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Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Lauderdale in the 1950s. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas bridge, the Dwight L. Rogers Memorial Causeway

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  Las Olas bridge view from Idlewyld neighborhood 2024 By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale’s population grew from 17,996 in 1940 to 36,328 resi...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Fort Lauderdale in the news 1950 - surprises and …

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  Fort Lauderdale   A fast-growing city in 1950, Fort Lauderdale began to capture the attention—and headlines—of northern newspapers. Some n...
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...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Fort Lauderdale, Fazio's Fireside Steak Ranch and his House of Prime Ribs

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By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale was booming in the 1950s and 60s. The boom included new restaurants opened to meet the demand of a fast-gro...
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...
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...
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...
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, June 6, 2023

Porky's, the man, the bar and ... that movie

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Props used in film, Porky's, Miami 1982 State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan Stories abound about the man, Donald K. Baines and his ...
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...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Bahia Mar: "more business, publicity to Fort Lauderdale than any other man-made attraction"

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  Bahia Mar circa 1960s, Florida State Archives/Florida Memory Bahia Mar 801 Seabreeze Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 By Jane Feehan ...