Venice, Florida

History Under Foot:  Plazas as well as sidewalks provide opportunities to help the public visualize their place in the world: in this case, the world of urban planning.  The map used to lay out Venice in the 1920s has become a permanent part of the city's narrative, thanks to the power of one medallion.  [2009]

Venice, Florida

Under Local Authority:   Living in a planned community seems to be a point of pride, especially when it was planned by a "well-known city planner."  And, thankfully, the county historical commission has explained the name Venice.  That name alone should attract the cognoscenti.  [2009]

Sarasota, Florida

It's All About Hue:  Here, the hue is green. It seems to fit the wet subtropics.  "Promises broken" is a theme of American history boldly flaunted on this marker.  Compare the geography of Scotland to that of Florida.  In the pre-air-conditioned and pre air-flight past, wouldn't you have returned home?  [2009]

West Palm Beach, Florida

Too much, too little, just right?  266 words.  Maybe more than we need to know and definitely more than we are likely to read.  Read it and answer this question:  What's the "take-away" message?  Or is it just a bottomless pit of facts?  [2005]

Cedar Key, Florida

Places, People, and Events:  Using historical markers, we commemorate confluences of people and places as the combined engines of history.  Individual achievements are shaped, in part, by geographical realities.  'Countenances of the people' also seem to be shaped by those realities.  [1997]