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Mother Lauderdale

  • August 18, 2021
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In our community issue, we dig into the life of the woman who was a kind of founding mother to our community. At age 19, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan became our…
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Troubles, Then Triumph

  • July 21, 2021
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Fort Lauderdale’s first Jews faced anti‑Semitism, infighting and the 1926 hurricane. They endured. You don’t need to look far to find hostility toward Jews in Fort Lauderdale’s history. The attitude…
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The Sky and Fogg

  • June 2, 2021
  • John Dolen
The pioneer aviator who gave our airport its first name. Merle Fogg wouldn’t recognize the international airport that began as a swampy municipal airport bearing his name. Tens of millions…
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The Forgotten Story

  • May 3, 2021
  • John Dolen
African Americans have a proud and long-established place in the history of our city. Clarence C. Walker. Annie T. Reed. Sylvia Aldridge. Thomas Scott Cobb. Harry Coyne. Recognize any of…
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The Compound That Became a Canvas

  • April 2, 2021
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The birth and survival of the Bonnet House. I’m all for art, but would anyone think that building a Guggenheim Museum at Walden Pond is a good idea? How about…
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Ye Olde Department Store

  • March 5, 2021
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When we did our shopping on Las Olas and Andrews. Before there was The Galleria, Sawgrass Mills and Amazon, the free-standing department store reigned. Fort Lauderdale’s first, the Pioneer Department…
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A Long, Strange Trip

  • February 3, 2021
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Seminole history includes both tragedy and triumph. Blow, blow Seminole Wind Blow like you’re never gonna blow again I’m calling to you like a long-lost friend… Blow, blow from the…
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Great Watering Holes We Have Known

  • January 4, 2021
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Bars don’t define our city, but they are an important part of our story. In 1939, Club Brownie’s paid a large advance to a New York promoter to get the…
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On With the Show

  • December 17, 2020
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Built on the fortunes of a Hungarian-born inventor, the Parker Playhouse is still going strong after more than half a century. The city was filled with excitement and hyperbole. “The…
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Let Us Go Then, You and I

  • November 12, 2020
  • John Dolen
Visiting our historic buildings on foot. In 1912, our fair city suffered a devastating fire that burned the business district to the ground. Fourteen years later, it was hit by…

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