A private group helped to raise money to restore the Tower of Light sculpture that sits outside City Hall in City Hall Plaza. The sculpture will be re-lit at a ceremony on November 12. The Tower of Light sculpture was originally installed in 1992. The original halogen lighting failed two years after installation. The Commercial […]
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Posted inAudubon Park, Featured, Garden, Quality of Life
Audubon Park Garden District Applies for Community Wildlife Habitat Certification
The Audubon Park Garden District applied to become a certified Community Wildlife Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. “The Audubon Park Garden District wants to promote the creation and conservation of wildlife habitats through community-wide collaboration and public education. We are building a thoughtful and healthy urban environment for people and wildlife, right down to our […]
Posted inBuildings, Coming and Going, Downtown, Featured, Retail
Retail Plans for SkyHouse Apartments in Downtown Shaping Up
The retail plans for SkyHouse Orlando are underway as the apartment plans to open to residents later this week. The building has retail along Livingston St and Magnolia Ave. The leasing office has shared that they plan to have a sub shop, convenience store, restaurant and a service based business such as a nail salon or dry […]
Posted inAudubon Park, Coming and Going, Featured, Food & Drink
East End Market Opens Then Closes
East End Market at 3201 Corrine Drive (at East End Ave) [GMap] opened this weekend but then quickly closed. East End Market is a neighborhood market and food hub. The Market showcases some of Central Florida’s top food entrepreneurs, tradespeople, artists, and chefs. The Market had their grand opening on Friday but they quickly closed down. […]
Posted inFeatured, Ivanhoe Village, Parks, Quality of Life
Arts Groups Working Together to Improve Loch Haven Park
The City of Orlando is working with the various cultural organizations at Loch Haven Park to help better define the area. Scottie Campbell, Executive Director of the Ivanhoe Village Main Street points out , “Loch Haven Park has long been the heart of our cultural community, but I’m not sure how aware tourists, or even […]
Posted inAudubon Park, Coming and Going, Featured, Food & Drink
East End Market Opens on Friday With Adaptive Reuse Elements
We’ve been excited for quite some time about East End Market (Website | Facebook) opening in the Audubon Park Garden District. We stopped in last week before their grand opening. On Friday when they will open the market located at 3201 Corrine Drive (at East End Ave.) [GMap]. We we’re really impressed with the amount of adaptive […]
Posted inDowntown, Featured, Transportation
New LYMMO Routes Get Citrus Flavored Names
Mayor Buddy Dyer at the State of the Downtown Address yesterday announced what the new LYMMO route names will be. The route names for the three free downtown bus lines will be: Orange (Orange)- Lynx to City Hall route (current downtown route) Grapefruit (Red) – Amway Center to Lake Eola (east/west expansion) Lime (Green) – […]
Posted inComing and Going, Food & Drink, SODO
Cousins Subs Opens Today in SODO
Cousins Subs (Website | Facebook) opens today at the SODO complex on S Orange Ave. in Downtown South. We told you about Cousins Subs a couple of weeks ago. This is the first Cousins Subs location in Orlando. They Milwaukee based company has over 140 Cousins Subs shops in six states. The Orlando franchise is owned by Jack […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Buildings, Coming and Going, Featured, Health Village, Ivanhoe Village
Arts Groups Displaced by Mold in Ivanhoe OUC Building Find Temporary Homes
The Orlando Ballet began rehearsals yesterday at the Church Street Exchange building. The Central Florida Community Arts and The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra are working to find permanent homes. The three arts groups were forced to move after mold was discovered in their building. They were using the old OUC plant just off Lake Ivanhoe at 1111 […]
Posted inCollege Park, Events
Tonight’s Event Pick: Feed the Need
Tonight is the 12th annual Feed the Need. Help your neighbors in need while having a great time Feed the Need is an evening full of delicious food, wine, music, dancing and incredible auction items at the Historic Dubsdread Ballroom. For over 43 years, the Christian Service Center for Central Florida has been on the front […]
Posted inBuildings, Downtown, Events
Weekly Event on Chase Plaza Rooftop Starts Tomorrow
Event organizers are planning to use the rooftop patio of the Chase Plaza in Downtown Orlando for a weekly event. The event called Elevate Orlando will focus on bringing the Orlando community together by “having an above and one of a kind experience,” event organizer Timothy Green told Bungalower. The rooftop patio is on the 16th floor […]
Posted inFeatured, Orlando, Transportation
Bike Share Company Proposes 30 Bike Share Hubs in Bungalow Neighborhoods
As part of their proposal to the City of Orlando to operate a bike share program, CycleHop proposed 30 locations for their bike share hubs. CycleHop, in partnership with SunCylces, was one of two companies to respond to a request for proposal from the City to manage a bike share program. B-Cyle, the other company […]
Posted inBuildings, Featured, Thornton Park
A Look Inside the Eola House at Lake Eola Park
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and District 4 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan will officially cut the ribbon to open the Eola House in Downtown’s Lake Eola Park this morning. The Eola House is located at 512 East Washington St in the southeast corner of the park [GMap]. The house will serve as the office for Lake Eola Park, […]
Posted inNews, Orlando
Links From the Week: Toll Roads, Traffic Lights, Sno Cones, Zebra’s, SunRail & Restaurant Reviews
Stories about the Bungalow neighborhoods from the week on other local websites and blogs. Trend toward more toll roads will keep rolling along, expert says [Orlando Sentinel] Lives of a Different Stripe: An Interview with Zebra Coalition’s Dexter Foxworth [The Orlandoan] Beth Kassab: Why are some traffic lights so long? [Orlando Sentinel] Audubon Park’s Rainbow […]
Posted inDowntown, Featured, South Eola, Thornton Park, Transportation
New Downtown East-West LYMMO Route Coming Soon
Lynx is working over the next couple of months to add a new LYMMO route in downtown Orlando. The new East-West route will be the second route for the free downtown bus service. The East-West route runs between Westmoreland Dr. and Summerlin Ave. The buses will head east on Central Blvd and west on Church and […]