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Colorized photo looking east from the steps of the Old Capitol, 1870.

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Tennessee Street at High Road, 1955.

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In 1961, football and track star Bob Hayes of Jacksonville was recruited by Jake Gaither to play for FAMU. He dominated track meets at black colleges across the US, but Jim Crow policies meant that he couldn't even attend meets at FSU or UF. Then came the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

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West Tennessee, 1959 and today.

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The pandemic will definitely earn a place in future history books. And I trust that this image of Tallahassee will take its rightful place among the iconic images of the era.

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Casualties of the 100-hour "pep rally" prior to the 1987 FSU vs UF football game.

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Renovations to the Florida Capitol over the last few years have been quite emblematic. While the building was once surrounded by dozens of stately trees, it now stands in a sea of concrete, baking in the sun and discouraging citizens from even going near it.

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What if I told you that this historic marker has a major error? That FAMU was NOT built on Governor W. P. Duval's plantation? As one of the most important HBUs in the country, FAMU’s foundation story should be told accurately. This thread will do that. 1/ #FAMU #Tallahassee

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Some of the 220 FAMU students filling Circuit Judge Ben Willis' circuit court room to face charges of contempt for demonstrating against segregated movie theaters, May 1963.

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Downtown Tallahassee would be way cooler if this neon sign still glowed above College Avenue.

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Program for the October 14, 1950 FSU game vs. the Howard University Bulldogs. This was only the second game ever held in Doak Campbell. The quarterback for the Bulldogs was a young man who'd transferred to Howard from the Alabama Crimson Tide. His name was Bobby Bowden.

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Over the years FSU has invested considerable effort in cultivating the “unconquered” image of the Seminole people. Which make it painfully ironic that so many streets near the FSU campus are named specifically for people who waged war on the Seminoles. (1/6)

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Another landmark of old Tallahassee fades into the shadows.

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Looking north on Woodward Street from West Tennessee, 1950. The FSU president's house is in the distance at left. The cathedral of St. Thomas More now occupies the corner at right, where a cow appears to be lying down in the field.

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Christmas decorations on Monroe at Call Street, 1960s.

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One apartment complex. Four different names. Nine years.

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January 1828. Drunkenness "to a most abominable degree."

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The FSU bookstore in 1954, long before it was turned into the Club Downunder. (Actually, the second location for the Club Downunder, which had been located in another part of the Student Union.)

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51 years ago today James Ford was chosen to serve as mayor of Tallahassee by his fellow city commissioners. This made him the first black mayor of any capital city in the United States.

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As part of the renovations at the rear of the capitol, they have cut down every last tree along the sidewalk. It's not as though anyone needs shade on days when it's 97 degrees outside. But I suppose it does improve the view of the state's grandest erection.

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"The Leon" saloon and billiards parlor, southwest corner of Monroe and College, 1892.

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Tallahassee has lost so, so many of its cool historic buildings. Won't someone step up to the plate and restore the Coca-Cola bottling plant on St. Michael Street? It would be one of the iconic spaces in All Saints.

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Tallahassee's first Chinese restaurant was Lucy Ho's Bamboo Garden, opened in 1970 at 112 E. 6th Ave. A native of Taiwan, Lucy Ho arrived in TLH about 1968 where she initially worked as a costume designer for the FSU School of Music, as well as a dress designer for Gilberg's.

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Yet another Tallahassee landmark has passed into the past. Last night Gramling's Feed Store on S. Adams burned down. The business opened in 1915 and was at this location since the 1920s. Arguably the most atmospheric business in the city. More history in the comments.

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An oldie but a goodie from the wayback machine: Midcentury modern becomes last century log cabin.

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It needs to be said: Tallahassee's city logo has gotten demonstrably worse with every change. In fact, the city paid $45,000 for the 2002 star design. What does that logo have to do with the city? Nothing. It blows. But I'd gladly wear a T-shirt with the 1929 logo.

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Details matter.

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Stellar sunset in Tallahassee tonight.

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Tallahassee Democrat recap of the October 14, 1950 FSU football game against Howard College (now Samford). 20-year-old Bobby Bowden was quarterback for Howard. Six months earlier he had eloped with 17-year-old Ann Estock of Birmingham.

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You'd never guess that these angled sidewalks near the Jefferson Street gate for FSU mark the line of the old Mission Trail between St. Augustine and San Luis. But they do.

