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Wednesday, Sept 3 | 6 pm
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1600 72nd St N
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Inside Azaleaville Logo
Inside Azaleaville is published on an irregular schedule, usually once a month.
  Welcome  
Welcome
1950s: Jungle fairways become front yards. Nearly 1,000 homes rose where the golf course once stood. Azaleaville was born.
  Mid-century Modern Family  
Mid-century Modern Family
IN THE FIFTIES:
  • No credit cards
  • Phones had cords
  • Milk came to your door
  • Cars had fins
  • TV had three channels
  • Kids roamed unsupervised
  • You dressed for dinner
  • Ashtrays were everywhere
  • No seat belts
  • You memorized phone numbers
  • Ice trays were metal
  • Clotheslines, not dryers
  • News came once a day
  • Church on Sunday
  • Gas was under 30 cents
  • Grocery stores closed early
  • You mailed birthday cards
  • Teenagers had curfews
  • Mail came twice a day
  • Kids drank from hoses
  • Coke bottles had deposits
  • You shook hands more
  • You knew your neighbors
  • Manners mattered
  • Stores closed on Sundays
  • Nobody wore jeans to church
  • You waited for film to develop
  • You ironed everything
Azaleaville is located where high society once played during the Roaring 20's at the world-famous Jungle Hotel and Country Club.
  Jungle Banner  
Jungle Banner
Walter P. and H. Walter Fuller, the visionaries behind The Jungle’s transformation from wilderness to paradise.
Walter P. and H. Walter Fuller
Jungle Developers: Walter P. and H. Walter Fuller
  Trolley - 1913  
1913: Trolley Extension to The Jungle
1916: Golf Course Opens
1916: Golf Course Opens
Opened in 1924, the Jungle Prado featured the Gangplank Speakeasy at its west end - a hidden retreat with a view of Boca Ciega Bay. Renamed Jungle Prada in the 1950s.
Jungle Prado: Opened 1924
Jungle Prado: Opened 1924
From 1925 to 1935, the most popular celebrity of the era, Babe Ruth, played hundreds of rounds on the old Jungle Golf Course, now the heart of Azaleaville.
Babe Ruth 1925-1935
Babe Ruth 1925-1935
Jungle Hotel
Jungle Hotel
  St. Pete's First Airport  
St. Pete's First Airport
The Jungle golf course was transformed into a massive Army tent city, housing 10,000 recruits during World War II.
1943: Army Tent City
1943: Army Tent City
In 1945, Admiral Farragut Academy purchased the Jungle Hotel and Country Club from American Hotel Corp. The Jungle golf course was sold to developers who built Azaleaville.
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