alike. The lions designed by Angela Shifanela and Alan Wilson to reflect the square’s Italian roots were added in 1997.
Download a brochure for walking tours of San Marco landmarks.
