Roger Simmons
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Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to Jimmy Carter’s theme park visits (opens the original)
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We know that many presidents and former presidents come to Central Florida to campaign, but some follow in the footsteps of millions of others who visit for a vacation. That was the case in December 2008 when former President Jimmy Carter, his wife Rosalyn, daughter Amy and grandson Hugo Wentzel visited Universal Orlando and had their picture taken with characters from “The Simpsons.” But the 2008 appearance wasn’t the first time he had visited an Orlando theme park. The former president and his
Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to Orlando’s divisive traffic tower (opens the original)
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The Roaring 1920’s would sometimes come to a screeching halt in downtown Orlando thanks to the city’s traffic control tower, which sat in the middle of the intersection of Orange Avenue and Central Boulevard. The tower, erected in August 1925, rose high above the busy roads below. Orlando’s Evening Reporter-Star newspaper described the tower’s debut “as part of the new automatic traffic signaling system. During the hours of the day when traffic at this corner, Central and Orange, is the heaviest
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of Orlando’s ‘giant asparagus’ art (opens the original)
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It was the talk of Orlando in 1992. It was called a pineapple, a giant asparagus and a huge waste of money. But 34 years later, it’s still standing. Its official name is “Tower of Light,” and it’s the 63-foot-tall stainless steel and glass sculpture that stands in front of City Hall. Artist Ed Carpenter from Portland, Ore., was commissioned by the city to create the tower. It cost $460,000 in 1992, a price tag that adjusted for inflation would be more than $1 million today. Carpenter said at the
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