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Invest in Fort Lauderdale, they said, Buy A Lot, only one lot
Fort Lauderdale beach 1935, Florida State Archives By Jane FeehanFort Lauderdale fell from boom to doom times when the Great Depression descended upon Florida and the nation. Real estate sales slowed...
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Pennock Plantation in Jupiter, a legacy of windmills, ferns, and milk
Jupiter Lighthouse 1890. Florida State ArchivesJupiterBy Jane FeehanStreet names often seem an inadequate acknowledgement of a family’s contributions to its history. The Pennocks, and the Pennock...
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San Salvador Island, of Lucayans, pirates, Columbus, and a priest
User: Jamaicajoe at wikivoyage shared, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SanSalvador_map.jpgBy Jane...
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Review - The Lansky Legacy, The Life and Letters of Meyer Lansky
The Lansky Legacy, the Life and Letters of Meyer LanskyBy Meyer Lansky II and S.J. PeddieCitadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.Available July 28, 2026, at Barnes & Noble. Selected by...
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Manhattan Tower in Fort Lauderdale - a nod and goodbye
Manhattan Tower 701 Bayshore Dr. 2026 - ClosedBy Jane FeehanManhattan Tower in Fort Lauderdale captured the attention of tourists and residents since its construction in 1952. Its 50-foot iron tower, a...
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Pompano Beach Fishing Pier, yesterday and today
By Jane Feehan With South Florida’s population growth in the 1950s and 60s came legions of fishing fans. Fishing piers went up or were renovated in coastal towns to accommodate them. One of those...
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Seminoles respond to Dania school bells in 1927
Seminole lands include areas of cypressPhoto, 1958, Florida State ArchivesA story in the Miami News (Jan. 25, 1927) opens a window to Seminole (and Broward County) history while revealing attitudes of...
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Fort Lauderdale area clubs and bars of the 1980s
By Jane FeehanClubs, bars and other nightlife venues went up all over Fort Lauderdale and Broward County in the 1980s. A few places straddled several decades; nightlife expanded exponentially in the...
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Chalet Suzanne of Lake Wales, legacy of world fame and excellence
Chalet Suzanne 2009,Florida State ArchivesBy Jane FeehanI usually focus on stories about South Florida, but take an occasional foray into other counties when a topic or place claimed state-wide...
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Before Wolfie's, popular Al's Sandwich Shop of Miami Beach and his...
Sandwich prep (not Al's or Wolfie's)Florida State ArchivesBy Jane FeehanWolfie’s Restaurants in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale built their reputation on overstuffed corned beef or pastrami sandwiches...
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Opa-Locka, of planes, trains and minarets
Opa-Locka City Hall circa 1960Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan With a stellar career behind him, aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss helped form the Opa-locka Company in 1926. Real estate was his...
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Fort Lauderdale Beach busy in 1945
Yoga Rise todayDuring the 1940s it was easier to capture and publicize the number of Fort Lauderdale beach goers than it might be today. A report published by the Fort Lauderdale Daily News (June 5,...
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Fort Lauderdale in 1976, a U.S. Bicentenial year of news, numbers and places
Fort Lauderdale 1976 - looking north from A-1-AFlorida State Archives By Jane FeehanLike most cities across the U.S. during 1976, Fort Lauderdale celebrated the U.S. Bicentenial. Many will also...
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Caribe - high rise building frenzy visits Lauderdale by the Sea in the 1960s
Caribe near former site of hotelCaribe, 4050 N. Ocean DriveLauderdale-by-the-Sea 33308By Jane FeehanLauderdale-by-the-Sea did not escape the high-rise building frenzy of the 1950s-1960s in Broward...
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USS Fort Lauderdale highlights bond between city and U.S. Navy
USS Fort Lauderdale 8.14.2025. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Miller (PHIBRON)USS Fort Lauderdale leaving Norfolk, VA 8.14.2025Photo by Seaman Andrew Eggert, By Jane FeehanThe city of Fort...
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Palm Beach Gardens - year-round and winter residents, the rich, the famous...
Palm Beach Gardens shopping centerBy Jane Feehan Palm Beach Gardens wasn’t developed as a resort community. A project of insurance magnate John D. MacArthur, the town started out with his vision of...
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McCrory's downtown Fort Lauderdale - a five and dime bows to suburban growth
McCrory’s Store221 South Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL – Closed 1985 By Jane Feehan The Great Depression didn’t bring Fort Lauderdale to its knees as it did in much of the country. There were signs...
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A drive through Fort Lauderdale's Evergreen Cemetery, a visit with the city's...
Evergreen Cemetery (near Cordova Road, north of SE 17th Street)1300 SE 10 Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 954-828-7050.https://www.parks.fortlauderdale.gov/programs/cemeteries Grave markers at Fort...
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Traveling in Florida before highways: age of the stern wheel
Lillie and the RoseadaFlorida State ArchivesBy Jane FeehanCanals, lakes, and rivers comprised key transportation networks throughout South Florida in the early 1900s. The North New River Canal...
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It's raining iguanas - once pets now reviled in South Florida
John Meek with iguana 1977 Key West, Florida State ArchivesBy Jane FeehanIguanas, once rarely seen and occasionally sold as pets, are now a ubiquitous nuisance in South Florida and elsewhere in the...
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