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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 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

The Amertec Building

  Photo Courtesy of chayofrank.com The Amertec Building was an office and local landmark in Hialeah. In 1967, architect Chayo Frank was tasked with designing an office building for his father’s...

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

Aerojet Dade In 1957, Sputnik was launched, being the first human-made object to orbit the Earth; an event that sparked a space race of who can get to the moon first, between the United States and...

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

  On August 30, 1961, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev announced the end of a three-year moratorium on nuclear testing and Soviet tests recommenced on September 1st, initiating a series of tests...

Nike Missile IFC Site HM-95 | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Nike Missile IFC Site HM-95, D Battery

Aerial image of Nike Missile Site HM-95, c. 1960s Built in 1965 by the U.S. Army in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This Nike site, like many others, was split into two locations. One was the...

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...

Southeastern Academy of Travel and Tourism | Photo © 2014 The Proper People

Southeastern Academy of Travel and Tourism

The Southeastern Academy of Travel and Tourism was originally opened in Orlando, offering two-year associate’s degree programs in business, computer, and other professional fields. It was only...

Miracle Strip Amusement Park | Photo by Jason Koertge, 2009

Miracle Strip Amusement Park

Miracle Strip Amusement Park Miracle Strip Amusement Park was a theme park in Panama City Beach, Florida that operated from 1963 to 2004. The Starliner roller coaster was the highlight...

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