The Little Econlockhatchee: Union Park’s River
The Little Econ is the smaller sibling of the Econlockhatchee, a St. Johns tributary that bends through Union Park’s parkland — the natural fact that organises the whole community.
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Author: Staff Reports
Where to Eat in Union Park: The Colonial Corridor Feeds It
No ranked restaurants sit inside Union Park and none are invented here. The community eats on East Colonial Drive — its own working strip — and at East Orlando’s ranked tables, labelled as theirs.
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The Little Econ Greenway: 7.4 Miles of Paved River
From Alafaya Trail to Forsyth Road, through Blanchard Park: the Little Econ Greenway is Union Park’s linear park, its commute for cyclists and its daily argument that the east side is wilder than it looks.
Read MoreUnion Park: The River Community East of Downtown
Union Park is 10,452 people astride East Colonial Drive in unincorporated Orange County — defined less by its corridor than by the river behind it: the Little Econ, Blanchard Park and 7.4 miles of greenway.
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Blanchard Park: 84 Acres on the Little Econ
Jay Blanchard Park is Union Park’s front yard: 84 acres of Orange County parkland on the Little Econ River at Dean Road — fields, courts, playgrounds, a YMCA family center and the greenway running through.
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Azalea Park as a Base: The East Side’s Day Trips
Downtown in minutes, UCF up the corridor, the coast an hour east on SR-50: from Azalea Park’s grid, the day trips radiate — each with its own hub and its own name.
Read MoreThe Chickasaw Side: Azalea Park’s Eastern Streets
Chickasaw Trail gives Azalea Park’s eastern half its name and its school; the corridor toward the SR-408 and the east side’s growth is where the community’s future presses in.
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The Airport on the Boundary: Orlando Executive and Azalea Park
Orlando Executive Airport — Orlando’s original municipal airfield — forms Azalea Park’s northwestern boundary, with Lake Barton at its edge. The community that lives beside the runways.
Read MoreDate Night From Azalea Park: West to the Ranked Tables
Azalea Park holds no ranked tables, so its evening runs west — Colonialtown’s tucked-away dining streets and downtown’s lake, labelled with their home areas — and home to the quiet grid.
Read MoreOut of Azalea Park: Five Miles From Downtown, Wired Like It
SR-408 at the doorstep, Colonial Drive north, Semoran to the airport, an executive airport on the boundary: Azalea Park’s connections are the strongest thing about its map.
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