Function of City Gates not to be forgotten

Function of City Gates not to be forgotten

After St. Augustine city commissioners approved a second floor hotel addition across St. George Street from the city gates, as well as an adjacent hotel development, Historic City News watched as Robert M. Hall suggested that “the true function of the city gates seems to have been forgotten”.

JAY KISLAK

Kislak tapped to chair federal commission

JAY KISLAK
JAY KISLAK
Federal commissioners appointed to the board that is shepherding the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration have elected Jay I. Kislak, a member of the Board of Trustees for the National Park Foundation, as their chairman during inaugural meeting activities attended by Historic City News.

KEN SALAZAR

Welcome Commissioners

KEN SALAZAR
KEN SALAZAR
The spirits of the hundreds attending this morning’s inaugural meeting of the federally appointed St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission were high; Historic City News Editor Michael Gold reported from the Flagler College Auditorium.