February 1950 — before the waves of redevelopment that reshaped it forever. Big Spring Park sits at the city’s core, its lagoon drawn like a music note in the earth. US-231 runs directly through the square, carrying traffic south long before Memorial Parkway redirected it. On the south edge, Governors Drive exists as two halves — the Florida Short Route and 5th Avenue. Within 20 years, bulldozers and blueprints would replace huge chucks of what you see.