At Home in Harbordale
A new mixed-use development is part of a trend away from industrial and towards more residential in Harbordale. A fresh jolt of gentrification may be coming to Harbordale, the southeast…
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The People Behind the Boats
There’s a new company behind the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. We got the information on Informa. Charlie McCurdy works around the world, but as he explains his company’s plans,…
Chef G’s Sizzling L’s
Fort Lauderdale High School is known as the home of the Flying L’s, but it’s also home to a fairly new restaurant-grade kitchen-classroom. In it, Jerry Guajardo is getting students…
Mixing It Up
A proposed development at Federal Highway and SE 17th Street would be at the forefront of trends towards mixed-use development and increased south-of-the-river residential. Mixed-use residential development is in fashion.…
No Vacancy
A hotel next to a convention center seems like a fairly obvious choice, but nothing has been simple about the now decades-long battle to build lodgings next to the Broward…
Just Keep Swinging
After not making it last year, Dillard High School’s award- winning jazz band prepares for high school jazz’s biggest prize, New York’s Essentially Ellington competition. Microphones line a small Dillard…
From Beach Town to Downtown
In Fort Lauderdale, full-service hotels with famous brand names have always clustered on the beach. But several hotel developers have pounced on opportunities to build in the downtown area, where…
Wood of Ages
Thanks to expertise honed over the years, Old Florida Lumber Company gives new life to old wood. Warehouse office lobbies don’t normally smell this good. Walk through the front door…
A Sense of (Las Olas) Place
A new building next to the Riverside Hotel promises to fulfill a need while fitting in with the city’s shopping and dining main drag. Just east of Las Olas Boulevard’s…
The Abreu Legacy
Architect Francis Abreu was only in Fort Lauderdale for a short time in the 1920s, but he created some of the city’s greatest buildings. Now some of his work is…