Month: May 2008
Places
East India Ice Cream Parlor
The East India Ice Cream Parlor
For those of you who have been in the area for a while, East India Ice Cream Parlor might ring a bell. It was located on Park Avenue's restaurant row in Winter Park just up...
Places
The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios!
The Simpson's Ride
Who would have thought that the popular hit television show - The Simpsons - would now be a smash ride at Universal Studios, Orlando in 2008? Certainly not I! I think this is something which defines Orlando as...
Places
Wonder Works!
Wonder Works is my favorite Orlando Memory! Wonder Works is located at 9067 International Drive in the heart of the tourist district.
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People
Edgewater Library Staff - 2002
ABOVE: Northgate Plaza sign with advertisement for Book Trek event at the Edgewater Branch Library in 1998.
What we know today as the Edgewater Branch Library, part of the Orange County Library System, opened in 1997 in the Northgate Plaza at...
Events
I-4 The Odyssey
ABOVE: The official dedication of Interstate 4 through Orlando is held for the roadway that will move Florida forward. (Frank Russell, Orlando Sentinel, March 10, 1965)
While working as a traveling salesman after graduating with my degree in Journalism, go fig...
Events
An Evening with the Author
ABOVE: Helen Thomas and Ben Garcia
Helen Thomas visited the Orlando Public Library on Friday, September 21, 2007 at 7 p.m. She discussed her book Watchdogs of Democracy, a critical view of journalists inability to ask the tough questions during the ...
Topics
Orlando Maps 1884 and 1890
Panoramic maps of the town of Orlando from 1884 and 1890 feature drawings of businesses, churches and other places of interest. Many of the street names have changed, but it is not difficult to locate major thoroughfares.
1890 Orlando Map
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History of the Orange County Library System
Sorosis Club of Orlando
The beginnings of the current Orange County Library System can be traced to the circulating library collection of the Sorosis Club of Orlando. The collection was initially housed on the second floor of the old Armory building...
