Six Miles Cypress Slough is an area of 3500 acres of wetland with a boardwalk trail.  This is located in Fort Myers at 7751 Penzance Boulevard.  The following pictures were taken during the week of 5/8/2021.  There is an interpretive center.

Pond at 6 miles Cypress

Anihinga in pond

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Pond

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Turtle on a log

Signage Tice Elementary School

     Tice Elementary School (aka Tice Grammar School) is a historic school located at 4524 Tice Street, Fort Myers.    The school was built in 1927.  Architectural style is Mission/Spanish Revival.  Architects were W.O. Sparklin and A.C. Roundtree.

Tice Elementary School

Tice Elementary School

Tice Elementary School

Tice Elementary School

Tice Elementary School

     In 2014,the architectural firm of Parker, Mudgett, and Smith preserved the historic exterior.  They supervised a full renovation and remodel of the interior. Constructed a single story building addition.  Constructed a chiller building.  Built a PE building.   Built a covered play area.

Informational Plaque Sarasota Terrace Hotel

     This historic building is located at 101 South Washington Boulevard in Sarasota.  The building was constructed from 1925–1926.   The architects were Francis Palmer Smith and Robert Smith Pringle.  The contractor was  Charles  Edward Ringling.   The building style is Renaissance Revival.  It features 125 rooms all with private baths.. It is located at former site of the number one green of the Old Gillespie Golf Course.

Sarasota Terrace Hotel

     The height of the building is 124.67 feet.  It is 11 stories.    The structural system is rigid frame.  The structural material is concrete.  Facade material is brick. Construction costs were $750,000.

     The building was originally known as the Ringling Terrace Hotel.  Later its name was changed to the Sarasota Terrace Hotel.  Over the next 30 years, it operated under several managements.  Its name was changed to the New Terrace Hotel in the 1950’s.  The hotel was acquired by Arthur C. Allyn, Jr. in 1962.  He was a majority stockholder of the Chicago White Sox major league baseball team.  He spent over $100,000 renovating the building.  During the spring practice season, the players stayed at the hotel.  They played their games at Payne Park (which was across the street). The minor league team the Sarasota Sun Sox also stayed at the hotel.  Under Allyn, the building had many changes reflecting a baseball motif.

     Both in 1964 and 1967,a motel section was added at the back of the building.   The name was changed in 1967 to The Sarasota Motor Hotel.  The building closed in 1972.

     The hotel building was purchased by Sarasota County in 1972. It became the county’s Administrative Center.  It served in this capacity from 1972 to 1995. In December of 1995, the Sarasota County Administrative Center moved moved into the renovated GTE building.

Sarasota Terrace Post Card

Sarasota County Terrace Building Sarasota

Chiquita Boat Lock

Chiquita Boat Lock

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     The Chiquita Boat Lock is located 2.7 miles from the Sannibel Causeway.  It can accept boats up to 70 feet wide, 16 feet wide and 5 foot draft.  The lock was built in the 1970’s to prevent salt water intrusion into the southwest Cape Coral canal system.

     It provides Gulf access from the Camelot Canal and the southwest Spreader Waterway into the Intra coastal Waterway via the Caloosahatchee River.

Bascule Bridge over Sarasota Bay on FL 758

     This bridge was built in 1972.  It is 1,278.3 feet.  The bridge carries FL route 758 (Siesta Drive).  It connects Siesta Key to the mainland of Sarasota.  The bridge type is double leaf bascule.

Vascular Bridge over Sarasota Bay

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