Not only does Celebration connect to Walt Disney World via a main road, but the magic of Disney resonates into the community. Accordingly, as one would expect of the quintessential American neighborhood, boutiques, dog bakery and of course the children’s store Once Upon a Time, line the main street. Includes a kids playground and a picnic pavilion. A sampling of great restaurants includes the vastly popular Columbia Restaurant and Celebration Town Tavern. Enjoy Hoovers own Lock Haven Dog Park with a free-range fenced space and an agility course for dogs.
Creating a community reminiscent of the 1930s, Disney commissioned many well-known architects to build the town’s post office, theatre, town hall and other landmarks. Colonia, Victorian and Mediterranean homes sprawl amongst parks and postcard worthy town landmarks. For more culture, venture to nearby Lock Haven Park, home to the Orlando Museum of Art, Shakespeare Theater and the Orlando Repertory Theatre.įormed to be the all-American neighborhood, the community originally developed by the Walt Disney company, denotes a storybook image of all things American que apple pie, 4 th of July parades, and neighbors chatting on their perfectly mantained lawns. College Park is a distinct neighborhood within the city of Orlando, Florida, deriving its name from the many streets within its bounds that were named for. Today the writer’s home provides four residencies a year to aspiring writers. One bungalow in particular served as a short-term home for Jack Kerouac from 1957-1958, where he typed the original manuscript to his sequel, Dharma Buns. Bungalows line streets littered with oversized oaks and bougainvillea. Catch locals cooling off with ice cream at the old-fashioned Soda Fountain or catching some shade at Albert Park. “The Drive” is filled with great eats like local hot spots, K restaurant, RusTeak, and even the casual Doghouse. In fact, the façade of the 1950s era Publix grocery chain graces the neighborhood’s main street, Edgewater Drive. Despite Orlando’s growing population, College Park manages to maintain a small-town feel. Much like its moniker, the streets of this cozy and charming neighborhood are named after famous colleges such as Harvard, Yale and Princeton.
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