This theater marquee preserves a sense of a vital city on the move, that it was considered in those days. While driving from town, a Public Radio program featured an interview with a town librarian and historian of Vero Beach history.
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Small shops and restaurants now occupy the theater building and arcade.
South Florida small towns, like those in other parts of the country, are working hard to provide the esthetics and things to do that appeal to local residents and tourists.
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The plain facade, above, is relieved by painting building sections different colors. This makes it look as if there are attached buildings, instead of a single, unrelieved wall.
Another plain building was enhanced with tiles.
View of the Pocohontas apartments -- a native American who did not live in this part of the county.
Mural is more fitting homage to the Native American past in South Florida. Gator-fighting is still carried on as a tourist attraction by the Seminole tribe in the Fort Lauderdale area.
The part across from Vero Beach City Hall is beautifully maintained and lightly used on Saturday afternoon.
On the walk back to my car, I noticed this handsome guy. What gal can resist her knight in armor?
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