Rise Senior Superintendent Keith Miller moves artwork and other objects out of the building before the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department begins training.
A storage space with scrap wood and equipment.
Miller said employees painted murals on the walls to brighten up the facility.
A mural inside the George Doro Fixture Co. building.
An empty room inside the Doro.
A workbench adjacent to a freight elevator.
Part of the roof inside the building is caved in.
A small mural in the storage space.
Woodworking space inside the Doro structure.
A woodworking space on the second floor of the Doro.
A former office space inside the Doro building.
A safe inside the building will be preserved and repurposed inside The Doro mixed-use and apartment project.
A former office space that now serves as storage.
The George Doro Fixture Co. building.
In the weeks leading up to the demolition of the George Doro Fixture Co. block, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is using the property for training.
Rise: A Real Estate Company Senior Superintendent Keith Miller said firefighters are practicing breaking down walls, doors and other structures that they typically wouldn’t get to destroy.
The city issued three permits Feb. 22 for Realco Recycling Co. Inc. to demolish the Doro block to prepare for a proposed Downtown mixed-use apartment and retail project called The Doro.
Miller said demolition is slated for April.
The permits show a job cost of $225,015 for demolition of structures at 128 A. Philip Randolph Blvd.; 102 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., the main George Doro building; and 951 Forsyth St.
The George Doro Fixture Co. fabricated architectural woodwork, casework and millwork on the 1.77-acre block, which is bounded by A. Philip Randolph Boulevard and Adams, Lafayette and Forsyth streets.
The oldest building on the Doro property dates to 1914 and additional structures were added through 1954.
The structure is not a locally registered landmark and isn’t historic.
