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Showing posts with label History of Fort Lauderdale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History of Fort Lauderdale. Show all posts
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, Miami 1926 State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan   “A new era in water transportation for Fort Lauderdale” ...
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 ...
Monday, May 15, 2023

Short lived Winterhurst leaves Fort Lauderdale ice hockey legacy

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  Photo by Duckhunter6424, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Jane Feehan Winterhurst, Fort Lauderdale’s first ice rink had a short run...
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Broward County and Fort Lauderdale traffic congestion: it's elementary in a vertical city

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Galt Mile - Fort Lauderdale 2020   By Jane Feehan South Florida traffic issues have commanded headlines for decades, offering little more ...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Room with a waterside view: Fort Lauderdale Beach Hospital

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Fort Lauderdale Beach Hospital circa 1960 By Jane Feehan “Come by boat or canoe,” read an unconventional invitation to opening festivities a...
Monday, November 7, 2022

No need for fish tales in early Fort Lauderdale ... only a fish count

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  Deep Sea Fishing advertisement Florida State Archives/Florida Memory circa 1930   By Jane Feehan Visitors knew before Fort Lauderdale was ...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

South Florida's first automobiles: who drove what and when?

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First car in Miami  C.H. Billings, 1899 a Locomobile  State  of Florida Archives By Jane Feehan Automobiles soared in popularity across th...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Where Fort Lauderdale shopped in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

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  Downtown Fort Lauderdale circa 1950 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan Many remember the big department stores in Fort Lauderdale, bu...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Fort Lauderdale's Ocean World: Popular aquarium until ...

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  Dolphin feeding circa 1965 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan Ocean World opened in July 1965 with significant publicity...
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...