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Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1920s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1920s. Show all posts
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...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Fort Lauderdale's first department store - Pioneer Department Store

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By Jane Feehan  Frank Stranahan’s New River trading post, opened in Fort Lauderdale in 1895, served as antecedent to the Pioneer Departmen...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

All aboard the Orange Blossom Special to Florida - a movable hotel

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  Postcard 1939 - Orange Blossom Special Public Domain By Jane Feehan Some called visitors to Florida during the 1920s “the sunshine seeke...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Fort Lauderdale’s Yellowstone Park

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  Fort Lauderdale 1917 - New River & Intracoastal State Archives of Florida   By Jane Feehan Yes, Fort Lauderdale has a Yellowstone Par...
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...
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...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Fort Lauderdale's Croissant Park and its colorful developer Frank Croissant - of Rolls Royces, diamonds and a solid gold dinner service

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  Croissant Park Administration Building  at 1421 South Andrews Avenue   By Jane Feehan Many may know of or grew up in Croissant Park, one o...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Lumber schooners delivered what railroads could not to Fort Lauderdale

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  Abandoned lumber schooners, Miami 1926 State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan   “A new era in water transportation for Fort Lauderdale” ...
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...
Monday, September 5, 2022

Sunset Theatre: Fort Lauderdale's early theater, a link to its WWII hero, Sandy Nininger and ...

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  Sunset Theatre (vertical sign) next to the  taller Sweet Building 1939 - Looking north on Andrews Florida State Archives/Florida Memory/Ro...
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...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Fort Lauderdale: from plow and trowel to beach towel

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Fort Lauderdale Beach   By Jane Feehan Settlers first came to Fort Lauderdale with farming in mind. It was the Everglades they set their hop...