Post #338455 by donhonyc on Sun, Oct 14, 2007 9:23 PM

I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale...Sunrise to be exact. I haven't lived there for 20 years, but I visit at least once or twice a year. I'm not sure of the locations yr speaking of, but when I saw the heading on this thread I thought it was some really BAD news. I am relieved to see that it is only moderately bad. However, I just got the news earlier this week that a great old school Ft. Lauderdale hotel/resort was razed in the Lauderdale by the Sea area of town. It was made up of three different hotels called the High Noon/Sea Foam, and I can't remember the name of the last one. It had been there since 1961 and was still in very good operational shape. For those of you familiar with the area, it was literally right on the beach about a half block north of the pier and the restaurant called Aruba. I had stayed there a few times over the years when I was in town visiting family. Even though it was mostly modernized, it still had the old school Ft. Lauderdale feel and TIKIS all over the pool area. I stayed there for the last time about a year ago and looked forward to staying there again. Sadly this won't be the case. As long as the Mai Kai is still there, I'm cool. But it still sucks that these cool old places have to meet the frickin wrecking ball. From what I've heard, condos will be built on the now, vacant land. What IS the deal. Everything is going condo!! Even up here in NYC, things get knocked down and a CONDO is built. The world is becoming condos & CVS'es. Dullsville. Somebody please tell me when all of these people from Planet Money Bag invaded the world so they could come to live in all of these...CONDOS.

I still have some shots I took of the High Noon on my hard drive from a year ago. It was a great place.