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Big Bend Jai Alai Fronton | Photo © 2011, www.abandonedfl.com

Big Bend Jai Alai Fronton

Short History of Jai Alai Big Bend Jai Alai is a relic of what is now considered a rather obscure sport, was once the fastest spectator sport in the world. Jai alai started in the Basque region of...

Tom Gaskins Cypress Knee Museum | Photo © 2013 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Tom Gaskins Cypress Knee Museum

In 1930, Tom Gaskins moved his family from Arcadia to Palmdale, living on land acquired from Lykes Bros., a citrus, sugar and ranching company. There, he became fascinated with the...

Independent Life Building | Photo © 2019 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Independent Life Building

Independent Life Insurance Company The Independent Life and Accidental Insurance Company was founded in 1920 by seven businessmen; George Cook Coburn, Jacob Franklin Bryan II, James Henry Gooding...

Malaga Restaurant | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Malaga Restaurant

If you drive past 740 SW 8th Street, you’ll notice it’s nothing but an empty lot with cars parked on the property, but back in the 70s and 80s, it was one of the most popular restaurants...

RC Cola Miami Plant | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

RC Cola Miami Plant

Information came from the book, “Lost Miami: Stories and Secrets Behind Magic City Ruins” which can be purchased from Abandoned Atlas. Royal Crown Company Inc., originally called the Union Bottling...

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American Beryllium Company

In 1962, American Beryllium relocated from a nearby building to a new five-building facility at 1600 Tallevast Road, just east of its original location in the former Spindrift facility. From 1962...

Central Christian Church | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Central Christian Church

Located at the southwest corner of Ridgewood St. and Cathcart Ave., this religious building serves as a record of Orlando’s residential and spiritual growth during the Land Boom Period of the...

East Everglades Antennae Remains | Photo © 2009 Bullet, 2009

East Everglades Antennae Remains

East Everglades Closures. The Tower Tract lies within #422. Access is via a single lane paved road east of SW 237th Ave. The road is currently gated. At the end of the road is the collapsing shell of...

Doctors General Hospital | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Doctors General Hospital

The building was heavily vandalized and destroyed during its vacancy. Located on Sunrise Blvd. in Plantation, Florida, it was built in 1962 ‘Doctors General Hospital’ and was the first to...

Disney's Discovery Island | Photo © 2018, www.standardstealth.com

Disney’s Discovery Island

Raz Island Located in the middle of Bay Lake, there is an island known today as Discovery Island, which is owned by Walt Disney World. The island though has a long history going as far as the early...

Anderson's Corner | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Anderson’s Corner

Anderson’s Corner, c. 1911 Standing at the corner SW 157 Ave and SW 232nd Street for over a hundred years, the wood-framed structure known as Anderson’s Corner was built William “Popp”...

Everglades Regional Memorial Hospital | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Everglades Regional Medical Center

Looking down the hall towards the pediatrics ward The Everglades Memorial Hospital opened in 1936 in the small town of Pahokee. On May 11, 1950, a new building was built and opened with a dedication...

Miami Marine Stadium | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Miami Marine Stadium

Hilario Candela stands alongside the Marine Stadium during its construction, 1963. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives Designed by architect Hilario Candela, a 28-year-old recent immigrant from Cuba, the...

Ambassador Hotel | Photo © 2014 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Ambassador Hotel

The 310 West Church Street Apartments Known as the Ambassador Hotel, the six-story brick, and limestone building was built in 1924 and opened as the upscale 310 West Church Street Apartments...

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La Villa Luisa

First built in 1946, the Walburne Hotel stood at 125 Ocean Drive on South Beach. The architecture was a typical example of MiMo, or Miami Modern, influenced by both Art Deco and the Streamline Modern...

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel | Photo © 2016 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel

Dixie Walesbilt Hotel The Dixie Walesbilt Hotel is one of many skyscrapers built in the 1920s that still stand today. Since its construction, it has gone under several renovations and name changes...

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