The Golden Age of Spring Break

A look back Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale during the '70s and '80s

By Adam Eisenberg
Metromix

Spring Break ain't what it used to be. At least not in Fort Lauderdale, where government and law-enforcement crackdowns have turned the former Spring Break haven into a squeaky clean, family-friendly destination almost completely devoid of wild college students.

We usually don't condone living in the past, but we'll make an exception as we look back at Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale in the '70s and '80s. Today's college kids could probably learn a thing or two from the people who turned our town into one giant party way back when.