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Pier Sixty-Six is a resort and marina located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Situated on 32 acres, the Pier Sixty-Six property sits on the north and south sides of the 17th Street Causeway Bridge. [1] In 2016, Tavistock Development Company acquired the property and initiated a redevelopment project for Pier Sixty-Six. [2]
Fort Lauderdale (/ ˈ l ɔː d ər d eɪ l / LAW-dər-dayl) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, [7] making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, unlike many cities in the United States, has an official program for recognizing official neighborhoods. Under the Neighborhood Organization Recognition Program, [ 1 ] over 60 distinct neighborhoods have received official recognition from the city.
Frank and Ivy Stranahan, founding pioneers of Fort Lauderdale and the first residents of Las Olas Boulevard. Their trading post Stranahan House is located between the boulevard and New River. Ivy established the first public school in Ft. Lauderdale and later donated the land which would eventually become Stranahan High School. [7]
Fort Lauderdale station is an inter-city rail station located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is served by Brightline 's line between Miami and Orlando . The station is located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, on NW 2nd Avenue between Broward Boulevard and NW 4th Street, adjacent to the Broward County Transit 's Central Terminal. [ 1 ]
After I-95, SR 816 forms the border between Oakland Park and Wilton Manors for 1.2 miles (1.9 km), with an intersection with Powerline Road 0.2 miles (0.32 km) from the interchange. Soon after, SR 816 intersects the Dixie Highway , followed by an intersection with Federal Highway one mile later as the road enters Fort Lauderdale .
Broward Boulevard is an 11.766 miles (18.936 km) [1] [2] long major east–west thoroughfare through Broward County, Florida, mostly designated State Road 842 (SR 842).The western terminus is an intersection with Commodore Drive in Plantation, and it continues east to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Fort Lauderdale.
In February 1925, a state-commissioned census recorded 5,625 people in Fort Lauderdale, [15] and a real-estate boom was in progress in South Florida. While the land rush was focused on the Miami area, communities throughout the region, including Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Boca Raton were swept up in the speculative buying frenzy. A ...