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Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale history. Show all posts
Saturday, April 27, 2024

SOFLA transportation - Tri-Rail applause, troubles and a Brightline debut

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  Tri-Rail commuter train at MiamiCentral Station Photo:Phillip Pessar/Miami 02/07/24 See link to license below*   By Jane Feehan As of this...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Interesting facts about Fort Lauderdale during the 1980s

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Fort Lauderdale 1983 Florida State Archives Below is a small collection of Fort Lauderdale-specific news items of the 1980s. Some may jog a ...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

A South Florida parrot primer

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  Captive parrots - Parrot Jungle State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan  Flocks of parrots noisily flying at dawn and dusk around Browa...
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...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Idlewyld story - Hortt converts swamp to top-tier real estate

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  By Jane Feehan The history of Fort Lauderdale’s Idlewyld neighborhood reflects the story of Fort Lauderdale’s M.A. Hortt. A former stree...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Edgar Gould, his island off Las Olas and a new page in Fort Lauderdale history

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Plans drawn for development - 1940 Courtesy of Debbie Gould Tucker By Jane Feehan Edgar Davis Gould’s purchase of a swampy, mangrove-covered...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Lumber schooners delivered what railroads could not to Fort Lauderdale

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  Abandoned lumber schooners in Miami 1926 State Archives of Florida  By Jane Feehan   “A new era in water transportation for Fort Lauderdal...
Thursday, July 6, 2023

Fort Lauderdale and the seasonal sweep of the city broom

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By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale was image conscious from its earliest days. Preparing for winter season visitors with clean-up squads was a c...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Serving up some Fort Lauderdale cafeteria history: From Mrs. Rogers' place to Morrison's

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  M and M Cafeterias 1968 - Miami and Sarasota State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan Cafeterias have offered a successful business model ...
Friday, June 23, 2023

Build a hospital, they will come: the Holy Cross Hospital story

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Holy Cross Hospital in 1996: expanded since this photo State Archives of Florida Holy Cross Hospital 4725 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdal...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Before Galt Mile condos, an amusement park?

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  Galt Mile 2023 By Jane Feehan An amusement park was once proposed for a strip of land  owned by Arthur T. Galt. Known today as the Galt Oc...
Friday, May 26, 2023

Fort Lauderdale's Little Yankee Stadium: work now, play later and people power

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  Little Yankee Stadium, State Archives of Florida Little Yankee Stadium Today,  Floyd V. Hull Stadium 2800 SW 8th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL ...