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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

It's raining iguanas - once pets now reviled in South Florida

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John Meek with iguana 1977  Key West, Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Iguanas, once rarely seen and occasionally sold as pets, are now...
Monday, June 2, 2025

Riding the memories - Birch State Park Scenic Railway in Fort Lauderdale

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  Scenic Railway station 1964, Florida State Archives Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Scenic Railway 3109 East Sunrise Blvd, 170-180 acres ...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Nightclub stories: Unsolved murders at Bocaccio's in Broward County

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  By Jane Feehan A popular club with live entertainment and flashy customers, Bocaccio’s was similar to many late-night venues in the Fort L...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Will the 1974 -75 Fort Lauderdale real estate story be repeated?

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  Downtown Fort Lauderdale 2025 By Jane Feehan  Fort Lauderdale has seen several building busts and booms since World War II. A glan...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Sign of those times, the Space Satellite Hotel, Pompano Beach

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Pompano Beach 2024   Space Satellite Hotel Once at 1450 So. Ocean Blvd. Pompano Beach (now Lauderdale-by-the-Sea) By Jane Feehan  The spa...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Riviera Isles off Las Olas - brisk sales, a hotel and a hard landing after the Great Hurricane

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  Riviera Isles 1996, State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan To some, Fort Lauderdale is known as a modern Venice. Finger islands bordered...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Fort Lauderdale - farm or beach?

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  By Jane Feehan High hopes for farming helped fuel Fort Lauderdale’s early growth. The first big wave of investors came to the rural town...