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I'm sure you've noticed over the last few years that Orlando has been rebuilt and rebranded as a “PG-13” town. A beautiful, safe place to take the kids out for a good time without anything offensive or remotely entertaining taking place. But a good many of us remember when our city wore a distinctly R-rated mask after the sun went down. A place where if you didn't walk on the wild side, you could at least peek into the window to see what you were missing.
I know. I was there for its last gasp. So I have to ask: where has that piece of our city gone? And how do we take it back?
The "Downtown Entertainment Zone". The often presented, never implemented, savior of Downtown Orlando. In a nutshell, it's a few city blocks, zoned off quarantine-style (think zombie flicks) with roadblocks and police officers between a set period of hours each night.