The Heartbreak Hotel
Here we visit The Heartbreak Hotel, which far preceded the famed Elvis Pressely tune. It’s situated on County Road 523 in Kenansville. Click here to get more of the story.
Entrance to the Heartbreak Hotel
It’s Orange World! Mostly we seem to feature the obscure in the great state of Florida. Here is a better known location, Orange World in Kissimmee. Only 36 years old, it’s as young as the Disney property. Orange World is quite something on the outside. Inside, it’s pretty typical of a Florida giftshop.
Here is the Thomas Center in Gainesville. You can learn more about the facility by clicking here. You can learn it’s history by clicking here. It’s a multi-purpose facility with exhibit room and event space.
Here is one of the history exhibits.
The stairway is neat. Notice the tapestries on the wall and railing.
Here is the second floor. You can better tell how this was once hotel space. There are a few hotels in Florida that are like this, all larger, and still open like The Colony in Delray Beach.
Here we are in Lakeland at 3800 US Hwy 98 North. If this looks familiar, this location was featured in the film ‘Edward Scissorhands’.
The Plaza is anchored by a Publix as it has been for more than 40 years.
The feature above was common in plazas like this at one time. This is one of the last active ones in Florida. Most are filled in and turned into store space.
Swampy visits Donut Connection in St. Petersburg. The chain maintained the sign shape. just adding the Donut Connection sign. The building was built in 1962 and was originally a Mr. Donut.
The building is a typical Mr. Donut design. Somewhere along the way, the front door was moved to the right side by the concrete wall.
The hard to find tight old coffee shop style!
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