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Sneak Peek: Black & Brew Lake Morton at Lkld Library
The Lakeland Public Library offered a Facebook sneak peek into the Black & Brew Lake Morton coffee shop that’s about to open at its main branch. The shop, which will serve beverages and light bites, is tentatively scheduled to open Tuesday. Hours: Mon-Fri: 7-9, Sat: 8-9, Sun: 10-5.
Scene: Fresh Paint for Cleveland Heights Marker
Muralist Tim Haas and his assistant freshen up a sign marking the Cleveland Heights neighborhood. #showmeasign
Video: Saving the Grove Park Publix Mural
LEARN MORE: ABC Action News talks with Gregory Fancelli, who is driving the save-the-mural effort.
Scenes: Polk Theatre Gets a Really Big Tent
Black and silver tarps are being draped over the Polk Theatre today as the 90-year-old structure is being readied for fumigation. The panels will stay up through Monday, according to a Polk Theatre Facebook post, and programming resumes next Friday, when “Love, Gilda,” a documentary about Gilda Radner opens | View a larger version of the photo
Scene: Grove Park Publix Demolition Begins
OLD PUBLIX, NEW PUBLIX: Demolition has started at the 1960-vintage Publix Super Market (store No. 11) at Grove Park. In its place will rise a modern 46,000-square-foot replacement Publix with a pharmacy and adjoining liquor store. We hear that the store’s mural is bring preserved.
Scene: Timely Sign on Lake Morton
ONLY IN SWAN CITY: In the last week, we’ve posted photos of “Drive Like Your Kids Live Here” signs and written about distracted driving killing swans on Lake Morton. But we didn’t think the two would come together so soon in one sign. “Drive Like Your Swans Live Here” signs were created and posted by First United Methodist Church, including this one on church property at Lake Morton Drive and Vistabula Street.
Video: Nike Ad Highlights FSC Architecture
Hat tip to LALtoday for unearthing this 2017 video for their article about Florida Southern College’s Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.