Sky View Center
Dublin Core
Title
Sky View Center
Alternative Title
Sky View Center
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
The Sky View Center, a Shell gas station, and a 7-Eleven convenience store in Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. The divided highway at the foreground is most likely U.S. Route 441 (US 441), also known as Orange Blossom Trail (OBT). The building on the far right is Sky Bowl.
Sky Lake is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Sky Lake is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Creator
DeWitt, Fred
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph by Fred DeWitt: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1962-1965
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1962-1965
Date Submitted
186 KB
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph by Fred DeWitt.
Is Part Of
Sky Lake Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sky View Center, Sky Lake, Florida
7-Eleven, Sky Lake, Florida
Sky Bowl, Sky Lake, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Fred DeWitt.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Fred DeWitt and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Tracy, Jane. "Harriett and Hymen Lake .'" Orlando Memory, March 11, 2014, http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
8 x 10 inches
Collection
Citation
DeWitt, Fred, “Sky View Center,” RICHES, accessed December 3, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7028.