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Whether the residents planned just to spend winters in Wilton Manors or the rest of their lives, it was no matter to E.J. "Ned" Willingham, a Georgian with a grandiose plan for the piny scrublands just outside the growing city of Fort Lauderdale. Willingham was rare among land speculators during the "Florida Frenzy" -- a scrupulously honest man. He named this development, his favorite, Wilton Manors. Willingham envisioned a graceful community of modest homes on large yards, with schools, a hotel, and small parks dotting the exclusive, whites-only enclave. Almost 80 years later, Willingham's little community lives on, but not in the fashion he might have expected. His all-white community has grown and matured into a pleasantly diverse and uncommonly tolerant place with lovely homes, outstanding city services, and an eye on preserving its genteel history.

Book details

• Full title: Wilton Manors
• Author: Cynthia Thuma
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9780738517414
• ISBN: 0738517410
• ID: 11465631
• Publisher: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Weight: 295 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 169 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: April 2005

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