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The face of Sarasota throughout the growth spurt of the frenetic Roaring ’20s was Everett Bacon, who was elected mayor five consecutive times.

Constructed by the Bird Co. of Tampa, work was completed on the storied arcade in 1913. The neoclassical building was a welcome addition.

Sarasota Bay lapped up to the sea wall on Gulf Stream, and getting to it and the city pier and City Hall was as easy as crossing a two-lane street.

After the bank failed the building was transformed into the Orange Blossom Hotel, and welcomed guests for many years; today it serves as exclusive Orange Blossom Tower Condominiums. Interestingly the 1920s era Otis elevator is still operational. One of the threads that runs throughout Sarasota’s history though, is a singular disregard for those places which made this area so unique and desirable. It does not matter if the site in question is on the Local Register of Historic Places, or the Na...

VENICE – A new photo exhibit that opens Tuesday at the Venice Museum, “Celebrating a Centennial: The Origins of Sarasota County,” looks back at the era when Sarasota County split off from Manatee County, with a decidedly Venice twist. “The Venice district was the only district that did not vote to separate from Manatee County,” noted Venice Historical Resources Manager Harry Klinkhamer. The June 1921 vote passed overwhelmingly, 508 to 154, but in Venice, it failed with a tally of 22 v...