Archive for September, 2011
Photo(Bullet, 2011): The 6,566 seat stadium was built on land donated for “water sports” such as hydroplane racing, but was later used for other sporting events and concerts. Designed by architect Hilario Candela, a 28-year-old recent immigrant from Cuba, the stadium was built on Virginia Key as the United States’ first stadium purposely-built for powerboat [...]
Photo(Bullet, 2011): Years of neglect and hurricanes has done a great deal of damage to the home. Built near the shores of Lake Okeechobee, this house was probably no different than the others around it when it was built back in 1934. Today though, the house is just a ghost of it’s former self. According [...]
Photo(Florida Photographic Collection, 1920s): This photo taken sometime in the 1920s shows the Brewster power plant, one of the only remaining remnants of the town. The town of Brewster was founded in 1910 to accommodate the workers at the time who spent the day working at the nearby phosphate mine. Operated by American Cyanamid, the [...]