Sarasota Florida
Sarasota Florida
Situated half way up the western suncoast of Florida lies Sarasota.
This bustling city with it's many cultural, sports, and civic events, is the center of life on the Florida suncoast.
Founded in the early 1900s, it has a rich history ranging from the contributions of the Palmer family who were responsible for much of the early growth, John Ringling who for many years made this the winter headquarters of his world famous circus, and many other early settlers who made this city what it is today.
In the early days a gambling casino was located on Lido Beach, located just across Sarasota Bay from the city. The first bridge crossing Sarasota Bay was built by John Ringling, who used elephants to pull the needed timber to the waters edge. He had visions of making St. Armand's Circle a hang out for Presidents and the like,thus most of the streets on St. Armand's are named after presidents. In the early days Lido Beach was a designated nude beach, but that practice has long been abandoned.
Sarasota itself has a long and interesting history, most of which has been influenced by Florida's volatile real estate market.
Today Sarasota, while maintaining a small town "feel" has earned the reputation of being a big little city,with all the amenities of a large city, theater, opera, shopping,restaurants, sports, etc.
With a bayfront that resembles San Diego, one of the finest beaches in the world, some of the best fishing and golf available anywhere, and a southern friendliness where people actually go out of their way to be nice, it would be hard to go anywhere and find an area that would outshine Sarasota!
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