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Hanson's Shoe Repair
Business Traveler US
|March 2023
Orlando certainly has more to offer than just a universe of theme parks. One place in particular is a clandestine throwback to the 1920s Prohibition era
I heard whispers about Hanson's Shoe Repair, a hidden bar on the rooftop of downtown's Hanson Building. Built in 1884, it is considered the city's oldest structure, and featured Orlando's first electric sign. In 1894, Andrew Hanson acquired it to house his cobbler shop.
This story is from the March 2023 edition of Business Traveler US.
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