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As large as it seems, the sinkhole threatening the Woodhill apartments in west Orange County is much smaller and far less damaging than Winter Park’s infamous sinkhole of 1981. On May 8 that ...
In May of 1981, a 350-foot-wide, 75-foot-deep sinkhole opened up in a Winter Park resident’s backyard, swallowing her sycamore tree, three-bedroom home, a nearby car dealership, three Porsches ...
That’s far deeper than other notorious sinkholes like Deep Lake or the 1981 Winter Park sinkhole. But you’re not likely to hear about it. The "Mystery Sink" stretches an estimated 500 feet ...
With its Florida-centric fare, The Chapman taps into the history of Winter Park Not since a sinkhole swallowed an entire city block has there been this significant an opening in Winter Park.
When the Winter Park sinkhole opened in 1981 it swallowed up multiple luxury cars, and almost took out the building that Austin’s Coffee House has occupied for over 20 years.