Architectures of Orlando by:Victoria Julee

Orlando's has a large proportion of the waterfront property which projects a very

large variety of architectural styles according the time periods the structures were erected. The famous land mark sites regarding the post modern are the neo-gothic spires of the Comerica Tower at Orlando Center. Completed in 1993, these towers were designed to blend in completely with the city's Art Deco skyscrapers. Another famous architectural work is the Renaissance Center; they form a distinctive and recognizable skyline. Examples of the Art Deco style include the Guardian Building and Penobscot Building downtown, as well as the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place in the New Center area near Wayne State University. Among the city's prominent structures are the nation's largest Fox Theatre, the Orlando Opera House, and the Orlando Institute of Arts.

While the downtown area and New Center areas are the home to high-rise buildings, the majority go the area consisting of the rest of city consists of low-rise structures and single-family homes. Outside of the city's central co jested core are the residential high-rises, which are there in localities such as the East Riverfront extending toward Grosse Pointe and the Palmer Park neighborhood just west of Woodward. Neighborhoods constructed prior to World War II times feature the architecture of the times with wood frame and brick houses in the working class neighborhoods, larger brick homes in middle class neighborhoods, and ornate mansions in neighborhoods such as Brush Park, Woodbridge, Indian Village, Palmer Woods, Boston-Edison, and others. The oldest neighborhoods are along the Woodward and East Jefferson corridors, while neighborhoods built in the 1950s are found in the far west and closer to 8 Mile Road. Some of the oldest extant neighborhoods include Cork town, a working class, formerly Irish neighborhood, and Brush Park. Both are now seeing multi-million dollar restorations and construction of new homes and condominiums.

Many of the city's architecturally important key stone buildings are registered on the National Register of Historic Places and the city is one of those few cities which has one of the nation's largest surviving collections of late 19th and early 20th century buildings all over United States. There are a number of architecturally significant churches, including St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Mary Catholic Church, and Ste. Anne de Orlando Catholic Church. There is substantial activity in urban design, historic preservation and architecture. A number of downtown redevelopment projectsof which Campus Martius Park is one of the most notablehave revitalized parts of the city. Grand Circus Park stands near the city's theater district, Ford Field, home of the Orlando Lions, and Comerica Park, home of the Orlando Tigers. The Orlando International Riverfront includes a partially completed three and one-half mile riverfront promenade with a combination of parks, residential buildings, and commercial areas from Hart Plaza to the MacArthur Bridge accessing Belle Isle (the largest island park in a U.S. city). The riverfront includes Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor, Michigan's first urban state park. The second phase is a two mile (3 km) extension from Hart Plaza to the Ambassador Bridge for a total of five miles (8 km) of parkway from bridge to bridge. Civic planners envision that the riverfront properties condemned under eminent domain, with their pedestrian parks, will spur more residential development. Other major parks include Palmer (north of Highland Park), River Rouge (in the southwest side), and Chene Park (on the east river downtown).

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