Tag: Downtown

Photographs of the outside of Barbarella nightclub, located at 70 N. Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. Opened in 1987 with the name Beach Club, the location quickly became a popular destination for live music and dj’d dance parties. Renamed Barbarella ... Read more

Wayne A. Cooper, a long time "real estate man" in Orlando was interviewed by Frank Manual on January 30, 1978.  We are grateful for the Orange County Regional History Center's making this recording available for Orlando Memory. Mr. Cooper came to Orla ... Read more

This brochure gives facts about Orlando's historic buildings and businesses and an overview of the city and of local hotels. View maps, postcards, brochures, photographs and more about the history of Orlando. Hotels and businesses mentioned in the ... Read more

President Lyndon B. Johnson, the first president ever to sleep in Orlando, stayed at the Cherry Plaza just around the corner from the Buning's family home on Lake Eola during his 1964 campaign visit. Alice Buning remembers competing with her brother, Rick ... Read more