Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Wilton Manors

0/5 ( ratings)

Whether the residents planned just to spend winters in Wilton Manors or the rest of their lives, it was no matter to E.J. "Ned" Willingham, a Georgian with a grandiose plan for the piny scrublands just outside the growing city of Fort Lauderdale. Willingham was rare among land speculators during the "Florida Frenzy"--a scrupulously honest man. He named this development, his favorite, Wilton Manors. Willingham envisioned a graceful community of modest homes on large yards, with schools, a hotel, and small parks dotting the exclusive, whites-only enclave. Almost 80 years later, Willingham's little community lives on, but not in the fashion he might have expected. His all-white community has grown and matured into a pleasantly diverse and uncommonly tolerant place with lovely homes, outstanding city services, and an eye on preserving its genteel history.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)

Release: April 25, 2005

ISBN: 0738517410

ISBN 13: 9780738517414

Wilton Manors

0/5 ( ratings)

Whether the residents planned just to spend winters in Wilton Manors or the rest of their lives, it was no matter to E.J. "Ned" Willingham, a Georgian with a grandiose plan for the piny scrublands just outside the growing city of Fort Lauderdale. Willingham was rare among land speculators during the "Florida Frenzy"--a scrupulously honest man. He named this development, his favorite, Wilton Manors. Willingham envisioned a graceful community of modest homes on large yards, with schools, a hotel, and small parks dotting the exclusive, whites-only enclave. Almost 80 years later, Willingham's little community lives on, but not in the fashion he might have expected. His all-white community has grown and matured into a pleasantly diverse and uncommonly tolerant place with lovely homes, outstanding city services, and an eye on preserving its genteel history.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)

Release: April 25, 2005

ISBN: 0738517410

ISBN 13: 9780738517414

More books from Cynthia Thuma

Haunted Florida: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Sunshine State

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Creepy Colleges and Haunted Universities: True Ghost Stories

True Crime: Florida: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Palm Beach in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)

The Mongo Mango Cookbook

Boca Raton

Haunted

Broward Community College

Rate this book!

Write a review?