The concept of public use, while initially a great concept, has deteriorated to bureaucratic debacles. Progressive thought, especially from the 1920s has inadvertently provided governments (local, state and federal) with powers that can be manipulated for the good or the detriment of the people these laws were written to help. It is dependent upon theContinue reading “Public Use Versus Eminent Domain”
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Estate La Grange: A Deep-Rooted Cultural History
ACL Railroad Station, Mount Dora, Florida
The Old Mount Dora A.C.L. Railroad Station was originally constructed in 1886 in downtown Mount Dora, Florida. The town would go through about three depots. The third and final depot was built in 1915. It was a one story building, built in the Frame Vernacular architectural style. At that time in history it took aboutContinue reading “ACL Railroad Station, Mount Dora, Florida”
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