This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s downtown “bungalow neighborhoods.”
Click HERE to listen to Episode 326 of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1, which was recorded at Forward/Slash, a new distillery and blending house that just opened in Winter Park. We also recorded a bonus episode with the owners of Rare Earth in Ivanhoe Village.
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TOP TEN HEADLINES
- A millionaire wants Orlando to have a professional baseball team and wants to use Tourist Tax dollars to do it. And we have the renderings too.
- Something is happening over at Ace Cafe but they’re not confirming (or denying) anything. But according to a couple of local bloggers, the venue is expected to close by the end of the month.
- We helped to host a belly flop contest in Baldwin Park last weekend with Cholo Dogs and Tactical Brewing and it was amazing. Be sure to check out these photos.
- A popular French cafe in downtown Orlando has closed and it revealed a larger problem with the property management team overseeing one of the city’s landmark buildings.
- A CVS in the heart of College Park is closing this week, freeing up a large retail space on the corner of Edgewater Drive and Princeton Street.
- “Orange Co. Animal Services volunteer charged for dragging puppy until it passed out, later died.” – FOX 35
- “Match report: Orlando City bows out of U.S. Open Cup after loss to Charlotte FC.” – Orlando City Soccer
- “Thoughts on Michelin 2023.” – Scott Joseph Orlando
- “Pulse owners speak out on memorial no longer being built at nightclub site.” – Watermark
- “Brightline train tickets from Orlando to South Florida go on sale next week.” – WFTV 9
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Holographic Theater company Verse Orlando to open new venue with four mixed reality experiences.” – Auganix.org
- “Ask Bungalower: Did the City just cancel Orlando Critical Mass?” – Bungalower
- “Fazoli’s is coming back to Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “History Center hosting special programming for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.” – Bungalower
- “Orange County making expensive bid for blockbuster wrestling event.” – Bungalower
- “Death penalty sought for accused Pine Hills shooter Keith Moses.”- FOX 35
- “Orlando Slingshot ride reopens at ICON Park in Florida.” – FOX 35
- “DeSantis signs bill ending Chinese, Venezuelan, Russian real estate deals in much of Florida.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Lake Highland students put Orlando, Florida on national science map.” – West Orlando News
- “Orlando congressman, mayor, advocates, push Office of Violence Prevention.” – West Orlando News
- “Disney World worker arrested on child porn charge says he photographed coworkers.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Orlando artist and architect Richard Reep makes treasure from trash in ‘Burglitecture.’” – Orlando Weekly
- “City Manager Randy Knight applied for Ron DeSantis’ Disney oversight board.” – Winter Park Voice
- “Six nonprofits seek space in old library.” – Winter Park Voice
- “15-year-old girl is the youngest graduate at Valencia College commencement.” – WFTV 9
- “Some Pulse shooting survivors call for control of nonprofit OnePulse Foundation.” – WMFE 90.7
- “Does architecture shape the city or does the city shape architecture? A conversation with Rocco Yim.” – Azure
- “Australia’s timber homes are where the suburbs meet the frontier.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “What’s happening to the trees in New Orleans?” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “‘Where to Meet People’ internet searches spike amid loneliness epidemic.” – Bloombert CityLab
- “From unsafe arterial to thriving main street.” – CNU
- “Go play in the street, kids. Really.” – The New York Times
- “How can urban planning address the Loneliness Epidemic?” – Planetizen
- “Community rallies to save a car-free street.” – Strong Towns
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- ALL WEEK: Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival (Ivanhoe Village)
- Monday 5/15: Movie Monday – “True Lies” (Milk District)
- Tuesday 5/16: Bungalower Drag Bingo and Music Video Dance Party (Baldwin Park)
- Wednesday 5//17: Orlando City vs. New York City (Parramore)
- Thursday 5/18: History Book Club – “Drawing the Line” by Lawson Fusao Inada (Downtown)