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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…

Woodland Plaza – DeLand, FL
When I was a kid back in the 70’s there was pretty much one “major” shopping center in DeLand: Woodland Plaza. This place had everything. It had a Roses, it had a Winn Dixie (or was it a Pantry Pride, or maybe both at different points…), it had a Super-X drugstore (which sounds like an…

Calvary Baptist Church – DeLand, FL
Calvary Baptist Church was my family’s church for decades. This was the church my father went to when he was a kid, and of course the one my brother and I both went to when we were kids. My father was baptized by Rev. Leslie Colding…who also happens to be the same person my mother…

Abandoned lots, buildings, and white unmarked vans – All Saints District – Tallahassee, FL
Here’s a few snaps from around the darker part of the so-called “All Saints District” in Tallahassee (before it all gets demolished and a McSomething-or-other gets erected in its place). Be careful of that white-unmarked-van (but note: while it may be unmarked, it most definitely in not un-tagged).

Alcove – Old Tallahassee Mall – August 31, 2017
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