31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
What did Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale look like decades ago? See for yourself
Like most downtown areas in South Florida, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale have changed through the years.
In Hollywood, the Greyhound bus station is long gone. So are the movie theaters, some beloved restaurants and stores, a landmark hotel (although a new residential building features a replica facade).
And the Las Olas and downtown areas of Fort Lauderdale certainly went through changes through the years. The business district is now dotted with outdoor cafes. High-rise towers glisten in the distance. There's a lot more traffic. And construction. Lots of construction.
Let's take a look at how the two areas looked decades ago through the photo archives of the Miami Herald:
Hollywood
The Great Southern Hotel in the 1920s, near Young Circle in Hollywood. Miami Herald File
Hollywood Blvd. looking west from Young Circle in the 1970s. Miami Herald File
O'Hara's, a jazz bar on Hollywood Boulevard in 1999, that is now a Twin Peaks. Miami Herald File
In 2005, art patrons and artists packed the newest addition to downtown Hollywood's art scene during the city's latest Art Walk. Eileen Soler Miami Herald File
A saxaphonist performs in 1988 at the old amphitheater on Young Circle in downtown Hollywood. Miami Herald File
Fort Lauderale
Las Olas Art Festival in Bubier Park, across from the Museum of Art in 1992. Miami Herald File
Las Olas Boulevard near downtown Fort Lauderdale in 1994. Miami Herald File
In 1954, the lobby of the Las Olas Inn. Miami Herald File
