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Walt Disney World Dolphin – early 90’s brochure
Following in our recent slew of brochure’s(here and here) and maps from the 80’s and early 90’s, today we have a very simple one from the Walt Disney World Dolphin resort, which opened on June 1, 1990 (along with its sister The Swan), and is operated by Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the parent company of,…

Seahorse Inn – New Smyrna Beach, FL
Built in 1956, the Seahorse Inn evidently can be yours for somewhere between $800K and $3M, at least based on the numbers in this article from 2015. As of this week there are still “For Sale” signs on it, so if you’ve dreamed of owning a seaside (well, one block away) resort, now is your chance!

The Collegiate Village Inn – Tallahassee, FL
Built in 1971, this was a 160 unit motel with what was billed as a large lobby area, restaurant and conference rooms. It was two stories with concrete block construction and a brick veneer. The property was 3.4 acres and zoned CP “Commercial” with 400 feet frontage and a full median cut. The 2007 property…

Chopstick Charlie’s
Just south of where this post took place, on Phillip’s Highway in Jacksonville, there is one of those large, in-your-face, evangelical billboards which asks “Where are you going? Heaven or Hell?” Since they asked, I answered, out loud of course, “Neither, we’re going to Chopstick Charlie’s!” Which was of course a fitting answer, not only…

Julie’s Place – Tallahassee – Matchbook
Today we have a small reminder of a once great drinking (and eating, but the drinks were always better than the food in my opinion) establishment in North Tallahassee. Julie’s Place is long gone (it was bought by a one-time manager sometime in the early 00’s and I guess he didn’t understand that running a…

Pleasure Island Brochure – Spring 1993
Unlike some of the brochures we’ve highlighted recently, including this one on Pleasure Island’s older sister, this one from Disney’s Pleasure Island is easy to pin down to Spring 1993. For one thing it flat out tells us that its prior to Summer 1993 (see the Coming Soon pic for Pleasure Island Jazz Company), and…
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