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College Park Historic Homes Tour - Shore Crest, 1996
The 1920's boom transformed groves, farms and woodlands into neatly platted small-lot subdivisions now collectively called College Park.
One of the first developers to realize this area's potential was Walter W. Rose. Active in Orlando real estate since 1913,...
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Historic Homes Walking Tour: The College Streets of College Park Brochure
1101 West Princeton Street
1101 West Princeton St. Historic house description quoted from the 12th Annual Historic Homes Tour ticket presented by The College Park Neighborhood Association. "S.A. Atha took out the building permit for this fine home in Januar...
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Lake Concord and Lake Adair Historic House Tour, December, 1993
College Park Historic Homes Tour House at 804 Alameda Drive featured in the Third Annual Historic Homes Tour sponsored by the College Park Neighborhood Association through its Historical Committee.
The Lake Concord/Adair area of College Park was the subject o...
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Lake Concord's Southwest Shore Historic House Tour, December, 1994
The McEwan House, 407 Peachtree Road designed by James Gamble Rogers II featured in the College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Lake Concord's Southwest Shore Historic House Tour, December 4,1994.
At the turn of the century, the Lake Co...
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Ivanhoe Area Historic House Tour, 1995
On the shores of Lake Ivanhoe, near where Dartmouth Street meets the lake, ground was broken Feb. 26, 1925 for the first subdivision to be called College Park (north to Princeton, west to Edgewater, east to University). The developers of...
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee's Ivanhoe Historic House Tour, 1992
Margaret Ark New Era Markets at Edgewater Drive and Princeton Street.
Photo provided by College Park Historical Society Board Member Julie Northlake.
College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee's Ivanhoe Historic House Tour, 1992...
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College Park Neighborhood Association Dubsdread Area Historic House Tour, 1991
College Park Historic Homes Tour House at 375 Niblick Avenue featured in the 1991 Dubsdread Area Historic Homes Tour sponsored by the College Park Neighborhood Association through its Historical Committee.
The Dubsdread area got its start in 1923 with ...
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Loch Haven Park
Proposed Plan for the Development of Loch Haven Park
The 72-page "Report and Recommendations for the Development of Loch Haven Park - A Park and Cultural Center Proposed for the City of Orlando, Florida" was submitted to the city in January...
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Lora's Klip and Kurl
ABOVE: Advertisement in the 1963 Colonial High School yearbook.
Special thanks to Lora's daughter Elizabeth Bucker for sharing her memories and photographs to make this post possible.
ABOVE: Lora's Klip and Kurl Beauty Salon. You can see the hair dryers al...
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Circus World
ABOVE: Photo of the Circus World billboard from Interstate 4 in the 1970s.
Circus World History
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., opened Circus World in Haines City, Florida on February 21, 1974. While the location was great...
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Davis Park Motel
Davis Park Motel 1960s
The Davis Park Motel was located at 221 East Colonial Drive for decades. It was family owned and operated.
ABOVE Featured Image: 1960s postcard of the Davis Park Motel at 221 East Colonial Drive.
Davis Park Motel 1990 Marketing...
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The Mercado - International Drive
The Mercado
The Mercado was a lively and vibrant destination frequented by 1000s of tourists and locals alike with the free nightly entertainment, dining and shopping. The free entertainment in the outdoor courtyard and Blazing Piano's Red Hot Rock n Roll...
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