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December 21, 2021

Fort Lauderdale's 1939 Coca-Cola plant getting $3.1M rehab

  • Officials are bringing back three picture windows, where kids watched workers inside make Coke.
    • By LISA J. HURIASH
    South Florida Sun Sentinel

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Long gone is a Coca-Cola bottling plant from the late 1930s that became a source of pride for Fort Lauderdale. It symbolized how the city was big and important enough to attract one, bringing with it jobs and a boost to the economy. And the plant's huge display windows let families enjoy watching the workers bottle soft drinks.

    Now, Broward County is well underway with restoring this old landmark — at 644 S. Andrews Ave., situated just south of a Publix supermarket — to its former splendor in the city's downtown. At least from the outside, it will start to resemble what it looked like more than 80 years ago with dozens of replica windows and the same color scheme of paint.


     
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