(Source of image: Florida State Archives)

This tranquil scene shows the Northbank one night, circa 1960.  Most of these buildings are now ghosts.  Long gone are the Sears Department Store (closed in 1981 and torn down), the Hotel Mayflower (razed  in 1978), Hotel George Washington (demolished in 1976), Hotel Robert Meyer (imploded in 1998), and the Hotel Seminole (flattened in 1974).  The Bank of America Building occupies the Seminole's old site, the new Federal Courthouse stands at the spot of the Robert Meyer, and the Omni Hotel houses its guests where Sears once served its customers.

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