The Old Packing House in Winter Garden is turning a 1909 citrus plant into a food hall, fossil museum, and community market.
Category: Orlando History
Orlando’s Kress Building: The Wildest Résumé of Any Building in Downtown
The Kress Building in downtown Orlando has been a dime store, a civil-rights battleground, a medieval dinner theater, and a steakhouse…
Orlando Family Stage at 100: The Unlikely Century of a Children’s Theatre That Refused to Quit
Orlando Family Stage has been staging plays for Central Florida families for 100 years.
The Tinker Building: How a Baseball Legend Left His Name on Downtown Orlando
The Tinker Building at 16–18 W. Pine Street is one of downtown Orlando’s most storied landmarks…
How 23 Women Started the Rosalind Club and Accidentally Renamed a Street
Rosalind Club: Founded in 1894 by 23 Orlando women, this private club helped launch Florida’s suffrage movement and left its name on the city’s streets.
The Gloriously Stubborn 91-Year Story of Florida’s Bach Festival
There was no grand scheme to launch the Bach Festival as one of America’s most enduring classical music institutions…
Lake Eola’s Historic Lubbe House
The Lubbe House, built in 1927-1930 on Lake Eola, is Orlando’s last surviving lakefront home. Now the city is considering demolition for park expansion.
Orlando’s Bank of America Center: A Downtown Landmark’s Four-Decade Journey
From a DuPont dream to City National Bank Tower, here’s the wild story behind Orlando’s iconic Bank of America Center and its many name changes.
The Ronnie’s Restaurant Story: Two Pats of Butter and a Whole Lot of Attitude
The line outside Ronnie’s Restaurant snaked into the Florida heat, but nobody left….