Bayshore Gardens

Bayshore Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 17,350 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bradenton - Sarasota - Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.HistoryBayshore Gardens was built when Sarasota was expanding northward and Bradenton was starting to expand to the south. Bayshore Gardens history had started in 1955 when three real estate developers Gus Berne, Sidney Newman and Lawrence Morton when property was being bought up from property owners. The cost of it was about $150,000,00 to $200,000,000 one of the largest commercial development in Manatee County at the time. First, came the installation of a sewage system, a water plant, laying out of roads and a drainage system. The developers intended that there should be functional beauty and utility. The roads were designed to have gentle curves for authentic reasons and to prevent traffic issues. In 1959 the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that "Over 600 families and almost 2,000 people inhabit Bayshore Gardens at the present time. With future growth anticipated at nearly 10,000 families..."