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Tower Beach, named for a tall observation tower at the site which was later destroyed by a hurricane, had been an amusement area operated from 1928 by the Island Amusement Company by future-Fort Walton Beach mayor Thomas E. Brooks, [14] with a boardwalk, casino, restaurant, dance pavilion, "40 modernly equipped beach cottages", [15] and ...
The Gulfview Hotel Historic District (also known simply as the Gulfview Hotel) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on October 22, 1992) located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The district is at 12 Miracle Strip Parkway, Southeast. It contains 14 historic buildings.
The Brooks Bridge is a four-lane steel and concrete structure that carries highway U.S. Route 98 (US 98) over Santa Rosa Sound (mile 223 of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway) just west of the Choctawhatchee Bay between downtown Fort Walton Beach, Florida and the 3-mile-long (4.8 km) section of Okaloosa Island controlled by the city of Fort Walton Beach.
The water view: Intracoastal Waterway at the Boynton Harbor Marina This family-owned restaurant has anchored Boynton’s Ocean Avenue area since 1978. It's best known for its seafood liked ...
You can even arrive by boat and dock at the restaurant or grab the water shuttle from their sister restaurant Cowfish. 43 Canoe Place Rd., Hampton Bays; 631-594-3544 or rumbahamptonbays.com 7.
Fort Walton Beach: 54.268: 87.336: SR 189 north (Beal Parkway) to SR 85 north – Troy University: 54.501: 87.711: SR 85 Truck north (Eglin Parkway) 54.715: 88.055: SR 85 north (Florida Place) – Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport: No outbound access eastbound: 54.822: 88.227: SR 145 north (Perry Avenue) – To Brooks Street south of US 98 ...
This area had been known as Tower Beach with the establishment of an amusement park, boardwalk and hotel from the mid-1930s. Tower Beach, with a board walk, casino, restaurant and concession stands, and operated by Thomas E. Brooks, of the same family for whom the Brooks Bridge is named, was largely destroyed by fire on Saturday, March 7, 1942.
Rosemary Beach is one of three planned communities on Florida's Gulf coast designed by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. The other two are Seaside and Alys Beach. The three are examples of a style of urban planning known as New Urbanism. Rosemary Beach, designed in 1995, offers shops, restaurants, a hotel, and public green spaces. [3]