Founder s Day Weekend returns to Flagler Museum
Palm Beach Daily News
After being canceled last year because of the coronavirus, Founder’s Day Weekend returns in June to the Flagler Museum.
The museum, at 1 Whitehall Way, is offering free admission June 5 and 6, as part of an extended Founder’s Day Weekend admission program.
This year capacity will be limited and reservations will be required in advance. Different entry times also will be assigned to all visitors. Being able to celebrate Founder’s Day as a weekend-long, two-day event this year is certainly a way to make up for missing last year’s celebration due to our brief closure, Executive Director Erin Manning told the Daily News.
Why the sprawling city of Jacksonville, Florida, is a great spot for a weekend getaway
Three historic neighborhoods in particular have tempted travelers for more than a century
Photo courtesy of Visit Jacksonville
Although it’s the largest city by area in the continental United States (840 square miles), Jacksonville manages to feel small. Venture beyond the urban core, and you’ll discover a patchwork of historic neighborhoods. Three stand out: Riverside Avondale, Atlantic Beach, and San Marco. Each came into its own around the early twentieth century, the results of Florida’s land and tourism booms. (In those days, Jacksonville was called the “Winter City in the Summer Land” because of the attention it drew from Northerners seeking warmer climes.) Together, these storied neighborhoods continue to welcome visitors with award-winning dining, jaw-dropping architectural variety, and, of course, the sunny beaches that appealed to travelers more than a century ago.
Hotel History: Hotel Theresa, “ Advertisements
On September 18, 1960, four months before the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, Fidel Castro arrived in New York City for the 15
th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He and his staff first checked into the Shelburne Hotel at Lexington Avenue and 37
th Street. When the Shelburne demanded $10,000 for alleged damage that included cooking chickens in their rooms, the Castro entourage moved to the Hotel Theresa in Harlem. Castro’s group rented eighty rooms for a total of $800 per day. The Theresa was the beneficiary of worldwide publicity when Nikita Khrushchev, the premier of the Soviet Union, General Abdul Nasser, president of Egypt, Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India, and Malcom X, all visited Castro there.
Oldest operating hotel in Austin Texas: Driskill Hotel
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Land was purchased to build the Driskill Hotel in 1884 for the $7500 and then opened in 1886.
The hotel opened with 60 rooms including 12 corner rooms with a rare feature in hotels of the region at the time – attached baths.
The building was designed for separate entrances for men and women – nothing unusual then.
The Driskill was conceived and built by Col. Jesse Driskill, a cattleman who spent his fortune constructing “the finest hotel south of St. Louis”. He was flush with cash from his service to the Confederate Army to which he supplied beef throughout the Civil War. In 1884, Driscoll purchased land in downtown Austin for $7500 and announced plans for a new hotel. Today, the Driskill remains one of the premier hotels in Austin, featuring lavish bridal suites, two restaurants, and a grand ballroom.
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The Driskill, a Romanesque-style building completed in 1886, is the oldest operating hotel in Austin, Texas, and one of the best-known hotels in Texas. The Driskill was conceived and built by Col. Jesse Driskill, a cattleman who spent his fortune constructing the finest hotel south of St. Louis . Flush with cash from his service to the Confederate Army to which he supplied beef throughout the Civil War. In 1884, Driscoll purchased land in downtown Austin for $7500 and announced plans for a new hotel. Today, the Driskill remains one of the premier hotels in Austin, featuring lavish bridal suites, two restaurants, and a grand ballroom.