Archive for June, 2011
Photo(Nomeus, 2009 – Flurbex.com): The Britton 8 consists of eight small screening rooms such as this one Opening as a single screen theater in 1956, the Britton Theatre was designed by architect James E. Casale with a seating capacity of 1,800. Described as being the “largest theatre south of Washington, D.C.”, it had a 70mm [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2007 – Flurbex.com): The Legendary Years section was to be themed around the 1900-1940s decades Disney’s Pop Century Resort is one of four hotels that cost less but still retain the Disney quality you expect. Originally planned to open in 2001, the opening was delayed due to a sharp drop in tourism following the [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2008 – Flurbex.com): The jail was built in 1964 and an annex was added in 1981. In the early 1900s, the property which Morgan Street Jail stood on was occupied by a small walled structure surrounded by various businesses. In 1925, the structure was replaced with the Hillsborough County Jail . The much larger [...]
Photo(Walter Arnold, 2009): One of the more, intact airplanes on the St. Augustine property. Grumman designed the aircraft to be used for anti-submarine warfare(ASW), with a large high-wing monoplane with twin Wright Cyclone radial engines with the idea to combine the roles the Avenger and Guardian were providing at the time. It would also operate [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2006 – Flurbex.com): The plant initially had six smokestacks, indicating how much power it generated In 1926, the Benson Springs Power Plant was built on the shores of Lake Monroe, by Florida Public Service to provide electrical service locally and as far away as DeLand. It was named Benson Springs Power Plant because in [...]