Downtown Fort Myers

The word "downtown" make you think a secrete place where the adults goes to be free. A place where everybody with different background and with one common goal is to relax and let loose. A place where you are not judge by the color of your skin, gender, and sexual preference.

Some of the “nods to history” that I saw in the tour was the homage to the Olympians, the only museum in the world that displays the artworks of past Olympians.  Several monuments dedicated to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, the great inventors, who all once resided in Fort Myers.  There are even several historical plaques, which mark a certain time in history involving the Calusa natives, amongst other significant moments in time, placed throughout the downtown area. One of my favorite art work was the tile mosaic depicting the history of Southwest Florida. The images included, the Seminole Indians, frontiersmen, and the World War II infantries positioned in this area.

A lot of the building built in WWII is being used today.  This is sustainable when thinking about the cost and environmental effects of new construction.