Swampy's Florida

This is a popular spot for postcard settings. There are a number taken from this spot looking north on North Orange Avenue from Church Street.

That’s Woolworth on the right corner. To the left is the First National Bank of Orlando. Just past that is Kress. Those buildings still stand. The Woolworth and that entire block on the right was demolished by the current Mayor Dyer and City Council against an agreement to, at least, keep the facades of the block intact. I was part of getting that agreement. The elected officials had made arrangements with the developer to vote to have the buildings demolished and have the demolition happen at the moment of the vote. Thus avoiding any problems involving the agreement made years earlier. As it turned out the developer was a con man who abandoned this large residential and commercial structure, costing city taxpayers and beyond some $40 million dollars. The developer went on to do the same thing at the same time in Jacksonville. He left a bit less for tax payers to recover, about $35 million. In both cases a large amount of historic structures were wiped out.

This postcard was mailed March 24th, 1949 from Saint Cloud from Julia G. to “Dear Friend”, Mrs. Clara Brockie of Scotts, Michigan. Julia declares the March weather to be “just like Summer” in Michigan. “6 of us are going to the beach tomorrow.” “A very busy place.”

This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection.
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