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Category: Scenes

Posted inNeighborhoods, Scenes

Scene: Fresh Paint for Cleveland Heights Marker

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman September 25, 2018September 1, 2022

Muralist Tim Haas and his assistant freshen up a sign marking the Cleveland Heights neighborhood. #showmeasign Source: Facebook: Good-exposure

Posted inActivism, Scenes

Video: Saving the Grove Park Publix Mural

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman September 18, 2018August 9, 2022

LEARN MORE: ABC Action News talks with Gregory Fancelli, who is driving the save-the-mural effort.

Posted inDowntown, Scenes

Polk Theatre Tenting: It’s All Wrapped Up

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman September 15, 2018September 1, 2022

Source: Facebook: David Dickey Jr., Good-exposure

Posted inDowntown, Scenes

Scenes: Polk Theatre Gets a Really Big Tent

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman September 14, 2018August 9, 2022

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

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Scene: Grove Park Publix Demolition Begins

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman September 12, 2018August 9, 2022

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.

Posted inNeighborhoods, Scenes

Scene: Timely Sign on Lake Morton

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman September 12, 2018August 9, 2022

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 […]

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Video: Nike Ad Highlights FSC Architecture

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman August 23, 2018August 9, 2022

Hat tip to LALtoday for unearthing this 2017 video for their article about Florida Southern College’s Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.

Posted inA & E, Scenes

Gallery: Tribute to Lineman Sculpture Unveiled

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman June 29, 2018August 9, 2022

A sculpture honoring electric linemen as first responders was unveiled today on a lawn between Lake Mirror and the Lakeland Electric headquarters. It was designed by three Lakeland High School students who won a competition sponsored by Platform Art. Check after the jump for a photo gallery from the event:

Posted inA & E, Scenes

Photos: Tracking the ‘Ivan’ Movie Shoots

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman June 21, 2018September 1, 2022

Photographer Jeff Lakeland caught images of actor Bryan Cranston and other scenes involved with the filming of Walt Disney Pictures’ “The One and Only Ivan” in Lakeland this week: Source: Facebook: Jeff Lakeland

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Scene: Lake Morton Sunrise

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman June 18, 2018September 1, 2022

Source: Facebook: Michael Maguire

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