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Recently saw a listing for 1606 Myrick St, built in 1955. The woodwork was so striking I did some research and learned it was built by Jesse Myrick, a lumber dealer and builder. You can't believe the quality of wood in the house. That paneling isn't pine. It's clear cypress. 1/2

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This is one of Tallahassee's very few natural waterfalls. It is about 5 ft. high and falls over a clay ledge. Although we'll never have video of the 16-ft. waterfall that existed in Cascades Park, this gives you an idea (on a smaller scale).

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Very different era in Florida.

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Tallahassee transitions #30

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Willie Galimore grew up in St. Augustine's Lincolnville neighborhood where he set all-time rushing records at Excelsior High. He came to FAMU in 1952 on a basketball scholarship, but after coach Jake Gaither invited him for a football tryout, he never played hoops again. 1/7

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Paul Dirac is considered one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933, and his work predicted the existence of anti-matter. Today his former house in Tallahassee is a student rental. It looks like this:

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Julian and Nat Adderley are titans of 20th century jazz. They were born in Smokey Hollow on East Street (today Suwannee Street) across from Cascades Park. I believe the city should honor them with the "Julian & Nat Adderley Amphitheater" at Cascades Park. Retweet if you agree.

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Unofficial list of the Top-20 steepest streets in Tallahassee.

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If I had to pick the most misguided remodeling job in Tallahassee history, the neutering of the old telephone building on the NW corner of Park Ave and Calhoun would be near the top of the list.

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Seldom does one architecture firm have such a lasting influence on a city. But William Edwards and William Sayward designed Westcott Hall, Jennie Murphree, Bryan Hall, Reynolds Hall, Dodd Hall, the FAMU Carnegie Library, Lincoln School, Caroline Brevard, and many, many others.

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This is true. The City of Tallahassee paid for an art installation to commemorate a predominately African American neighborhood that was recently wiped off the map--by the City of Tallahassee--for a water retention pond.

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"oh sorry, was there a neighborhood there?"

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33 years ago today was bitterly cold in Tallahassee, with a real snowstorm developing in the early evening. While there was only an inch of accumulation, there has not been a larger snowstorm since. This was the morning after at Lake Ella.

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Huge thanks to all of you for the 4,000 follows. When I started this account I figured only a couple dozen people would be interested. I'm glad you proved me wrong.

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The Green Derby across from Cascades Park was opened c. 1939 by Shorty Whiddon. It sold sandwiches, soft drinks and beer downstairs, and had a jukebox upstairs where couples could dance on the screen porch. It also had a bowling alley behind it—later used as a roller rink. 1/6

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Built in 1881, the Leon Hotel burned in 1925. It was located on the north side of Park Avenue between Monroe and Adams Street. (And yes, the trees in the foreground are some of today's mighty oaks in the Park Avenue median).

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Until the late 1920s, Adams Street was the main approach to downtown from the south. Here's a circa 1905 view looking north from what is today the edge of the FAMU campus toward downtown. @famu_1887

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What's the highest hill in Tallahassee? For one thing, the hill that the Florida Capitol stands on is not even close.

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1971 photo of the old Union Bank being moved from its original location on Adams Street between College and Park to its present home along Apalachee Parkway at Calhoun Street. The next time someone says that a historic building can't be moved, show them this photo.

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Thomasville Road just north of Maclay Road and the entrance to Killearn Estates, 1970. Today this is a six lane highway.

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Sealey Elementary School, a gorgeous school which stood along 7th Avenue where the current police station headquarters is today. Students could walk from the rear of the school straight to Lake Ella. Should have kept this marvelous building.

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This image underscores how much of the public realm is surrendered to cars in Tallahassee. The buildings are puny compared to the land area ceded to vehicles. An alien seeing this for the first time would think the vehicles own the place, not people. They might be right.

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Farm Stores building in Midtown 🐄

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The only explanation I can think of here is that they hired an architect from the Department of Corrections to recreate a prison yard as the new setting for the Florida House Office Building. (Not entirely inappropriate come to think of it).

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Might as well keep rolling with it: Tennessee Street looking west from near Bronough Street. Here we are 62 years later and this land has fewer buildings than it did in 1959.

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1920s view of FSU (or FSCW back then). The road running at an angle in the rear is actually a remnant of the 1600s mission trail from San Luis to St. Augustine. Part of this trail still exists as West Call St. Other remnants in TLH include Old St. Augustine Road and Mission Rd.

