Burton Memorial Park, Cape Coral, Florida

Burton Memorial Park

Baseball Diamond

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Tennis Courts

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     Burton Memorial Park is located at 1502 NE.3 Terrace, Cape Coral.  It is 8.5 acres. It is the home of the Cape Coral Girls Softball League. In addition to 4 little league softball fields, there are tennis courts, basketball courts, concession stand and picnic shelters.  There is also playground equipment.

Laurent House Rockford, Il

Laurent House

This house was built in rural Rockford, Illinois.  It was designed in 1949 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Kenneth Laurent and his wife Phyllis.  Kenneth was a paraplegic World War 2 vet.  It was the only house Wright designed for a client with physical disabilities.

This was a single story home.   The inside color scheme is orange, red and green.  Most of the furniture was build by Wright and his interns.   The Laurent’s lived in the house for  60 years.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Currently, the home is open  to the public for tours

Seth Peterson House Cottage

Seth Peterson Cottage

     This home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1958. It is located on Mirror Lake near the Wisconsin Dells. It is 880 square feet. It is perched on a steep hill. It has Wisconsin stone buttresses and walls.  There is a large chimney and a central fireplace.  There is an interior frieze showing stylized pine trees cut from plywood.

     Mr. Peterson commissioned  Wright to build the cottage for himself and his wife. He died before it could be built.

     The house is currently owned by Mirror Lake State Park. It is opened for tours and overnight stays.

Lynn Hall Memorial Park

Lynn Hall Memorial Park  950 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach, Fl

     This park is located at Fort Myers Beach. It is north of the foot of Mantanzas Pass Bridge.  It is located next to Times Square.   The park is near to shopping and restaurants.  There is a licensed fishing pier. There are outdoor rinse off showers,restrooms, changing rooms and access beach access.

          The park was named after Lee County Deputy Sheriff who was murdered in the line of duty.

View from the Mantanzas Pass Bridge

   This is a bridge that carries San Carlos Boulevard ( Florida 865) from Florida mainland to Estero Island.  This is also known as the Sky Bridge.  The current bridge opened in 1979 and is 65 feet tall.  At the time of its construction, it was the tallest bridge in Lee County.  There are single northbound and southbound lanes.  The bridge is a concrete girder type.

Mantanzas Pass Bridge View

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View from Mantanzas Pass Bridge

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Crescent Beach Family Park  Fort Myers Beach

Crescent Beach Family Park Fort Myers Beach, Forida

     This is a 2 acre beachfront park in Fort Myers Beach at the base Matanzas Bridge on Estero Blvd.  It includes 400 feet of beach with 4 access points.

Crescent Beach Family Park

   It includes 2 modular rest rooms; 2 handicap.parking spaces; 2 sand volleyball courts; 4 picnic shelters with tables.

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Crescent Beach Family Park

Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier

Signage Front of Fishing Pier

    The original Fort Myers Beach Pier  was a wooden structure built in 1930’s.  The adjacent land was used for parking, picnicking, swimming.   Lee County acquired the property in the 1970’s.  The pier was reconstructed of concrete. It was 560 feet.  

     The pier was destroyed  in 1991 during a storm.  It was reconstructed.  It has remained intact for 30 years.

     The pier is located at 950 Estero Blvd. Fort Myers Beach

Signage Pier Built 1976; Rebuilt 1991

Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier

View from Fort Myers  Beach Fishing Pier

View from Fishing Pier

View from Fishing Pier

Fort Myers  Beach Fishing Pier

Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier

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Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier

View of Fort Myers Beach Fishing Pier