Friday, December 13, 2013

Sarasota #8

3 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

Good view of that building that was made from an old grandstand.

Chic Silber said...


Was this the site of the original

Sarasota Fairgrounds Dave

4pawfan said...

City fathers gave it to them to move down from Bridgeport.
Had free taxes as long as they kept ad in the program regarding Sarasota.
Somebody dropped the ball one year and didn't leave the ad in the program. The city fathers removed the free tax provision from the by-laws.
Hate to guess how many millions of dollars did that cost them over the following years? The 156 acre winterquarters opened Christmas day 1927. And became the top tourist spot for many years.
p.j.