A glorious sight to behold, Roosevelt Drive becomes a street lined with color in the spring. Blooming, bright azaleas line the street as onlookers drive and walk by for a peek as if lining up for the annual Ritzy’s Fantasy of Lights tour in the winter.
These flowering shrubs are part of what made Diane Horn fall in love with her home at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Roosevelt when her family purchased it about 30 years ago. A former resident of Roosevelt Drive once gave the entire neighborhood starts of azaleas which is why the street now is filled with them.
Built in 1931, Horn has kept the original color of the 1,300-square-foot wood home as it captures the initial beauty combined with the colorful azaleas.
“I just loved the landscaping with the azaleas,” she says. “It’s something I could never replace. It would take years to grow them to where they are now.”
Originally pegged as a starter home for the Horns, they soon fell in love with the liveliness of the neighborhood, which has kept them there for three decades.
