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The Landings in Fort Lauderdale--Interesting History

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Real Estate Agent with EWM International Realtors, Inc.

The Landings waterfront community is located on the East side of Bayview Drive next to the exclusive Bay Colony Community to its North. It’s really a terrific neighborhood and well positioned, being close to the shops, the beach and major roadways--while still affording peaceful and quiet living. 

 

As I was searching for a housing overview and other materials for The Landings, I discovered its Association (The Landings Association @ www.thelandingsra.com) has some great information about its past history from 1960.  And I thought I’d share a part of it with you, as follows:

 

In 1960, when an Intracoastal Bridge on Commercial Boulevard was in the offing, Haft-Gaines (developers) made their move.  They planned to develop “The Landings” in three stages:  The First Section from 52nd Street to 56th Court; the Second Section from 56th Court to 59th Street; the Third Section was the area which later became Bay Colony.

 

The first group of model homes was completed and open to the public in the Spring of 1962.  They were located adjacent to the intersection of 55th Street and Bay-view Drive.  People came to look, to be impressed and to contract for homes patterned on these models.  The paving of the First Section streets was completed and the construction of homes for the early purchasers was underway in the summer of 1962.

 

The volume of sales encouraged Haft-Gaines to complete work and offer locations in the Second Section earlier than their original time schedule.  They were selling homes in both the First and Second Sections when the City of Fort Lauderdale annexed “The Landings” and adjacent areas. 

 

The Fort Lauderdale Building Code permitted the building of more spacious homes with less space from the buildings to the lot lines.  Bayview Drive paving was completed and a group of more spacious and more luxurious model homes was built adjacent to the earlier model homes.  Prospective home buyers were being offered a greater variety of homes from which to choose. 

 

An excerpt from the original sales brochure and some of the price information follows:  because The Landings has been envisioned as a harmonious grouping of individually designed homes, you are invited to take full advantage of Haft-Gaines’ complete architectural service.  At no cost whatever to you at The Landings, Haft-Gaines’ architectural staff is ready and waiting to translate your family’s personal design for living into the new home that will be so uniquely and personally yours.

 

You may choose from the varied architectural styles displayed in the exhibit homes shown at The Landings.  You may, if you choose, combine harmonious features of one architectural style with another.  Or, if you wish, feel completely free to plan your home quite literally from the ground up, remaining, of course, within the framework of architectural compatibility that will be a hallmark of The Landings community.  When it comes to planning the interior of your home, you will find our architects eager to show you the thousand-and-one  advantages of completely modern living that will be yours here — each fully adapted to the individual living patterns of your family, each an integral part of your home.  And so we urge you to plan — with the aid, advice and counsel of our staff architects — your home at The Landings…. where personal planning makes the difference.”

 

Ah, yes—Thanks to the Intracoastal Bridge on Commercial, the thinking of Haft-Gaines, the City of Fort Lauderdale and The Landings residents for making it what it is today!

 

Comments (1)

James A. Browning
Browning Real Estate School/REO Institute - International, IT
MRE REOCertified(R) SSCertified

Thank you for sharing your blog; we need Real estate Professionals to share their comments and information regarding their markets and experiences. Thanks again from beautiful Colorado; Spring is here in the Rocky Mountains

Apr 24, 2012 06:31 AM