Daily Archives: December 9, 2014

Bob Snow sees downtown rebirth again, at last

Downtown Orlando’s recent rebirth is exciting – and bittersweet — for entrepreneur Bob Snow, who brought the area to life in the ’70s with Church Street Station. “It was singers and dancers and red hot girls and jugglers and bag pipe players, and about 25 buses on a Saturday night,” Snow reminisces. “We had Col.…

Renovations will close downtown plaza for year

The Bo Diddley Community Plaza will undergo significant renovations next year, which means the Union Street Farmers Market and other events typically held there must find new homes downtown until the plaza reopens. Construction on the plaza is expected to begin by March and will probably take a year to complete, said Sarah Vidal-Finn, manager…