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From CenTrust to Maas Brothers — more of Florida’s lost businesses

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03-16-10_LAIRD/For ShorelinesBarnett Bank Alumni Association President Celeste Burger (left) and Community Hospice senior major gifts officer Judy Hall had a sentimental photo taken next to an old Barnett Bank drive-through sign. The women co-chaired the reunion, which raised money for hospice.
03-16-10_LAIRD/For ShorelinesBarnett Bank Alumni Association President Celeste Burger (left) and Community Hospice senior major gifts officer Judy Hall had a sentimental photo taken next to an old Barnett Bank drive-through sign. The women co-chaired the reunion, which raised money for hospice.
The Trio Buildings and the old Barnett Bank tower flank Laura Street in the heart of downtown Jacksonville. The Barnett tower is in the final stages of renovations and the trio buildings sit gutted and waiting redevelopment. The repurposing of the Trio Buildings alongside the old Barnett Tower and the new apartments under construction in LaVilla and Brooklyn are part of the downtown building boom currently underway in Jacksonville, Friday, August 2, 2019.
The Trio Buildings and the old Barnett Bank tower flank Laura Street in the heart of downtown Jacksonville. The Barnett tower is in the final stages of renovations and the trio buildings sit gutted and waiting redevelopment. The repurposing of the Trio Buildings alongside the old Barnett Tower and the new apartments under construction in LaVilla and Brooklyn are part of the downtown building boom currently underway in Jacksonville, Friday, August 2, 2019.
Bob Self/Florida Times-Union
Display of towels at Maas Brothers in Tallahassee, Florida. 1986.
Display of towels at Maas Brothers in Tallahassee, Florida. 1986.
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Working from the vacant land adjacent to the Laura Street Trio and using a 450 ton crane, crews began moving components of the air cooling tower to the roof of the old Barnett Bank building in downtown Jacksonville Wednesday morning, August 1, 2018. Composed of parts totaling 13,000 pounds, this is the latest milestone in the over $100 million adaptive reuse project to bring the historic bank building back to life.
Working from the vacant land adjacent to the Laura Street Trio and using a 450 ton crane, crews began moving components of the air cooling tower to the roof of the old Barnett Bank building in downtown Jacksonville Wednesday morning, August 1, 2018. Composed of parts totaling 13,000 pounds, this is the latest milestone in the over $100 million adaptive reuse project to bring the historic bank building back to life.
Bob Self/Florida Times-Union
SPECIAL FOR THE FLORIDA TIMES UNION, ATTN: KELLY JORDAN--Demolition begins on the old Maas Brothers Department store and home, more recently, to the Florida International Museum in downtown Thursday, July 28, 2005 in St. Petersburg, Fla. In its place will be high-rise with a hotel, commercial space and luxury condos.
SPECIAL FOR THE FLORIDA TIMES UNION, ATTN: KELLY JORDAN--Demolition begins on the old Maas Brothers Department store and home, more recently, to the Florida International Museum in downtown Thursday, July 28, 2005 in St. Petersburg, Fla. In its place will be high-rise with a hotel, commercial space and luxury condos.
AP Photo/Steve Nesius
Customers shopping at Maas Brothers department store in Saint Petersburg, Florida. 1961.
Customers shopping at Maas Brothers department store in Saint Petersburg, Florida. 1961.
State Archives Of Florida