Robert C. Broward
By Victoria Register-Freeman Author and award winning architect Robert C. “Bob” Broward stood recently in his former San Marco office and greeted family, friends, former colleagues and admirers. The office, repurposed by his daughter Kristanna Broward Barnes and architect Catherine Duncan, is now available for rent as creative space to architects, engineers, contractors, graphic designers, [...]
Paula Denman Webb
By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News When San Marco resident Pauline Denman Webb was sent to the small Pacific island of Tinian during World War II, she truly didn’t understand the magnitude of the war she had entered. Tinian had been captured by U.S. forces in July of 1944 and soon became one [...]
Marsha Leibo Pollock and Deborah Mizrahi Katz – Junior High and Beyond
By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News When Marsha Leibo Pollock and Deborah Mizrahi Katz entered junior high together, the two had already been friends for many years. They recall their remaining years of school to be equally as fun as the first ones. Their 7th grade classes met in Swaim Memorial Methodist because it [...]
Tommy Madison
Standing in his glass enclosed river room high above the St. Johns, Tommy Madison looks like a captain on the bow of his ship. His Beau Rivage view encompasses the skyscrapers of Downtown and sweeps south to the Naval Air Station. His personal geography is spread out below him. “I was born in 1931 and [...]
Marsha Leibo Pollock & Deborah Mizrahi Katz
Part 1 – The Elementary School Years By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News There is nothing sweeter than childhood friendships. Marsha Leibo Pollock and Deborah Mizrahi Katz go way, way back – all the way back to grade school. They were both born and raised here, and they have stayed close. Katz recently retired [...]
Vincent Walker
By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News If you have anything to do with hunting, or are a gun aficionado, you may already know Vince Walker. He is the “go-to” gun guy at Curry Thomas Hardware, holding court three days a week while he gunsmiths. Well, that’s what he claims to be doing anyway. [...]
Violet Coleman Parker
Violet Coleman Parker is a Historic District dweller who embraces the challenge of change. Born at home in 1924, Parker and her five brothers and sisters lived upstairs above their father’s Riverside grocery store until William Coleman lost his store in the years just prior to the Depression. In 1928 the Coleman family moved into [...]
Lillian Marie Hefinger Walker
In a recent article on positive aging, an expert said, “Engage in life as much as you can. It takes energy. But if you don’t find your center point, you’ll end up drifting through life sideways.” Lillian Walker could have authored that article. Celebrating her 100th birthday on November 22, 2012, Walker was surrounded by [...]
