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1973 Map of Sarasota

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Sarasota
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Sarasota's coastal development and intricate barrier island network are captured here during a period of significant growth. The urban core, centered around Main St and Fruitville Road, extends south toward Sarasota Heights and the waterfront at Bay Point. On the mainland, the Seaboard Coast Line railroad and the Tamiami Trail provide the primary transit corridors, while numerous schools like Booker Schools and the Sarasota Vocational Sch reflect the community's mid-century expansion.

Across the Sarasota Bay, the map details the planned layout of St Armands Key, featuring its distinctive St Armands Circle and residential streets named for presidents. The landscape is defined by its relationship with the water, from the industrial Payne Terminal and the Intracostal Waterway to the residential finger canals of Bird Key and Longboat Key. Natural waterways like Phillippi Creek and Hudson Bayou carve into the mainland, meeting the saltwater of Roberts Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.