| JUNE 2008: Where Is History? |
| Things become history every day. And they are not only on display at the Smithsonian Institution. Wilderness becomes a building site, technology makes equipment obsolete. “New and improved” is a daily mantra so loss of novelty consigns objects to closets or garages, one step closer to off-site storage or the trash. ...
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| Celebrating 1971 |
| The character of Coral Springs in 1971 is perfectly captured by its new chronicler, The Forum newspaper. All the elements and energy of a new City are reported with youthful enthusiasm - the editor and some reporters were high school students. ...
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| FEBRUARY 2008: Green Springs |
| This November Coral Springs will have a weekly Green Market at City Hall. Interested vendors are urged to contact csgreenmarket.com for details. It is a happy irony that this land that was once the biggest green bean farm in the country is, in a small way, going back to its roots. ...
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| FEBRUARY 2008: Women’s History Month |
| Coral Springs did not exist 100 years ago but women in South Florida were cleaning house, cooking meals and trying to make a difference. During Women’s History Month, I thought you would like to know what it was like to live here without running water, electricity or a city government. ...
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| DECEMBER 2007: The Energy Crisis of 1973 |
| There was a gas shortage in 1973 as the result of an oil embargo as well as a station shortage in Coral Springs- there was only one at the corner of W. Sample Road and Coral Hills Drive. It ran out of gas that September. ...
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| OCTOBER 2007: TOO FAR OUT |
| Coral Springs was called “TFO” in the 70’s by city folk in Fort Lauderdale, “Too Far Out”. Anxious to counter that allegation the City’s parents, Coral Ridge Properties, presented the vision of a tranquil life style with all the amenities, calling it the “City in the Country”. ...
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| September 2007: Back To The Future |
| A few years ago a building in lower Manhattan, which had a common wall with the adjoining structure, was demolished. For a few days, the Wall Street crowd was treated to a three-story advertisement for buggy whips, painted on the remaining brick wall. Construction soon commenced and the evidence was covered once again. But for that brief time, history was on display....
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| JULY 2007: Picturing 2008 |
| 44th anniversary of the City of Coral Springs, 6:30 P.M. This is the usual second Tuesday of the month meeting of the Historical Advisory Committee at the Museum of Coral Springs History. ...
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| April 2007: Preserving History |
| Last time I wrote about preserving your photographs from the ravages of time and temperature. The next phase is caring for photo albums and collages created to frame your memories....
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| February 2007: Preserving Your History |
| Now that the holidays are through and visitors gone, organizing the family pictures and memorabilia might come to mind. If old albums were reviewed and new images taken, how does one preserve these paper items for the future?...
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| MAY 2007: The Legacy of Broken Woods |
| The population of Coral Springs in 1965 was officially10 but the construction of Broken Woods Golf and Racquet Club was well underway. This was to be an executive course and the planned Country Club of Coral Springs was to be a championship course. Lacking a downtown, Broken Woods became the hub of early social activity in the City. ...
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City History: 38th President of the United States
Article posted JANUARY 2007 |
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Fifteen thousand residents greeted Gerald R. Ford in 1976 when he campaigned for the presidency. Coral Springs was the last of twelve whistle-stops in the state on February 28. He later said......
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