Calvin Oak, Undertaker Located near downtown Jacksonville, the history of the city’s first funeral parlor, the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home, can be traced back to 1851. At the time, Calvin...
Calvin Oak, Undertaker Located near downtown Jacksonville, the history of the city’s first funeral parlor, the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home, can be traced back to 1851. At the time, Calvin...
If you drive past 740 SW 8th Street, you’ll notice it’s nothing but an empty lot with cars parked on the property, but back in the 70s and 80s, it was one of the most popular restaurants...
American Beach Evans Rendezvous was a well-known African-American nightclub located on American Beach, a historic coastal community that gained popularity among African American vacationers in the...
“Dave’s” hot dog stand (pictured above) was the last remaining tenant at the time of the mall’s closure The advent of the human space program in 1961 transformed Titusville in just 10 years from a...
The Dania Beach Hotel was built in 1925 during the Florida land boom and was designed by renowned architect Francis L. Abreu. Abreu was born in 1896 to Diego and Marie Jova Abreu, owners of a Cuban...
Author’s Note: The building is currently undergoing restoration. Trespassers are subject to fines and/or arrest. Harder Hall The Florida land boom of the 1920s was the state’s first real...
A postcard depicting the Glass Bank’s original look. Considered by many to have been a Cocoa Beach landmark, The First Federal Savings and Loan Building was constructed in 1961, giving the...
Located on Hwy 192 in Kissimmee, the Viking Motel opened in 1992 during the height of tourism in the area. According to their website, they offered free wi-fi in all of their rooms, cable television...
Aerial view of the Hollywood Fashion Center on US 441 and Hollywood Blvd, 1979 The Hollywood Fashion Center opened on November 1, 1971, with anchor stores Burdines, Jordan Marsh, J.C. Penney, and...
Opening on July 4, 2008, South Beach Orlando featured 144 suites which can be rented out a months at a time at a “reasonable” rate. Within months, it received many poor and rather odd...
Anderson’s Corner, c. 1985 History of the William Anderson General Store Standing at the corner of Southwest 157 Ave and Southwest 232nd Street in Miami for over a hundred years, the wood...
Bruce Goff, An Influence on Chayo Frank The Amertec Building was an office and local landmark located at 149 West 21st Street in Hialeah, Florida, and was designed by architect Chayo Frank. Frank...
A promotional photo for Riu Orlando. The Venturella Resort and Spa started out as the Riu Orlando Hotel in 1988, a 3-star hotel with the luxuries of a 4-star luxury resort, at least that’s...
Heart of Jacksonville At the corner of Main and State Streets in Jacksonville sits the remnants of the Park View Inn, previously one of the city’s premier lodging destinations. It began life as...
The 310 West Church Street Apartments Known as the Ambassador Hotel, the six-story brick, and limestone building was built in 1924 and opened as the upscale 310 West Church Street Apartments...
First built in 1946, the Walburne Hotel stood at 125 Ocean Drive on South Beach. The architecture was a typical example of MiMo, or Miami Modern, influenced by both Art Deco and the Streamline Modern...
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