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Gone Era...
Market reports, listings… Market reports, listing...  how boring… I am looking at The Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, and I ponder about its past...
I remember a few years ago my Moscow friend from school and college years sent me a photo of Hotel Clarendon on one Sunday in 1904. Beach, people, horse carriages...
I was looking at the photo, and it was a very strange feeling… Not only that life was here before us, but that it could be as good if not better that our lives today. How active these people actually were.
At that time it was not Daytona Beach, this was a small town called Seabreeze. Now only the name of the street – Seabreeze Blvd., Seabreeze High School, and Seabreeze Bridge remind us of that era.

Air aerobics in front of Hotel Clarendon in the early 1900s.
This street between the Halifax River and the ocean with Hotel Clarendon standing right on the beach was full of life. Hotels, restaurants, shops, a Playhouse… It was packed with locals and tourists. It most probably was much busier than it is today…
Hotel Clarendon opened its doors in 1895. It had a casino, stables for horses and carriages, grand ... more

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