Jane's History Nook

    By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale’s Sailboat Bend, once known as the “West Side,” was designated a historic district in 1992. It is the fir...

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

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

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

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

Once touted the “World’s Greatest Salesman,” Brooklyn-born Frank Croissant bought nearly 1,200 acres for $1.25 million in 1924 south of New ...

By Jane Feehan Fort Lauderdale grew significantly during its second real estate boom.  Work began in February, 1950 on a ‘huge new developme...

January 1925 (Use search box to find: Victoria Park and links to Jai Alai and Armistice Day) This advertisement came out less than two ...

Fort Lauderdale beach   By Jane Feehan   While Miami made headlines during the 1950s for its growth in tourism and housing construction...