Editing Plantation, Florida (section)

=== Gulfstream developments (1964–1979) ===
Following the death of Frederick C. Peters in July 1964, the Peters family sold {{convert|5400|acre|km2}} of undeveloped land west of University Drive (originally named Annapu Road<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/271753592/|title=$1.7 Millions Set For Roads|date=1964-03-25|work=Fort Lauderdale News|access-date=2019-02-04|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|page=7}}</ref><ref name=":6" />) at approximately $3,000 per acre to the Gulfstream Land Development Company, led by president John H. Cleary.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8" /> The land is purchased for the development of the Jacaranda community, the intent of which was to build an equivalent to [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] in Broward County.<ref name=":8" />

Other expansions during this time included Plantation Elementary School in 1965,<ref name=":8" /> The Florida Air Academy in 1969,<ref name=":8" /> Plantation High School (the city's first high school)<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> and Plantation General Hospital (at the time, a 264-bed hospital) in 1966,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-11-08/news/9102150552_1_264-bed-hospital-plantation-general-hospital-nursing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014556/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-11-08/news/9102150552_1_264-bed-hospital-plantation-general-hospital-nursing|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2018|title=Plantation Hospital Looks at Its History During Anniversary|last=Hopkins|first=Mary|date=1991-11-08|work=SunSentinel|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> and a facility for the telecommunications company [[Motorola]] in 1969.<ref name=":8" />

The city's population reached 23,523 by 1970,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://population.us/fl/plantation/|title=Plantation, FL population|website=Population.us|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> and in 1972, a $1.03 million construction bid was accepted for a new city hall, alongside groundbreaking for construction of the Deicke Auditorium.<ref name=":7" />

Plantation Acres (which is designated a Special Public Interest Rural District to protect the natural landscape<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.municode.com/FL/plantation/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH27ZO_ARTVIIDIRE_DIV26SPSPPUINDI_SDBSPLACRUDI|title=Municode Library - Plantation, FL|website=Municode|language=en|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref>) and Melaleuca Isles were annexed into Plantation in 1973.<ref name=":8" /> Deicke Auditorium and the new Plantation City Hall were dedicated in May and December of that year respectively.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":7" /> Also in 1973, the Gulfstream consortium acquired the remaining land from the Peters family holdings. Moving away from Plantation's original rural direction, Gulfstream instead targeted commercial, industrial and home office establishments, beginning agreements with Motorola, American Express, and those who would build the [[Westfield Broward|Broward Mall]].<ref name=":6" /> The Plantation Historical Society was founded the following year by Genevieve Veltri, Dorothy O'Hare, Lois Brickhouse, and Marilyn King, with their first meeting held in the Veltri home, and Veltri elected as the first president.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rmiZRUYNntAC|title=Images of America: Plantation|last=Schuler|first=Shirley|date=2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738594156|pages=6–13, 16, 18, 27, 30, 32, 36–37, 40, 43, 47, 49–50, 52, 55, 66, 68, 74–75, 86, 89, 94–95, 98, 100–101, 103, 105, 111, 114, 116–118, 124–125|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/16455|title=Museum Info - Plantation Historical Society|website=Museums USA|access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref>

Frank Veltri was elected as the city's mayor for the first time in 1975. Veltri became the city's longest-serving mayor, completing six terms over 24 years.<ref name=":8" /> That same year, the financial services company, [[American Express]] moved its 'Southern Region Operations Center' to a newly constructed building in Plantation, beginning with 1,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-03-04/business/8501080380_1_card-holders-operations-center-plantation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017005438/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-03-04/business/8501080380_1_card-holders-operations-center-plantation|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2015|title=An American Express Way To Growth|last=Gale|first=Kevin|date=1985-03-04|work=SunSentinel|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/14735|title=Sign being hoisted during construction of the American Express Southern Regional Operations Center - Plantation, Florida|last=Florida|first=State Library and Archives of|website=Florida Memory|language=en|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref>

During the [[United States Bicentennial|US bicentennial]] celebration in 1976, a 45-foot oak tree was planted in Plantation's Fifth Street Park to represent the [[Liberty Tree]]. The park was renamed Liberty Tree Park as a result.<ref name=":8" /> In 1977, the city and Broward County jointly acquired land which was previously a part of the Peters family farm, and began work on the Plantation Heritage Park, using a grant from the [[Land and Water Conservation Fund]].<ref name=":8" />

The Broward Mall opened in 1978, on what had previously been cow pasture land. At the time, it was the largest mall in the Southern United States, spanning 1 million square feet.<ref name=":21">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-10-30/business/8702020730_1_fashion-mall-mall-site-mall-manager|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014517/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-10-30/business/8702020730_1_fashion-mall-mall-site-mall-manager|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2018|title=Broward Mall Submits Proposal For Expansion|last=Wallace|first=David|date=1987-10-30|work=SunSentinel|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> 1978 was also the year of the city's [[Silver jubilee|silver anniversary]], celebrated with three days of events and included the burying of a [[time capsule]] to be updated every 25 years.<ref name=":8" />

In 1979, the Florida Air Academy closed, and the land was sold to the Jewish Community Center.<ref name=":8" />

The final home of mobster [[John Roselli]] (born 1905), liaison and [[Fixer (person)|fixer]] for the [[Chicago Outfit]] in Hollywood, Los Angeles and the Las Vegas Strip was, until June 28, 1976, at his sister Enid and brother-in-law Joseph Daigle's residence at 5220 SW 10th Court, and his murdered body was found in a steel drum in Dumfoundling Bay in Miami on August 9.<ref>Rappeleye, Charles; Becker, Ed (1991); ''All American Mafioso; The Johnny Rosselli Story'', Doubleday, pp.1-8 {{ ISBN|0385266766}}</ref><ref>[[Lee Server|Server, Lee]] (2018); ''Handsome Johnny: The Criminal Life of Johnny Rosselli, The Mob’s Man in Hollywood'', Virgin Books. {{ISBN|0753522306}}</ref><ref name=Tucker>Tucker, William; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=15088600&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjMwMzM4OTY0MiwiaWF0IjoxNjA5MDA2NDA2LCJleHAiOjE2MDkwOTI4MDZ9.KJcvLKkDlnd1_W79fPMQH9dB_8huFSVPP5bo82YE5jo "Killers gave Roselli drink, shot him in belly"], ''The Miami News'', p.4., August 10, 1976. Retrieved December 26, 2020.</ref>