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The Flamingo Park Historic Residential District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on July 14, 2000) located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district is bounded by Park Place, Parker Avenue, Belvedere Road, and Florida Avenue. It contains 458 historic buildings.
West Palm Beach: Demolished in 1990. [8] 4: Hibiscus Apartments: Hibiscus Apartments: May 10, 1984 (#84000935) January 4, 2012: 619 Hibiscus Street: West Palm Beach: Destroyed by fire May 1, 1989. [9] Macy's built on site. 5: Palm Beach Winter Club
In 1894, Henry Flagler's railroad arrived and the Town of West Palm Beach incorporated. The Town's population doubled in the 1900s and quadrupled during the next decade, when a few houses were built in the historic district. The El Cid Neighborhood was primarily a product of the 1920s Land Boom, when the Town's population doubled again.
The west end of the neighborhood is Howard Park, the largest urban park in West Palm Beach. Howard Park contains the historic Stub Canal Turning Basin, originally used for unloading crops grown to the west, including the central portions of the state near Lake Okeechobee , for shipment to the North.
West Palm Beach is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. [12] It is the oldest incorporated municipality in the South Florida area, incorporated as a city two years before Miami in November 1894. West Palm Beach is located approximately 68 miles (109 km) north of Downtown Miami.
West Palm Beach became incorporated in 1894, making it the oldest municipality in Palm Beach County. During many decades, the Northwest neighborhood hosted the local segregated black community that prospered and added their own identity and culture to the city. The district is bounded by Tamarind Avenue, 11th Street, Rosemary Avenue, and 3rd ...
The Old Northwood Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on April 14, 1994) located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district is bounded by Broadway, North Dixie Highway and 26th and 35th Streets. [3] It contains 320 historic buildings. [4]
Pleasant City is a neighborhood in West Palm Beach, Florida north of 15th Street, and east of Dunbar Village and the Florida East Coast Railway.Established in 1905 and incorporated into the city limits in 1912, it was developed for African-American workers who were employed at area hotels and other businesses.