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Midvale 04-07-2012 09:36 AM
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I found this in an April 1973 magazine. Looks pretty nice and not a bad price!

cappyjon431 04-07-2012 09:43 AM
Very cool!

graciegirl 04-07-2012 09:58 AM
That is so great! You can live here anytime and be our historian!:spoken:

oatmealgirls 04-07-2012 10:23 AM
Very neat find - thanks for posting!

I love seeing TV's history. :)

Golfer in Sanibel 04-07-2012 10:52 AM
Wow. Almost 40 years ago. That was a pretty good investment.

Taltarzac725 04-07-2012 11:27 AM
April 1973. Cool. What magazine??

Bill-n-Brillo 04-07-2012 11:29 AM
Now THAT...............is really cool!!! Thanks for posting it - - -

Bill :)

Midvale 04-07-2012 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 476404)
April 1973. Cool. What magazine??
Think it was in Popular Science.

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ducati1974 04-07-2012 04:17 PM
Midvale- my only question is: is this really the start of The Villages? I seem to remember seeing a number of places called "Orange Blossom" along 441. Any way to check if this particular one is the forerunner?

jimbo2012 04-07-2012 05:30 PM
Anyone know the order in which each of the Villages was built
and approximate year?

Midvale 04-07-2012 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ducati1974 (Post 476475)
Midvale- my only question is: is this really the start of The Villages? I seem to remember seeing a number of places called "Orange Blossom" along 441. Any way to check if this particular one is the forerunner?
Good question.
The name, location & timing seems right. I do know the same place was advertised until at least 1981. Mobile homes with lots were $26, 000 by then.

Howard Schwarz bought out his Orange Blossom Gardens partner in 1983 and brought in Gary Morse.

Bonny 04-07-2012 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ducati1974 (Post 476475)
Midvale- my only question is: is this really the start of The Villages? I seem to remember seeing a number of places called "Orange Blossom" along 441. Any way to check if this particular one is the forerunner?
Yes that was the start of the Villages.

graciegirl 04-07-2012 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Midvale (Post 476502)
Good question.
The name, location & timing seems right. I do know the same place was advertised until at least 1981. Mobile homes with lots were $26, 000 by then.

Howard Schwarz bought out his Orange Blossom Gardens partner in 1983 and brought in Gary Morse.
Harold.

And there is no Pee in Lake Sumter and no apostrophe in Odell...except for some of the signs.

I like correcting people. I am a mother.

Pturner 04-07-2012 10:05 PM
Yep, too cool. Thanks for posting it.

jblum315 04-08-2012 06:28 AM
Loved it. I printed it and put it up on my fridge just to remind myself that I paid a couple hundred K too much for my house. Of course in 1973 I was about 30, so . . .


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