36 Hours In Orlando

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36 Hours In Orlando

February 1, 2018 / Elaine Glusac / The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/01/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-in-orlando-florida.html

A view of the Orlando skyline, from Lake Eola Park.
Credit: Zack Wittman for The New York Times


By ELAINE GLUSAC FEB. 1, 2018

“Don’t equate Orlando with mouse ears and thrill rides: The city is a checkerboard of intriguing neighborhoods filled with galleries, shops and restaurants.

Ever since the early 1960s, when Walt Disney chose Central Florida as the location for his most extensive theme park, Walt Disney World, Orlando has been synonymous with mouse ears, thrill rides and daily parades. But most locals readily divulge that fantasy fulfillment has little to do with the real life of urban Orlando. From the downtown region heading north to well-to-do Winter Park, the city is a checkerboard of intriguing neighborhoods filled with historic bungalows, interesting galleries and cafes catering to the creative class. Nature is also a central attraction in the lake-filled city and suburbs that include warm springs preserves and parks with live oak stands. The glass-walled Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, opened in 2014, has given downtown a cultural bump, while homegrown creative endeavors include a new orchestra devoted to modern classics and unstarched performances....”

 

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Thanks for this post Carol.

+1 for the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum, the Scenic Boat Tour, and the Cornell Fine Arts Museum in Winter Park.

The Louis Comfort Tiffany Collection at the Morse Museum is outstanding. The Baptismal Chapel that was originally displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and eventually found its way to the Morse Museum is a must see and definitely worth going out of your way to visit. Louis Comfort Tiffany won an award for the design of the chapel and it was the stepping stone for his rise to fame and prominence in the Art and Jewelery World.

For those interested in learning more about the 1983 World's Columbian Exposition and fin de siecle Chicago an outstanding read is:

"The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America" by Erik Larson

Richard