A LITTLE HISTORY of things pertaining to the Alta Vista neighborhood
This Page under construction.................................more to come!
This Page under construction.................................more to come!
The Preserve Payne Park folks have created a nice, concise timeline history of Payne Park (scroll to bottom of page)
Payne Park history:
- Sarasota Tourist Camp & Tin Can Tourists
In 1925, the Paynes deeded 60 acres to the City; 20 were sold to purchase the site of Bobby Jones Golf Course, and 40 acres became Payne Park.
A baseball stadium was built,
and also an RV park, utilized by the "Tin Can Tourists" during the depression,
which subsequently became a mobile home park.
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The area includes some Iconic mid-century "Sarasota School" architecture: Paul Rudolph building at Sarasota High School Victor Lundy's Alta Vista Elementary School Architecture Sarasota (merging Center for Architecture and Sarasota Architectural Foundation) is the place to start for more info. |
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