City Hallways, Souvenir Issue, October 1958

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Title

City Hallways, Souvenir Issue, October 1958

Alternative Title

City Hallways, Souvenir Issue

Subject

Orlando (Fla.);
City halls--United States

Description

The souvenir issue of City Hallways, a publication by the City of Orlando to keep employees up to date on news and events. This edition covers the new Orlando City Hall building, which was dedicated on October 3, 1958. The new city hall was designed by Richard Boon Rogers and stood eight stories tall. The building was technologically up-to-date for its time with air conditioning and fallout shelters. Additionally, it was the first city hall Orlando had which was designed for that purpose. It remained in use until its destruction in 1991, which was filmed for use in Lethal Weapon 3.

Source

Original publication: City Hallways, October 1958: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.

Publisher

Date Created

ca. 1958-10

Date Copyrighted

1958-10

Date Issued

1958-10

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original publication: City Hallways, October 1958.

Is Part Of

Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Orlando City Hall Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

190 KB

Medium

1 publication

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Orlando City Hall, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by the City of Orlando.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by the City of Orlando and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Gensicke, Marshall
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

Owens, Sherri M. "Rogers' Structures Seen All Over Orange." The Orlando Sentinel, February 16, 1998. Accessed February 3, 2016. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-02-16/news/9802160102_1_rogers-orlando-university-of-florida.
Fishman, Charles. "Orlando City Hall: A Building Gives Up The Ghost, Without Giving Up Its Ghosts." The Orlando Sentinel, July 14, 1991. Accessed February 3, 2016. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-07-14/news/9107121105_1_new-city-hall-stanton-orlando.
"Orlando City Hall, 1958." RICHES of Central Florida, accessed February 3, 2016. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6513.

Transcript

CITY HALLWAYS
"A City Employees Publication"
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
VOL. 2, No. 10 Orlando, Florida OCTOBER, 1958

New City Hall Dedicated October 3, 1958
SOUVENIR ISSUE
"CITY HALLWAYS" PUBLICATION ...Souvenir of '58 City Hall

Citation

Marshall Gensicke, “City Hallways, Souvenir Issue, October 1958,” RICHES, accessed December 22, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6525.

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