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By 1944, enough jobs were created to increase the city's population to 45,000 people. Orlando became a major military center when World War II brought the development of McCoy Air Force Base and Pinecastle AFB, located southeast of downtown. This status intensified with the 1968 opening of the Orlando Naval Training Center east of downtown.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced a local state of emergency in Orlando's downtown entertainment area, enacted a 1 a.m. curfew in the wake of the shooting, banned alcohol sales after midnight and prompted major security changes for late-night crowds in downtown Orlando. Dyer condemned the shooting, stating “Honestly, I am frustrated to have ...
The shooting of the eight people took place at around 1 a.m. (0500 GMT), within Orlando's entertainment district where hundreds of peo Two dead, 6 injured in shooting at downtown Orlando amid ...
According to local media outlet WKMG-TV and NBC News, Smith said anywhere from 50,000 to 100,00 people could have been in the downtown area celebrating Halloween at the time of the shooting ...
Baldwin Park is a master-planned community in Orlando, Florida.The mixed-use community is located northeast of Downtown Orlando, bordering Winter Park.. The neighborhood was developed in the late 1990s and early 2000s by Orlando NTC Partners (Baldwin Park Development Company), an Orlando-based developer.
Starting later this month, an electric, self-driving shuttle will whisk passengers around a 1-mile (1.6 km) loop in the downtown area for no charge, Orlando officials said Wednesday. The eight ...
CNL Center City Commons is a complex of buildings in Downtown Orlando. The main building is a 250 foot tall skyscraper that is the headquarters of CNLBank, Alliance Bankshares before being acquired by the founder of CNL Financial Group. In 2010, its assessed value was $59.6 million. [1]
The History Center is housed in the historic 1927 Orange County courthouse and home to the Historical Society of Central Florida’s collections. The five-story building was built for nearly $1 million by Orlando's first registered architect, Murry S. King. Construction began in May 1926, and the building was dedicated on October 12, 1927.