Tag: Downtown Orlando

Places
The University Club News, 1972
The University Club News featuring Mr. Leon  H. Handley, on the cover, center, with  the outstanding moustache he grew while hunting in the Yucatan. According to The University Club history,  the club was granted its first charter in December 1926 ... Read more
People
Edilma Weissmueller Interview
Edilma is from Panama and has resided in the U.S. for many years.  She came to Orlando in 1957, when Orlando was a large town.  Her husband was an aircraft commander at McCoy Air Force Base.  When she came to Orlando, approximately 75% of the area was ... Read more
Places
United States Post Office in Orlando, Florida
ABOVE: September 1st, 1917 photo of the lobby finish of the United States Post Office in downtown Orlando. Historic photos of the site for the United States Post Office in downtown Orlando, circa 1917. The contractor for the project was Westchester En ... Read more
Places
Around the Block
ABOVE: Photo of the home built by Mr. Clarence Marsh at 315 Cathcart Avenue in downtown Orlando. In 1980  the family of the late Clarence Marsh arranged for his home at 315 Cathcart Avenue in Orlando to be sold to St. James Cathedral for the priests to ... Read more
Organizations
Father John McCormick - Googling Salvation
Past, present and future converge in this excerpt from an oral history interview with Father John McCormick, Rector of Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. LISTEN (7:21) [audio mp3="https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Google.mp3" ... Read more
Organizations
Saint James Cathedral: a Legacy of Community Building
In 1978 downtown Orlando consisted of empty storefronts and an economic recession darkened the nation. It was at this critical point in the history of Orlando that Father David Page of St. James Cathedral envisioned expanding the church at the corner of O ... Read more
Topics
Remember when ...
Remember when ... JC Penney's store was located in downtown Orlando at the corner of Orange Avenue and Washington Street?  If you worked downtown in the 1970's, it was a great place to go to during your lunch break. An overtime parking ticket only co ... Read more