My cousins and I had breakfast in D's Burgers and Breakfast. These buildings are in the Palmetto, Florida historical district. The yellow is where we entered.
I wanted to show you 10th Ave W and the building that are slowly being restored as they were many years ago.
This was the main street of Palmetto when I was a child. All of these buildings were there and my Mothers parents had a bakery on this street when she was a child. The buildings were old and worn and now are declared Historical and must be restored not torn down. I played in front of this store front while my grandmother did laundry in the Laundromat.
she had no hot water, and only the smelly artesian water in her house. that did not work well with washing clothing.
I forgot to take a photo, this is from Google Maps. I am 78 and it is about the same age as I am. While Mother and my grandmother did the laundry we played up and down the street. no traffic back then and the streets were made out of red brick.
After Bonnie and Shari left, I walked down the street to the Historical Park. These are the buildings that have been restored.
this is Carnegie Library built in 1914. It is full of the history of our county.
My grandparent's house is 9 blocks behind this.
And Cousins Shari is 10 blocks away.
Unlike my life, all of my cousins have lived here their entire lives. They are still friends with the people they have know their whole lives, every school year together, and they know half the people in town.
I grew up a little jealous of this and still am, having spent the majority of my childhood moving around. I do have one friend from 9th grade but she lives 400 miles away. I have to say, she has been her entire life in Savannah and has friends from grade school.
Do you still live in the city your were born in?
did you move from place to place while growing up or go all through school with the same people?
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A part of your city I have never seen before, what fun! Trying to read the name signs on the stores. I cannot imagine the memories this all brought back. I lived in Washington D.C. until I was 13, then we moved to Maryland. Moved here to Virginia when we got married and have been here way over 50 years now.
that was great to walk the memories lanes with you... and it is good that so much things are still there.. the laundry and mangle days were special for us as we were kids... the parents and grandparents talked with other peeps there and we got money for the snack automat...
Revisiting places from one's past does tend to stir up memories! I'm no longer in touch with any friends from my childhood and school years. I now live (since 35+ years) in the town/area where my parents grew up, but when I was born and grew up we lived ~65 miles north of here; and then when I was 20 I moved to live another 125 miles further north for 10 years, before I ended up moving back here (but then none of my grandparents were alive any more). I have childhood memories from this area but no friendships that go back further than the 1980s.
What a beautiful place. I love seeing things restored instead of being torn down. I would much rather walk the streets of an old town than see a bunch of new buildings.
I live in the same county I was born and raised in. I'm about 30 miles away from the house I grew up in. There is only one friend who I occasionally have lunch with. Other than that I don't see anyone I went to school with.
Hari OM
The restorations are lovely - I'm glad there is a presentation order! I have pretty much been itinerant my whole life! I have one friend from school days... YAM xx
It's always encouraging to seen old buildings restored and the past preserved. A link with one's past is important as you have outlined in this post. Few people still live in the area where they were born, however, and society is probably more fluid than it has ever been.
Hello,
I like that the buildings are historical and can not be torn down.
The breakfast/burger place is cute. I am living about 35 miles from where I grew up, I went from living in the city to a rural area. It has been a few years since I met with some old friends from school and the old neighborhood.
Take care, have a happy day!
I am still in touch with my childhood friends thanks to one person that writes emails to everyone to share news. I lived in the same house my whole life...until I got married. Then I moved around. Love seeing these old brick buildings!
You know I never put two and two together in all the time reading your posts. I did not get that you had relatives that close - that you are so close to where your home was. That surprises me.
I enjoyed your history there. Things have sure changed in our lives. Most people nowadays move, but when my husband was little family stayed within blocks of each other.
Interesting - thanks.
MS I love reading you memories of the good times...when people were kind and everyone knew each other.
Hugs Cecilia
Okay, I'm officially Envious! That's so cool, the laundromat still standing. And brick streets!
The only backdrops from my childhood have been demolished or replaced with someone else's idea of design. (So I've heard from alumni friends.)
To answer your questions? No, I've no memories of my birthplace (Minneapolis, MN); my parents moved to NM when I was 2. After graduating, I left for college in West Texas. Then, after my husband lost his job, we moved to Florida, then Arizona ... and here I am finally in Sweet Home Alabama. I've only a few friends from high school; we visit on FB, but I've no desire to travel hundreds of miles to visit.
Some of us are born to be nomads it seems. The restoration looks fabulous and it is nice to know that people care enough to keep some of the ambience that those buildings create in the older part of a town. Oamaru is like that but we didn't photograph the whitestone district at all and should have done because it also is a whole area that is protected and restored. xxx F
Love the small town atmosphere and am so glad the buildings are being preserved and not torn down.
How interesting that the street was red brick.
I lived in the same home from kindergarten through 7th grade then we moved to the next city over. I lived there from 7th grade until I got married at 20. All the while we attended the same church so many of my friends were my friends all through my child and young adult years. Live in an apartment for several years until we bought a home 12 miles away and lived there for 41 years. Now its been 16 years of being in our forever home. This has all been within a 60 mile radius.
Friendships change and people pass away but Life is Still Good.
Sue
What a wonderful little town!
Like you, I spent my childhood moving around, but I moved around the country. I have a few friends I went to high school with...and one friend from grammar school, but both live on the east coast.
Love this post. I love all of the old buildings. Back in the day when you could play outside and no one would take you. Those were the days. Our town didn't have any downtown streets. We had to go to other towns around us for things. I did move away when Mark and I got back together over 30 years ago. I am however friends with my closet friends from my childhood on Facebook which I love. Thanks for sharing.
That really is a pretty area and I can see why you like it there. Nope, we live nowhere near where we were born.
Interesting post and how fun to get together with your cousins. Enjoyed those memories of when you were a little girl and all your photos.
I would love to visit here...love old buildings. I do not live in the place I grew up. But I'd did not move around while growing up. I still have my friends from childhood, though we dont see each other. But when we do it is like we have never been apart.
I think it's neat that you are so close to where you grew up.
I lived in the same small town until I went away for college. I kept in touch with one good friend until she died in 1995. The little town has changed a lot and is no longer isolated...a big city has moved out to it.
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