Ocala, Florida - circa 1960s
Here's a pretty swanky interior shot of the S&S Cafeteria restaurant, that existed years ago in the old Pine Street Shopping Center strip mall (now Pine Street Plaza). According to a little blurb I found at Ocala.com, Pine Street Shopping Center opened in 1960 as Ocala's first shopping center outside of the downtown area. Businessmen W.M. Palmer, W.C. Ray, W. F. O'Neal and C.W. O'Neal built the center, which also housed a W.T. Grant store early on.
It's not an enclosed "shopping mall", but I'm still putting this vintage postcard photo here, just because it looks so dang sweet.
Mall history: 1960 - present
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Wow there is a lot of stuff going on there...The statues, the paintings, the metal stuff, It is a pretty wierd mix.
ReplyDeleteI'd still eat there though.
Kev
That wierd busy look with ancient statues and mid century modern is like what architect Morris Lapidus did at the Eden Rock and another Florida hotel whose name slips my mind. The goal was a sort of modern fantasy land that was appripriate for adult leasure acitivities like dining or dancing. Even in its day the look was not to everyones taste.
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