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Complete annihilation of a historic home and heritage trees off Bannerman Road, courtesy of Premier Fine Homes. The site of the house will be a parking lot. The developer is among the largest campaign contributors to certain local candidates, including the mayor.

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The original Gibbs Hall at FAMU. It was located approximately where the University Commons stands today. The building burned in January 1924 when a fire started in the furnace room. At the time it housed the kitchen, dining hall, music room, and girls' gymnasium. #FAMU

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Another 1955 view of Tennessee Street at High Road, looking east toward FSU.

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The one and only welcome sign along the primary route from I-10 to the capitol. But you know what? For all of the city's "placemaking" efforts, no sign could better capture the spirit of what North Monroe has become. You can feel the civic pride. #tallahassee

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We forget sometimes that downtown Tallahassee used to be a place where people actually lived. This is Macomb and West Gaines Street. The houses were all demolished in the early 1980s in conjunction with building the Civic Center (which also used to be a neighborhood).

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I am continually perplexed as to why the city will cut down every single tree in new "parks," and then plant new trees that are 20 years away from providing even a small amount of usable shade. Watching a game here will be like visiting an oven broiler.

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Four Oaks Park 🛝⚾️

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@NWSTallahassee I would argue that the September 1873 hurricane that came ashore at St. Marks was a major hurricane at landfall.

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The R.A. Gray Building is the main repository for the state's historic records. It was also a perfect vantage point for capturing Friday's historic tornado in Tallahassee.

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Video from inside the path of the EF-2 tornado that touched down in Tallahassee early friday morning (captured by alyssa mcmanus)

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1890s colorized photo of Tallahassee bicyclists near what is today E. Tennessee Street at Franklin Blvd. If you looked up this hill today you'd see Leon High School on the right-hand side of the road. The carriage likely carried the photographer (Alvin Harper's) equipment.

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Brief but amazing 1977 footage of the crowd outside the Capital City Sports Stadium for a Dusty Rhodes pro wrestling match. The "stadium" is still standing at 4721 Capital Circle SW. Today it's used as a warehouse for a marble and stone countertops dealer.

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If you visit the Miracle Plaza shopping center where Whole Foods is today, you might notice that the parking lot next to 4 Rivers Smokehouse runs at an odd angle. There's a reason for that. It used to be the right-of-way for the old Thomasville Road. 1/3

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Many people believe that live oak trees in Tallahassee are somehow protected. But that's not true. In fact, if you're a developer, you can cut them down pretty much at will. This thread will show how it's done. And how the City of Tallahassee rewards this behavior. @CityofTLH 1/

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I may not be an economist, but the demand for student housing must have limits. Currently there are 1,981 apartment units planned or under construction along the Gaines Street corridor. This does not include planned hotels, of which there are several.

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Girl Scout troop at Griffin Junior High School in March 1960. The girl at far right in the back row is Doby Flowers. In 1970, she would become the first black homecoming queen at FSU. 1/6

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Our live oaks in Tallahassee are often living historical markers. Take these big oaks which exist as isolated islands of green outside Planet Fitness and the Northside Plaza on North Monroe. They weren't planted in the parking lot, that's for sure. So what gives? 1/4

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As England prepares for the coronation of Prince Charles, it's worth noting that his great-uncle Edward and the Duchess of Windsor were frequent visitors to the Tallahassee area during the 1940s and 1950s through a friendship with Kane and Edith Baker of Horseshoe Planation. 1/

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The neon sign for the Prince Murat Motel at Thomasville Road and Monroe Street was a local landmark for decades. The hotel itself was also one of the city's finer Midcentury Modern buildings. This thread will take a look at its history. 1/

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Speaking strictly from a historic preservation viewpoint, I would not support candidates endorsed by Grow Tallahassee. That means not voting for David Bellamy, Nick Maddox, John Dailey and Diane Williams-Cox. If you care about local history, these are not the candidates for you.

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35 years ago in Tallahassee, concerned citizens freaked out by Beastie Boys concert at the Civic Center express horror over "how far people have taken that First Amendment."

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After the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, FAMU's Bob Hayes was recruited to play for the Dallas Cowboys. He helped lead the Cowboys to the 1972 NFL championship, becoming the only person ever to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.

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IF YOU ENJOY THIS VIDEO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LIKE & SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL. 1964 GOLD MEDAL WINNER / 2009 PRO FOOTBALL HOFNFL ULTIMATE CONNECTIONS - "DANDY"...

