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A Trip Down Memory Lane
Dwell Real Estate has a blog entry with lots of fun Sarasota-in-the-past photos. Credit given: Photos and information courtesy of Yesterday’s Sarasota by Del Marth. Take a look! For actual copies of the Sarasota papers from 1925 on, visit here. Read more
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Brown Bag Book Lunch: Discuss & munch with famed The Living Gulf Coast author
Charles Sobczak, author of our favorite guide book, “The Living Gulf Coast – A Nature Guide to Southwest Florida”, will be the featured author at this month’s Brown Bag Book Lunch at the Historical Society of Sarasota County on Wed. Jan. 21st, in the historic Crocker Memorial Church. Sobczak, a resident of Sanibel Island, has… Read more
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This Day in History: Happy 45th, Van Wezel!
On this date in 1970, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall opened. Designed by the late Frank Lloyd Wright’s firm, Taliesin Associates Architects, the building was called by its critics the “purple cow” or “purple people seater.” How much do YOU know about the Van Wezel? The Van Wezel was painted purple because: Purple was… Read more
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