Downtown Curbside Market in the 1910s, located where City Hall is today Original print date: Nov/Dec 1997 The son of a physician and a physician himself, George Saxon Palmer watched Tallahassee grow from a sleepy little town of 5,637 in 1920…
Original print date: Jan/Feb 2005 In our search for an ideal community, there’s no need to go to the drawing board. In the heart of Tallahassee, the area now called Midtown is what urban planners strive to create: a living,…
Original print date: Spring 1983 Can you name all seven of Tallahassee’s downtown parks? If so, you’re unusual. Many people don’t realize that there are seven parks, or that each is named for an individual. Originally the strip that encompasses…
After 20 Years and Many Travels, This Atlanta Businessman Still Prefers His College Town
Last Year’s Tragedy was a Blow to Red Hills Horse Trials, but It’s the Economy that Knocks Out 2009’s Event
Thirty years ago, the goals of transportation infrastructure planning were simple: build more roads and widen existing ones. There wasn’t any talk of “pedestrian-friendly communities,” “multi-modal transportation districts” or “interconnectivity,” and the public’s perception of a “smart” car was the…
There was a time in Tallahassee’s not-so-distant past when refrigerator displays of children’s artwork served as the only galleries in town, and the best musical performance most people got to see was their church’s choir singing on a Sunday.…
A tour today of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee reflects its condition in 1902, as restoration has left the three-story building in near-pristine condition. The chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate appear ready to host a rousing…
FAMU’s grape festival offers a stomping good time.
Now, even more natural food choices than ever.
Around town there are more than 140 sculptures, murals and windows, memorials and monuments. And now, for the first time, there is an online guide.
Modern food trucks are hardly the little hot dog stands you might see on the beach or on a city street corner. They’re full-scale kitchens on the move.
After four decades as a restaurateur on the same corner in Tallahassee’s Downtown, Andy Reiss has something to celebrate.
Taking detours is a regular part of life for a big-time college football coach. Sometimes the bypass takes you down a one-lane country road searching for that diamond-in-the-rough recruit in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes it’s exiting through a side…
Going to church was practically de rigueur in the 1970s. Most people took church attendance for granted, showing up for worship at 11 a.m. every Sunday without thinking twice about it. Not so 30 years later, says Doug Dortch, senior…
Not many in Tallahassee would respond to hearing her name by asking, “Mary Call who?” She’s well known and widely admired by countless friends and by many others who know her only because of her name and her status as…
18 brave souls will be auctioned off at Tallahassee Magazine’s Top Singles event, July 21 at Hotel Duval.
The Olympic spirit comes to the Red Hills Horse trials this yearLet the Eventing Begin
City growth is catching up with Tallahassee’s upscale address