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It's often said that the Florida Capitol stands on the tallest hill in town. But that is far from the truth. Here are just a few local spots that are all higher in elevation.

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A lesser known New Deal project in Tallahassee was the Fla State College for Women's Dairy Farm. It covered 900 acres that are today home to the Mag Lab, Innovation Park, and the Seminole golf course. During the Depression, most of food for students was produced there. 1/3

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This mansion once stood on the NE corner of Park & Calhoun. Built in 1887 by George Lewis, it became the longtime home of his daughter, Mary Douglas Lewis. Amazingly, parts of this house still live on in Tallahassee ... 1/

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Adaptive reuse of historic buildings always produces results that are far cooler than new builds. It's an approach that is rooted in community identity and inherently sustainable. It's real "placemaking." I wish them every success.

Brewery group makes progress on former waterworks complex

A team is making progress toward preserving Capital City history. They are reimagining the historical waterworks building in Tallahassee.

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The 4th of July at Lake Ella, 1969.

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One of the most remarkable aspects of the 1860 map showing the density of enslaved persons is its incredible resonance 160 years later. Here is a comparison of the 1860 map with voting returns from 2016.

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Once upon a time Wakulla Springs was so clear you could film underwater movies there.

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Tallahassee's opera hall: 1892, 1960, and today. One of the city's more successful historic preservation projects, even if you can no longer go there to hear Aida.

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True story: from 1910 to 1973 the University of Florida yearbook was called "The Seminole." These are all UF yearbooks.

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Hurricane Hermine, seven years ago today.

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The record cold snap just before Christmas has resulted in the best azalea bloom in what feels like a decade or more. Just spectacular!

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Tallahassee is full of ghosts, remnants of the past that haunt the present. Old site walls and stairs remind us that today's parking lots were once homes where neighbors chatted on the porch. Here's the NE corner of College & Copeland, just across the street from the FSU fountain

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This is a story about architectural change in TLH. The main character is the Capital City Bank, founded in 1895 at 110 S. Monroe. The bank was classically styled, with granite Corinthian columns and an arched entry with keystone based on the Hapsburg Empire double eagle. 1/

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The thing that always strikes me in this view of the Thomasville Rd turnoff is how N. Monroe looked before it was widened. The road is lined with oaks and the sidewalk is shaded. In the 60 years since it was four-laned, I don't think there's been a single attempt to improve it.

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Looking west down College Avenue from Adams Street, circa 1890. The house at right was replaced by the First Baptist Church around 1950. Current view in the comments.

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Portrait of Tallahassee's own Prince Murat made from toast. On the wall at Waterworks, ca. 2004.

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I read today that next year Tallahassee will have a new semi-pro basketball team called the "Tallahassee Southern Kings." I'm not really sold on that name or the logo, so I decided to create one that captures more of our local flavor.

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West Tennessee near Ocala, 1961. By my count this makes 60 straight years of fugly.

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Interesting nugget: Rick's Toy Box, the adult store at 2052 N. Monroe, originally opened in November 1954 as a Dr. Pepper bottling plant. Just two years later, though, the property was sold and became the home of Carnes Playthings, which, ironically, was a child's toy store.

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Car accident at College Avenue and Macomb Street, 1960. The house on the northeast corner is now the site of the Onyx apartment complex.

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I wonder sometimes if there is any practical limit to how many fast food chains Leon County can support. Over the last 50 years, the number of chain restaurants has grown from 19 to 112, or a 490% increase. Over this same period, the county population only increased 175%.

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1868 view of Tallahassee from Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. This would have been more or less the view looking west from today's intersection of Myers Park Drive and Governor's Drive. The train would be passing by Cascades Park and heading toward the DOT building.

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Lake Ella is a sinkhole, but did you know it has a baby sister sink across Monroe Street? Like so many of our lakes, both are now used for stormwater runoff. The little sink behind the Golden Corral parking lot has also been graded and reshaped.

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The Domino's Pizza at 1528 West Tennessee was originally the first franchise of Royal Castle, a burger/breakfast joint opened in January 1969. In 1976 Carvel Ice Cream took over the space, followed by Pronto Pizza in the early 1980s, followed by Domino's.

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The nice thing about St. Patrick's Day locally is that many of our lakes are so polluted with fertilizer and sewage runoff that they're already colored green.

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