Video History

Mable Ringling Memorial Fountain

In 1933 the Sarasota Garden Club hired notable architect Thomas Reed Martin to design a plan to improve Luke Wood Park. The plan included clearing the land, laying shell roads, and installing a reflection pool with a memorial fountain dedicated in Mable Ringling’s memory.

Wilson Family Home

In 1907 Dr. Wilson purchased the home located on the southeast corner of Ringling Boulevard and South Orange Avenue from Edgar Ferdon, a local architect. The house was not only the Wilson home, but also Dr. Wilson’s medical office

Bungalow Hill

In 1916 the city of Sarasota was rebuffed by the neighborhood of Bungalow Hill. They rejected taxation without representation by incorporating into the community of Sarasota Heights.

Avenida de Colores Chalk Festival

This past weekend was the Second Annual Chalk Festival (Avenida des Colores) in historic Herald Square. That area used to be known as 'Little Five Points'.

Owen Burns

Host Lee Gaines takes you on a journey of how this remarkable man managed to develop land, build the Ringling Causeway, Ca'd'Zan, Burns Court, the Herald Square Building, the El Vernona Hotel (later known as John Ringling Towers), Burns Realty (later the home of Karl Bickel), downtown seawalls, and substantial homes prior to the Great Depression.

Charles Ringling

Who is Ringling Boulevard named after in Sarasota? If you thought John Ringling of Circus and Museum fame you'd be wrong. It was his brother Charles Ringling. He played a key role in the development of the downtown area.