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College Park

Princeton Elementary

College Park Publix

The Wellesley

Edgewater Drive

Retirees so dominated Orlando’s College Park in the early 1970s that there was a talk of closing Princeton Elementary, a well-regarded school that had stood since the neighborhood was platted in the 1920s.

Today, although the demographics may be changing, much about this beloved Orlando neighborhood remains the same. The 80-year-old commercial district along Edgewater Drive has always been home to an array of delightful mom-and-pop shops and eclectic eateries. The streets have always been quiet and the homes are well kept and charming.

So protective are College Park residents of their neighborhood that they banded together to protest the removal of circa-1950s sign adorning the local Publix supermarket. The grocery chain quickly dropped its plans and restored the sign to its original Eisenhower-age splendor.

Much of the talk in College Park these days is over mixed-use condominium, office and retail developments such as the Wellesley, a five-story, $48 million project on the corner of Edgewater and Princeton Avenue, in the heart of the community’s Mayberryesque main drag.