In its early years, Tallahassee Magazine would compile lists of the area’s population and employers, as well as other statistical information. One of those categories in the Spring 1981 issue was a listing of the largest banks, using information from…
âFor 50 years, the downtown Floridan Hotel housed elite visitors and was home to the legendary Miss Ruby Diamond. Historically a favorite after-hours gathering place for state legislators, it was rumored that “what bills weren’t passed at the Capitol were…
â SouthWood, that Tallahassee bastion of New Urbanism where young families and others have been flocking by the thousands, is a solidly established community now. But in 1988, when it was first featured in Tallahassee Magazine, it was only an…
In the summer of 1984, the Tallahassee Jaycees organized Tom Brown Park’s first “Celebrate America” event. Tallahassee traditionally held Fourth of July celebrations, but this one would be unlike anything ever seen before. With more than 12 hours of events,…
Tom Berlinger, an inspector with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Office of Executive Investigations, wrote a harrowing story in 1991 titled “It Couldn’t Possibly Be Diana,” a first-person account of an accident that befell his daughter and her miraculous…
When gas prices soared to $4-plus per gallon last year, Tallahassee Magazine writer Karen Bridges stopped driving her car to work and switched to taking the StarMetro bus instead. “I find riding the bus is safe, easy and quite economical”,…
{mosimage} SAIL: Different Students, Different School After almost 20 years, the School for Applied Individualized Learning — better known by its acronym, SAIL — still provides unique and innovative teaching methods to the “nontraditional” student. An article published in…
The Southern Shakespeare Festival — offering the best of The Bard in free performances on the grounds of Kleman Plaza — was a Tallahassee cultural phenomenon. Tallahassee Magazine editor Kathy Grobe gave readers a preview in the May/June 2000 issue…
When author and Alligator Point resident Connie May Fowler appeared in the May/June 1996 issue of Tallahassee Magazine, it was a small article talking about her newest book, “Before Women Had Wings.” Much has changed for Fowler since then, starting…
It’s the first thing visitors to the Capital City see when they fly into town and the last thing they see when they leave. Whether they’re coming or going, the city wants to make an impression. To that end, the…
