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The tree in front of my unit looked like that back in 2005. It's now almost as tall as our 4-story building (Eola South). It's getting quite big (as are the other 5 they planted along S. Eola), but for some reason the one in front of our unit is growing like crazy! Those are pathetic for 6 years.

Hey my tree in front of my 1 S. Eola unit (planted in 2004) is now getting quite large. They actually had to trim it back a few weeks ago.

I really am enjoying this site the more I read. When did you start this? It's very well done.

If you look at the drawings, it's the ENTIRE lot... street to street on all four sides.... Also, it is totally the block to the North of Star Tower... See below:

Ah, just North of The Jackson... (otherwise known as the S. Eola valet overflow lot).

And when the market changes, they'll convert into condos much like MANY other apartment complexes did during the last boom...

Isn't this lot the empty lot just north of Star Tower? I think it IS one of those empty lots, and from the plans it does indeed look like it will take up the entire block... https://www.google.com/maps/place/420+E+Church+St/@28.5400531,-81.3714734,499m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88e77ae2c73cb5ff:0xe24cb760974c6776

Some more info I found on this... The area has been pretty lively in terms of people "out and about" - looking forward to packing in a little more density and hopefully some more options for retail/dining. 290+ units is nothing to shake a stick at for what now is a large vacant block.... I wonder why all the growth has been around colonial lately when all these empty or underdeveloped blocks remain in TP/Eola South? http://bungalower.com/2013/09/new-apartment-building-coming-to-downtown/

Interesting - I always pegged Thornton Park as the gay district of Orlando...

Not sure if anyone saw THIS but it sounds pretty promising.

Aperture was at 4.5" w/ a 20 sec exposure for that shot. Believe it or not, this was my 1st set of pics with a "real" camera (besides a point and shoot). I did a lot of homework before I bought this There is no post-processing on these, either (I'm reading up on that, however lol)

Thanks for the nice comments - I have been also been taking a bunch of pics of UCF which I will post soon. I'm a sucker for night shots... so many, many more to come. Amazing what a $500 camera and $700 lens will do for you! My buddy who has a sick pro-level Nikor lens (almost $2k) is letting me borrow it next weekend so I should have many more nice pics for you all... Any requests? thanks again for your kind comments!

Hi all, Well, I just got my new camera (Nikon d40x) and a sweet 18-200mm Nikor lens. So I was out a few nights ago playing around and had a few great shots I thought I would share. Enjoy

Agree - ate at the pointe orlando location several times and it was akin to Ruby Tuesdays or another "casual" restaurant. Quite average, IMO.

I think I recall he doesn't drink, either...