• Menu
  • Menu

Archive - 1960's Built

Sail Club Condominium Project | Photo © 2009 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Sail Club Condominium Project

Once a low-income housing complex built in the 1960s, it became the subject of a decade long court battle for ownership of the property. In 2005, 206 mainly elderly investors pitched in $25,000...

Miami Herald Building - Photo by Larry Shane, 2013

Miami Herald Building

  The first edition of the Miami Evening Record was published on September 15, 1903. The newspaper began suffering from server financial difficulties following the recession in 1907. Frank B. Shutts...

AT&T Nuclear Bomb Shelter | Photo © 2013 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

AT&T Nuclear Bomb Shelter

Alfred Easton Poor. Photo from Core77 Constructed in 1967, the 7,700 square-foot bomb shelter was built by AT&T to be used in the event of a nuclear disaster to house five people for up to 30...

Akmio2324 e1480096717784

American Beryllium Company

In 1962, American Beryllium relocated from a nearby building to a new five-building facility at 1600 Tallevast Road, just east of its original location in the former Spindrift facility. From 1962...

Miracle City Mall | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Miracle City Mall

“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 Glass Bank | Photo Courtesy of the Proper People

The Cocoa Beach Glass Bank

  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...

South Shore Hospital | Photo © 2012 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

South Shore Hospital

A surgery room in the emergency wing Located at the corner of Alton Road and W 6th St, South Shore Hospital and Medical Center was built in 1967 to serve the surrounding area. By 2002, the hospital...

Doctors General Hospital | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Doctors General Hospital

The building was heavily vandalized and destroyed during its vacancy. Located on Sunrise Blvd. in Plantation, Florida, it was built in 1962 ‘Doctors General Hospital’ and was the first to...

The Amertec Building | Photo © 2011 David Bulit, www.abandonedfl.com

The Amertec Building

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...

ACCO Plant | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

ACCO Aerated Concrete Systems Plant

  Photo of the facility after its closure The ACCO Aerated Concrete Systems plant in Apopka, Florida was first built in 1969, when General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting...

Aerojet-Dade Rocket Facility | Photo © 2012 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Aerojet Dade Rocket Facility

History of the Aerojet Dade Rocket Facility In 1957, Sputnik was launched, becoming the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. This event sparked a space race between the United States and the...

Miami Marine Stadium | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Miami Marine Stadium

Hilario Candela stands alongside the Marine Stadium during its construction, 1963. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives Designed by architect Hilario Candela, a 28-year-old recent immigrant from Cuba, the...

Park View Inn | Photo © 2009 YourMainParadox

Park View Inn

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...

Nike Missile IFC Site HM-40, B Battery | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Nike Missile IFC Site HM-40, B Battery

The Cold War in South Florida Nike Missile Site HM-40 was built in direct response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, widely regarded as the moment the Cold War came closest to erupting into full-scale...

Colony Plaza Hotel | Photo © 2008 Tantrum_Dan

Colony Plaza Hotel

The Colony Plaza Hotel was originally built as a Ramada Inn in 1968 in Ocoee, Florida. The hotel contained a a lounge, swimming pool, tennis courts, and meeting rooms. It was also the first hotel in...

Mount Dora Catacombs | Photo © 2006 Richard Stayton

The Mount Dora Catacombs

Pat Frank’s “Alas, Babylon” first published in 1959 Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 by Pat Frank and was one of the first apocalyptic novels of the nuclear age. It deals with the...

Copyright © 2009- - Abandoned Atlas Foundation - board@AbandonedAtlas.com | Designed By Prairie Nation Creative, LLC - Disclaimer