Similar Posts
![Eggman? Behind Waterworks – Tallahassee, FL – October 20, 2017](http://placesgoneby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/20171020_150459-768x432.jpg)
Eggman? Behind Waterworks – Tallahassee, FL – October 20, 2017
This crazy remnant was loitering on the wall behind Waterworks, what could it be? The last time I was in Waterworks it wasn’t even yet Waterworks, it was still the old Kent’s Northside Lounge. And I was only there a couple of times, my old-man-dive-bar back then was the Office Lounge, and while Office Regulars (of…
![The Last Splash – or – Not So Wet, Not So Wild](http://placesgoneby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/12/weto-2016-homepage_logolastsplash.png)
The Last Splash – or – Not So Wet, Not So Wild
I’d heard a while back that Wet ‘n Wild, the first major water-theme park in Central Florida (and at the time of its opening in 1977 the largest in the world), was closing this year, and honestly thought it had already done so. Last week when we were down there (more on that in other…
![Ming Tree Chinese Restaurant – Tallahassee, FL (Updated March 30, 2015)](http://placesgoneby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/20140427_112514-768x432.jpg)
Ming Tree Chinese Restaurant – Tallahassee, FL (Updated March 30, 2015)
Update from March 30, 2015 – The Ming Tree has been demolished and construction is underway on its replacement, Maddio’s Pizza, plus a few other stores.
![Old Coke Bottling Plant – Tallahassee, FL](http://placesgoneby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/20180224_125137-768x432.jpg)
Old Coke Bottling Plant – Tallahassee, FL
A few pictures of the old Coca-cola Bottling Plant in the so-called “All Saints District” of Tallahassee. This dates back to when this part of town was the “industrial” hub of the area, mainly because its adjacent to the main rail artery of the region. Most of the building in the area have either…
![Alcove – Old Tallahassee Mall – August 31, 2017](http://placesgoneby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/untitled.png)
Alcove – Old Tallahassee Mall – August 31, 2017
On North Monroe Street in Tallahassee there used to be an enclosed mall creatively called “The Tallahassee Mall”. It was the second of three malls that used to service the Capital City (Northwood’s being the first, and Governor’s Square being the younger, and bigger brother). When I was first in Tallahassee for my two years…
![One Last Time, for now… Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant – DeLand, Fl](http://placesgoneby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/20130921_123245-768x432.jpg)
One Last Time, for now… Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant – DeLand, Fl
On December 31, 2017 ownership of Won Lee’s Chinese Restaurant in DeLand, FL passed to new owners, ending a nearly 40 year era. My family has a close relationship with Won Lee’s from the very beginning: my dad and my brother helped renovate the building from Jimmy’s Highway Steakhouse into Won Lee’s back in the…