The City of Fort Lauderdale has promoted itself as the 'Venice of America' for almost a century because of its more than one hundred miles of manmade and natural canals throughout the 36-square-mile city. But before it proclaimed itself the 'Venice of America' beginning in the 1920s, its weekly newspaper advertised the town on its masthead [...]
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Road Scholars on Tour on the Intracoastal Waterway
Group of Road Scholars on tour of the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale led by Lawyer/Historian Bill Crawford. To amplify voice and screen out boat noise, I wore a head set and a microphone while the 'Scholars' wore adjustable ear buds to increase/decrease sound as needed. In the distance is the relatively recent E. Clay [...]
Florida’s Big Dig 