Ponce de Leon Plaza. Coral Gables, Florida

Material Information

Title:
Ponce de Leon Plaza. Coral Gables, Florida
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
11 X 7 in.

Notes

General Note:
Ponce de Leon Plaza is named for the Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, who led the first expedition to Florida in 1513. The plaza was designed in 1925 by the City's Landscape Architect, Frank Button, and Denman Fink, the City's Artistic Director. It includes oolitic limestone structures situated on the four corners of the intersection at Granada Boulevard and Coral Way. The features, repeated at each corner, include wall fountains with shallow basins, pergolas with piers supporting wooden beams, and walls with arched gateways.
General Note:
Caption on recto: "M4044" Caption on verso: "A corner of Ponce de Leon Plaza; Dec. 18, 1925; 151; W.A. Fishbaugh, Commercial Photographer, 138 N.W. First Street, Miami, Florida"
General Note:
(Ownership) Coral Gables Historical Resources Department

Record Information

Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
City of Coral Gables
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FI12041002

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:
Coral Gables Memory