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Sunset over the Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet Aquatic Preserve, seen from the Vitolo Family Preserve on Hutchinson Island.
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The end of the jetty near our Hotel definitely provides some great photo opportunities for interested individuals provided you don't mind getting a little wet in the process.
Fort Pierce's Kmart is probably the most bland and indistinguishable Kmart I've ever come across. It's also the first store I've seen that's removed its old "Big K" signage.
US 1 at Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce.
Orange Blossom Mall opened circa 1984. It was anchored by Sears and Belk-Lindsey. There really isn't much information about the place, but it seems to have begun its decline in the mid-90s and closed by about the end of that decade, more or less. Today, the former Sears anchor is home to the St. Lucie County School District offices, the Belk-Lindsey seems to be some sort of school, and a telemarketing firm occupies some of the inside. The mall's corridor is pretty much intact, down to generic mall benches and that bland type of artificial foliage you find in older malls.
It's definitely a little unnerving walking around the mall corridor. It's not totally void of people, as the sunken center court seems to be a lunch area for the telemarketer employees and a bunch of ladies dressed in scrubs.
What's interesting about this place is that it really didn't have any nearby competitor to drive it out of business. This was the only real mall in Fort Pierce, a city that doesn't have a lot of big box retailers and the like. Fort Pierce is a somewhat economically-depressed city and its demographics are vastly different from other cities along the Treasure Coast. I suppose that might've had something to do with the demise of the Orange Blossom Mall.
Okeechobee Road at Hartman, Fort Pierce.
The old Sears building is pretty unimpressive. The building is now the headquarters for the St. Lucie School District and I'd imagine they're the ones who altered the exterior, unless that dates from Sears.
Orange Blossom Mall opened circa 1984. It was anchored by Sears and Belk-Lindsey. There really isn't much information about the place, but it seems to have begun its decline in the mid-90s and closed by about the end of that decade, more or less. Today, the former Sears anchor is home to the St. Lucie County School District offices, the Belk-Lindsey seems to be some sort of school, and a telemarketing firm occupies some of the inside. The mall's corridor is pretty much intact, down to generic mall benches and that bland type of artificial foliage you find in older malls.
It's definitely a little unnerving walking around the mall corridor. It's not totally void of people, as the sunken center court seems to be a lunch area for the telemarketer employees and a bunch of ladies dressed in scrubs.
What's interesting about this place is that it really didn't have any nearby competitor to drive it out of business. This was the only real mall in Fort Pierce, a city that doesn't have a lot of big box retailers and the like. Fort Pierce is a somewhat economically-depressed city and its demographics are vastly different from other cities along the Treasure Coast. I suppose that might've had something to do with the demise of the Orange Blossom Mall.
Okeechobee Road at Hartman, Fort Pierce.