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Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale hotel history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale hotel history. Show all posts
Monday, November 11, 2024

Sun Tower, one of the oldest remaining hotels on Fort Lauderdale sands

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    Sun Tower Hotel & Suites 2030 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 954-565-5700 By Jane Feehan The Sun Tower remains one of the f...
Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Mark 2100 Resort Hotel in Fort Lauderdale and an owner who left a gift for average students

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  By Jane Feehan  The Mark 2100 Resort Hotel was one of a very few that sat directly on Fort Lauderdale’s sands. For more than three decad...
Monday, July 15, 2024

Marlin Beach Hotel ... once leader in Fort Lauderdale beach entertainment

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  Fort Lauderdale  Marlin Beach Hotel 17 S. Atlantic Blvd.Fort Lauderdale, FL By Jane Feehan Three West Point graduates (Class of 1946) from...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Fort Lauderdale and Jay Mar Cottages - from church suppers to hordes of spring breakers

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515 Seabreeze Blvd. Closed Fort Lauderdale, FL By Jane Feehan Jay-Mar  Cottages started out as a pleasant, low-profile, no-frills seaside ...
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 ...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

Jolly Roger Hotel and a pirate flag debate

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Jolly Roger Hotel 1953, State Archives of Florida Pirate flag, Åland Maritime Museum * See below for more  By Jane Feehan A flag controversy...
Friday, August 5, 2022

Fort Lauderdale tourist accommodations in the 1920s

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Dresden Hotel on the New River circa 1920 Florida State Archives Fort Lauderdale has come a long way in the hospitality industry since the 1...
Sunday, May 1, 2022

Osceola Hotel, Fort Lauderdale's early frontier hotel

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Osceola Hotel ,Fort Lauderdale, circa 1910 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Some say the Osceola Hotel was Fort Lauderdale’s first, but...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Sea Ranch Lakes: A reluctant buyer, a hotel and an exclusive community

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By Jane Feehan Robert Hayes Gore purchased The Fort Lauderdale News in 1929, one of many of his purchases that helped define today’s Fort...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

Lauderdale Beach Hotel: 1930s, in WWII ... and what remains today

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Lauderdale Beach Hotel circa 1937 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Built in 1937, the Lauderdale Beach Hotel was one of the two largest...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Second largest hotel in 1937 Fort Lauderdale now a ...

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Lauderdale Beach Hotel 1947  State of Florida Archives/ Florida Memory Lauderdale Beach Hotel 101 Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd Fort Lauderdale...
Sunday, December 6, 2020

History and a totally new look for Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale

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  Now open 954-525-6666 piersixtysix.com Pier Top opened March 2025 By Jane Feehan Phillips Petroleum , when headquartered in Bartlesville, ...
Friday, November 27, 2020

Yankee Clipper Hotel still "sails" in Fort Lauderdale

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  Florida, State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan A number of hotels went up along Fort Lauderdale beach in the 1950s including the ic...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Early Fort Lauderdale visitors stay at the floating hotel - the Amphitrite

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Amphitrite circa 1930 Florida State Archives   By Jane Feehan Greek mythology deemed Amphitrite a sea goddess and consort to Poseidon. In th...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Hotel Champ Carr - known today as the Riverside Hotel - opens in 1936

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  New River at Champ Carr Hotel, now Riverside Hotel Florida State Archives Riverside Hotel 620 E. Las Olas Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 ...