St. Cloud Heritage Museum / Veterans Memorial Library
One hundred years after its completion, the St. Cloud Heritage Museum (originally Veterans Memorial Library) remains as a symbol of the...
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Sep 7, 20151 min read
Green Parking Lot Coming to the Capen House
The Capen-Showalter house before relocation. Improving rain water absorption on property reduces saturation in our storm water...
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Sep 3, 20151 min read
Historic Church near Downtown Orlando Becomes Townhomes
In an unusual move for Orlando, instead of razing a structure to build new, Mark Kinchla has transformed the former United Pentecostal...
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Aug 5, 20152 min read
Historic Cameo Theater Gets AIA Florida Award
If you haven’t noticed, the Cameo Theater at 1013 East Colonial Drive has been restored and is the new home of the Snap! Orlando...
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Aug 3, 20151 min read
Opposition to Condo Proposal to Build on Lake Eola Park
The plans, for a new condominium tower at the corner of Rosalind and Central in Downtown Orlando, call for demolition of two 1920’s era...
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Jul 27, 20151 min read
Mid-Century Modern Treasures In Winter Park
Nils Schweizer’s downtown Winter Park office; photo by Rick Kilby While Modern Buildings from the 1960’s through the 1980’s may seem...
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Jul 3, 20151 min read
Orlando 1920’s Landmark Train Station Restored
Last Week’s celebration highlighted the 2nd restoration of the Atlantic Coast Line’s railroad station built in 1926. The renovation...
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Jun 29, 20151 min read
Winter Park Battles over Historic District Ordinances
The Historic Preservation Board of Winter Park has drafted revisions to their ordinances. The Winter Park City Council is now reviewing...
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May 25, 20154 min read
Isabel Roberts Helped Shape Early Orlando Architecture
One of Orlando’s architects in the early 1900’s, was a woman, and a Prairie School figure. She was not the only female architect in town....
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May 11, 20151 min read
Casa Feliz 9th Annual Colloquium on Historic Preservation
This year’s keynote speaker, Sarah Susanka, is entertaining and dynamic, and the message of “The Not So Big House” is not only useful for...
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May 6, 20155 min read
Winter Park Argues Historic District
There is a lot of heated debate over Winter Park residents wanting to designate the Orwin Manor subdivision as a historic district....
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Apr 7, 20152 min read
Prince Spears Legacy of Local Building to the Black Communities
In the early 20th century, a black man had a successful career in Georgetown and Goldsboro as an architect, builder and brick mason....
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Feb 24, 20151 min read
Attend the Book Signing: College Park History
The book is dedicated to Fred and Grace Hagedorn, who moved to College Park in the 1980s and contributed greatly to efforts to preserve...
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Nov 3, 20141 min read
Tribute To A Departing Landmark
Thanks to HuntonBrady Architects, the Orlando Business Journal has posted an archive of old photos of downtown’s iconic “round building,”...
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Oct 30, 20141 min read
Bok Tower Gardens Restoration & Expansion
Bok Tower Gardens is breaking ground on the largest expansion in its 85-year history. The elements planned include a children’s garden,...
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Oct 25, 20141 min read
Baldwin Park Architect’s Open House
Curious about design? Interested in learning how various architects and firms approach the design process? Well here is your opportunity!...
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Oct 20, 20142 min read
Orlando Foundation for Architecture Update
In early 2014 the AIA Orlando Chapter founded the Orlando Foundation for Architecture (OFA) as a separate nonprofit entity with IRS...
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Oct 6, 20141 min read
New Orange County Preservation Trust
You may have seen the article this past week in the Orlando Sentinel about a new 501c3 in Orange County that is focused on education and...
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Oct 3, 20141 min read
Downtown Architect’s Open House
Curious about design? Interested in learning how various architects and firms approach the design process? Well here is your opportunity!...
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Sep 24, 20141 min read
The Polasek – Capen Connection
Efforts are underway to restore the Capen House, recently saved from demolition by floating it across a lake to a new location on the...
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