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Orlando is one of the best places in the world to enjoy all the good things this world has to offer. Orlando has an awesome concert going population. Orlando does not lag behind in Sports or Theater either. The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida as well as county seat of Orange County. The principal city of Greater Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida, which is the second largest university in Florida.
The city is alive with a notable number of tourist attractions, garnering the attention of people from across the country and around the world. The most notable is the nearby Walt Disney World Resort, which is located in Lake Buena Vista about 20 miles. The city symbol is the fountain of Lake Eola.
Orlando has the second largest number of hotel rooms in the country and is one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions.
The city is also characterized for its wide array of golf courses, with numerous courses available for any level of golfer. Its other regional attractions include SeaWorld and Universal Orlando Resort. The region receives an estimated 52 million tourists a year.
Despite being several miles away from the main tourist attractions, Downtown Orlando is undergoing major redevelopment phase.
Prior to being known as its present name, Orlando was known as Jernigan. Aaron Jernigan was the first permanent settler who acquired land along Lake Holden by the terms of the Armed Occupation Act of 1842.
But most of the pioneers did not arrive until after the Third Seminole War in the 1850s. Orlando became the county seat of Orange County in 1856 and would remain a rural backwater during the Civil War.
The city suffered greatly during the Union blockade. The Reconstruction Era brought a population explosion, leading to Orlando’s incorporation as a city in 1885.
The period from 1875 to 1895 is remembered as Orlando’s Golden Era. The region became the hub of Florida’s citrus industry. But the Great Freeze in 1894-1895 forced many owners to give up their independent groves.
Consequently, they consolidated holdings in the hands of a few ‘citrus barons’ who shifted operations around Lake Wales in Polk County.
Orlando, as Florida’s largest inland city, turned into a popular resort during the years between the Spanish-American War and World War I. The city also played host to SKEET, which serves as the basis for its hospitals today.
During the Florida land boom in the 1920s, the area experienced extensive housing development. Land prices increased. Several neighborhoods in downtown were constructed, endowing it with many bungalows.
However, this boom ended when several hurricanes hit Florida in the same decade. In the hurricane season of 2004, Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne battered the Orlando area, causing damage on large scale and flooding and impeding tourism to the area.
During World War II, a number of Army personnel stationing at the Orlando Army Air Base and nearby Pinecastle Army Air Field, stayed in Orlando to settle and raise families. In 1956 the aerospace/defense company Martin Marietta laid a foundation of a plant in the city.
Since Orlando is close enough to Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Kennedy Space Center, it is easy for residents to commute to work from the city’s suburbs. It also allows easy access to Port Canaveral which is an important cruise ship terminal.
Because of city’s proximity to the Space Coast near the Kennedy Space Center, many high-tech companies have shifted to the Orlando area. The SunTrust Center, the tallest building in Orlando at 441 ft or 134 m, was built in 1988.
The city’s other tallest buildings are the Orange County Courthouse (1997, 416 ft (127 m)./127 m), the Bank of America Center (Formerly Barnett Plaza, 1988, 409 ft (125 m)./123 m), Solaire at the Plaza (2006, 359 ft (109 m)./109 m) and the Orlando International Airport ATC Tower (2002, 346 ft (105 m)./105 m).
The VUE at Lake Eola is currently under construction. The VUE will become the second-tallest building in Orlando upon completion at 426 ft (130 m) tall. With 35 stories, the building will have more stories than the SunTrust Center.
The SeaWorld SkyTower, at 400 ft (122 m) tall, is the tallest tower in Orange County. There are also several tall transmission towers in Orange County. The tallest among which is the WFTV transmission tower in Christmas at 1,617 ft (491.6 m) tall.
Orlando is unparalleled in it’s ability to attract the lovers of arts and culture. It’s citizens get to enjoy the Sports, Concerts and Theater events. The bands playing in Orlando are world class and invite and avid audience seeking world class fun. The numerous stadiums in Orlando are a gathering place for the lovers of sports. The tickets to such events and also to the theater events in Orlando are truly amazing.