Kitchens from Florida's citrus-shipping capital
Largo's population boomed 500% between 1910 and 1930 during its run as the state's top citrus-shipping town, and the modest homes built quickly to house that growth typically included small, utilitarian kitchens rather than the larger great-room-adjacent layouts common today. Few nearby kitchens were built to quite that same modest, utilitarian early-1900s standard.
What that means for a kitchen remodel
A remodel in one of these boom-era Largo homes often means expanding into an adjacent room, since the original kitchen footprint was rarely built with expansion in mind. Assuming a boom-era kitchen footprint can simply be upgraded in place often disappoints.
Project paths
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Clearwater planning combines redevelopment, historic resources, coastal flood risk, and stormwater management. Barrier-island and mainland properties can have materially different elevation, wind, corrosion, and permit requirements.