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Showing posts with label Architects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architects. Show all posts
Monday, June 17, 2024

Bahama Hotel, Fort Lauderdale beach hotel with an entertainment legacy

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  Bahama Hotel circa 1959 State Archives of Florida Bahama Hotel 401 N. Atlantic Blvd. (now Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd) Fort Lauderdale By ...
Monday, June 3, 2024

Americana Hotel Bal Harbour promises tropical fun on Miami Beach 1950s

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Americana Hotel and pool circa 1956, Florida State Archives   By Jane Feehan Laurence and Bob Tisch, operators of hotels in Atlantic City an...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

Progresso Plaza: a stroll through early Fort Lauderdale history

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  Progresso Plaza 901 Progresso Drive  Dixie Highway By Jane Feehan  Those of us who grew up in Fort Lauderdale have driven frequently by...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

One of the first registered architects in Florida - August Geiger - his Fort Lauderdale and Miami projects

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1917 advertisement from Directory of City of Miami Beach By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale’s first high school, Fort Lauderdale Central, was bu...
Friday, September 1, 2023

Mid-century modern masterpiece - Sea Tower of Fort Lauderdale

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Sea Tower 2023, rear Sea Tower  2840 North Ocean Drive Fort Lauderdale By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale first saw high-rise apartments go up...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Gateway Shopping Center: Fort Lauderdale's first shopping center ... would alleviate downtown traffic

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2023 By Jane Feehan  Fort Lauderdale announced its first shopping center in 1949. The  Fort Lauderdale News reported that a “syndicate” ...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Room with a waterside view: Fort Lauderdale Beach Hospital

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Fort Lauderdale Beach Hospital circa 1960 By Jane Feehan “Come by boat or canoe,” read an unconventional invitation to opening festivities a...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Gulfstream Park: A tale of two starts in South Florida horse racing

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Florida Derby 1969 Florida State Archives Gulfstream Park 901 S. Federal Hwy Hallandale, FL 33009 954-454-7000 Gulfstreampark.com By Jane Fe...
Thursday, November 24, 2022

Brief history of the jalousie window: relic or not?

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  Jalousie door and window Nubergwer 3, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons By Jane Feehan Today, jalousies appear to be a relic of mid-20th...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Fort Lauderdale's Harbor Beach: exclusive then and now

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  Harbor Beach circa 1980 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory/Steinmetz By Jane Feehan According to some news accounts, the first Fort Lau...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Broward County Defenses in WWII: of rationing and volunteering

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By Jane Feehan The focus of  Broward County war relief efforts for England shifted to defense activities after Pearl Harbor. Three weeks aft...