Thursday, December 17, 2020

Fort Lauderdale beach "skyline" 1965 ...


Fort Lauderdale Magazine, November, 1965 
Courtesy of Broward  County Historical Commission








This cover provides a great panorama of the Fort Lauderdale coast in 1965. The tallest buildings then were those aggregated at the entrance to Port Everglades, including Sky Harbor East and Breakwater Towers. 

Point of Americas was not yet part of the horizon; it was completed in 1969.

Top stories in this 1965 issue: "The General Builders Story," and "The New City: Coral Springs.

The more recent photo below (and continuously changing view) of the same coastline from the north (near Oakland Park Boulevard), shows a city now dominated by tall buildings.
Galt Mile 2019

 
Beach from Oakland Park south view 2010




        
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