Balboa Plaza, Coral Gables, Florida

Material Information

Title:
Balboa Plaza, Coral Gables, Florida
Creator:
Fishbaugh, W. A. (William A.)
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
6 X 10 in.

Notes

General Note:
Balboa Plaza is a grassy street median at the intersection of Coral Way, South Greenway Drive, De Soto Boulevard and Anderson Road. Designed by George Merrick's uncle, Denman Fink, and landscape architect, Frank Button, the site includes a wall fountain that spouts water into a semicircular basin. The decorative limestone structure has end-piers with lanterns. This plaza is named for the Spanish conquistador Vasco Nuñez de Balboa.
General Note:
Caption on recto: "M3110" Caption on verso: "Bishop House, Balboa Plaza, 1-31-1924"
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:
FI12041716

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:
Coral Gables Memory