Winter Haven - Florida - 4K Downtown Drive

A drive in and around the downtown area of Winter Haven, FL.
Filmed: March 2021
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From Wikipedia:
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is fifty-one miles east of Tampa. The population was 33,874 at the 2010 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 estimates, this city had a population of 44,955, making it the second most populated city in Polk County. It is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
n 1930, George W. Jenkins opened the first Publix supermarket in Winter Haven. His second store and the first stand-alone Publix store, was a 27 ft by 65 ft building at 199 West Central Avenue, opened in 1935, which exists today as the Regenerations thrift store. During the 1930s and 1940s, citrus magnate, John A. Snively operated one of the largest fruit packing plants in the world in Winter Haven.
Another defining event in Winter Haven was the opening of Cypress Gardens in 1936 by Dick Pope, Sr. and his wife, Julie Pope. They first got the idea for the park from a Good Housekeeping magazine that they were reading. By the 1950s, Cypress Gardens was nationally famous. It featured a beautiful botanical garden, water skiing shows, and a staff of southern belles. Many famous celebrities of that time visited the park, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Betty Grable, and King Hussein of Jordan. In the 1980s, the Anheuser-Busch corporation purchased the park. They continued to operate the park until 1995. After that, the park struggled, finally closing for good in 2009. On January 21, 2010, the site of Cypress Gardens was formally announced as the selected location for the Legoland Florida theme park,[16] which opened on October 15, 2011. Legoland Florida has successfully retained some of the tradition and history of the original site, including part of the original botanical garden and a water ski show.
Winter Haven featured many buildings designed by Gene Leedy, one of the founders of the Sarasota School of Architecture. Regency Medical Center, which is Winter Haven Hospital's women's hospital, was built in 1987.
The Orange Dome, located near the corner of Cypress Gardens Blvd and US Hwy 17, was built in 1964. For 48 years, it hosted the annual Citrus Festival and other civic affairs. In February 2012, the Orange Dome was demolished to make way for The Landings, a proposed $150 million mixed-use development that was intended to include high-end retail stores, restaurants, hotels, apartments and a new movie theater to be built at the Chain of Lakes Complex. However, after the construction of three fast food chain stores, the project collapsed. Currently, the developer and the city are in negotiations to determine the future of the site.

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[@sylviafootman183]

Thank you for for sharing. Born and raised. Graduated from Winter Haven Senior High class of " 83". I love when I get a chance to go back to visit. I love the changes over the years. Thank you again.

[@ladeybug76]

My brother graduated from WHHS 1984

[@loissawyer8334]

I follow you because I have a chance to see the places I might like to move . Thank you.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

You're welcome. Lots of great places to choose from in Florida.

[@reginafisher9919]

That is what I'm doing!

[@bookwormnaturelover7894]

I love my city. Moved here from las Vegas

[@bradharpin7971]

Me too moved here from Massachusetts

[@fldon2306]

Winter Haven! I know that place. The “Chain of Lakes City”; 24 of its lakes are interconnected naturally or by canals, so makes for great boating. At 11:13, the “Resale Shop”, deco building on the right, Catholic thrift is the original “Prototype Publix Supermarket”, the second Publix store ever. At18:14 is Grove Roots, a great microbrewery. At 20:42 is Lake Silver where the 2022 IWWF World Water Ski Show Tournament was held. Hope you drove Cypress Gardens Blvd; perhaps the road with the most curves in all Florida, and, of course, home of LEGOLAND FLORIDA!!

[@dennislarmore]

Thank you for your winter haven video(s), it's where I used to live and it's great

[@Graphics_Card]

Great job as always

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks

[@brendafleming231]

Thank you!

[@cdxgg_]

Nice video mike great video to start off my Sunday

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Perfect 👍

[@silverhawk24]

Amazing video Florida Mike keep it up man your videos are amazing so how many more Florida cities are you uploading

[@MileageMikeTravels]

A few more weeks left of Florida.

[@floridaliving33881]

Moving there next week!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Congrats

[@james181881]

For these vids maybe you can do an in-screen of the gps so people know where you’re at on the map

[@barbpaul401]

The area seems very non-descript. Are there any historical areas or downtown area?

[@meditogofilmproduction]

I live here

[@ladeybug76]

Would love another video of WH perhaps around lake howard area and/or lake shipp

[@Declan_Payan]

Keep up the great work!! When you get a chance, can you do St Augustine?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

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[@asmera4547]

They have an Aldis! OK that's it, moving tomorrow to Winter Haven..

[@IgorOficial2024]

O Love Flórida 😍

[@MileageMikeTravels]

True indeed

[@maryhorn8647]

If I move to Winter Haven from out of state, what neighborhoods should I avoid.

[@antonionascimento5319]

lindo vídeo e boa sorte

[@antonionascimento5319]

Muito obrigado

[@wally8255]

Wow that’s where I live

[@dkimbrell707]

Yep lol

[@markdavid578]

So crazy this was a week ago. I was driving on that road and was in the lake Wales/ winter haven area.

[@anthonyburrell1166]

Mark dos winter haven have a lot to offer for a young family, ? Planning on moving soon

[@honeylashae9852]

@@anthonyburrell1166 same

[@markdavid578]

@@anthonyburrell1166 not really but lego land is 5-10 mins from there and Disney is about 45’ to an hour way. It’s a nice area tho. I got about every two years to visit my in laws

[@markdavid578]

@@anthonyburrell1166 there is really good large mouth bass fishing too

[@anthonyburrell1166]

@@markdavid578 Thanks,

[@dkimbrell707]

Scouring the entire video to see if I'm in it

[@carrieg7450]

This is not what I expected. You drove forever. Update your GPS. Never once did you show anything about downtown. You drove through. Never telling anyone about the good.

[@natalielanning2503]

I l

[@lanav1290]

Not the best aria

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Why?

[@lanav1290]

@@MileageMikeTravels To me…. Anyway ….