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The History of Clematis Street & West Palm Beach Henry Flagler A history of the Clematis Street District or of West Palm Beach cannot be told without mentioning the name of Henry Flagler. Anyone who has been in Florida for even a short amount of time will recognize the name. It's all over Florida roads, bridges and beaches as well as countless other monuments and museums. Flagler's Dream: Palm Beach Henry Flagler co-founded Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller and also built the Florida railroad from Jacksonville to Key West. He came to the West Palm Beach area in 1893. After being impressed with the natural beauty of the area, he sought to create the most famous resort in the world, Palm Beach. The resort would be conveniently accessible by his own railroad. He built two major hotels, The Breakers and the Royal Poinciana Hotel (later destroyed by a hurricane). He also built what is now West Palm Beach directly across Lake Worth for the service people who worked on the island and as a commercial district. Clematis Street Not only is it one of the trendiest places to be today, it also boasts a long and important history. Clematis Street began as the main thoroughfare of West Palm Beach in the early 20th century. It connected the train station on the west with the ferry to Palm Beach Island on the east. Early 20th Century: Storefronts logically multiplied and lined each way, as Clematis became the "Main Street" of West Palm Beach. The commuters of the day would traverse Clematis Street and frequent these shops before and after work, much like we do today. It's many older buildings display a fascinating journey through South Florida history. Automobiles Change Everything Eventually automobiles, bridges and highways replaced the train, ferry and buggies as the main means of transportation. While once the train station was the link to the outside world, visitors could now arrive via various routes. Okeechobee Boulevard would eventually become the main connection from route 95 over to Palm Beach and Clematis Street would lose its steady flow of passers-by. As the area progressed, suburban sprawl contributed to the growth of metropolitan West Palm Beach, yet the downtown business area remained. The Downtown Development Authority In 1967 the Downtown Development Authority was created to impact Downtown's economic conditions, formulate long-range plans for improving the appeal and accessibility of Downtown facilities, promoting their use, providing remedy to any deterioration of Downtown property values, and most importantly, retaining and attracting businesses to Clematis Street. In short, the DDA works to retain and attract business and to protect the investments of its constituents. Largely due to the Downtown Development Authority Clematis Street is still considered the Main Street of West Palm Beach. The Future of Clematis Street The Downtown Development Authority posts the Master Plan on it's website, which reviews the past, present and future of West Palm Beach. To read more, click here. Information gathered from the Downtown Development Authority and the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches. Photographs Courtesy of the Florida State Archives. Keywords - Downtown West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Hotels Things to Do in West Palm Beach Clematis Street Restaurants Cityplace Clematis Street Nightclubs West Palm Beach Airport The Breakers Palm Beach Sunfest Northwood Homes for Sale in West Palm Beach
Join us for a step-by-step painting class where you get to bring your favorite food and drinks! We can teach anyone to paint (yes, even those of you who can't draw a stick person). Be prepared for a fun night out filled with paint, drinks, and beautiful creations! We can't wait to paint with you!
Legends of Xscape is a fun, interactive game. While it looks like any other ordinary room, it’s actually a mystery puzzle. Find the hidden objects, figure out the clues and solve the puzzles to earn your freedom and make the “Xscape.” You have 60 minutes, so be quick! Come with your friends, family and coworkers and have a great time.
One of the most anticipated events of the season, the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show will celebrate its 14th year as a hallmark to the community when it returns to the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Presidents’ Day weekend, February 15-21, 2017. With the collections of more than 160 international exhibitors to choose from, the 2017 show will boast a stunning selection of art, antiques and jewelry and will draw tens of thousands of private collectors, museum curators, investors and interior designers who are eager to view and purchase some of the most unique and coveted treasures in the world Purchase tickets at www.PalmBeachShow.com
Escape games utilize your intelligence, intuition, and collaborative skills to give you the time of your life. You and your team have one hour to decode puzzles, solve riddles, and overcome challenges to escape the room.Our Escape Room venue is located down town West Palm Beach and we offer 5 different Escape Rooms to choose from.
The Everglades Club is the preeminent social club in Palm Beach, Florida. When its construction began in July 1918 it was to be called the Touchstone Convalescent Club and was intended to be a hospital for the wounded of World War I. But the war ended a few months later and it changed into a private club before it was able to open as a hospital.HistoryParis Singer (1867-1932) was an immensely wealthy man in the early 20th century. Singer's father, Isaac Singer (1811-1875), had invented the sewing machine and Paris Singer had an income of one million dollars a year at this time.Paris Singer and his friend, the architect Addison Mizner (1872-1933), were visiting Palm Beach in the Spring of 1918. Singer decided to build a hospital with Mizner as the architect. Singer had already built three hospitals in France for the wounded. It was during World War I when only war related buildings could be built. Construction began in July. Singer purchased laboratory and surgical equipment.However, as World War I ended, the hospital was reinvisioned as a private club. There was a main building, eight separate villas, tennis courts, a parking garage across the street, and a yacht basin. The club opened on 25 January 1919. Paris Singer was the President of the club and he decided who could become a member. For its second season in 1920, Mizner supervised the construction of a nine-hole golf course and the landscaping of the club's 60 acres. He also built an addition to the club on Worth Avenue with eleven apartments and sixteen shops.
ABOUT SUPERCAR WEEK |||||||||||||||||||||||| THE ART & TECHNOLOGY OF SPEED & DESIGN Determined to make Palm Beach County the destination for auto enthusiasts around the world every January, the producers and their sponsors present the 4th Annual SUPERCAR SUPERSHOW and the 3rd annual SUPERCAR WEEK in January 2014. The largest South Florida event of its kind, the Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is open to the public as a FREE ADMISSION event and is the Grand Finale to a full week of Palm Beach County public and VIP auto enthusiasts events entitled SuperCar Week. The Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is a free family day outing on the new West Palm Beach Flagler Drive Waterfront, starting at the Downtown Clematis Street fountains and Centennial Square and on Flagler Drive from Banyan Street to Lakeview Avenue. See Site Map for location details. The SuperCar SuperShow center stage host celebrity broadcaster and media personality Tim Byrd, “The Byrdman” has been the official “voice of” and Master of Ceremonies since the SuperCar events inception. Live music, performances and dance music provided by South Florida’s premier DJs and bands provide an entertainment backdrop to the event. Each year, SuperCar Week & SuperCar SuperShow celebrate the art & technology of speed and design and the passion of the creators, collectors and the individual and privileged owners of the most significant cars in the world. Hundreds of Super cars are on display on the West Palm Beach Waterfront. The VIP / Sponsors area is reserved for VIPs, Sponsors and their guests and features complimentary catering exclusively for VIPs, Sponsors and their guests. Also, a series of VIP and other open to the public events throughout Palm Beach County offer residents and visiting enthusiats a full SuperCar Week, culminating Sunday on the Waterfront for the SUPERCAR SUPERSHOW. Additional Events are also produced throughout the year BECOME A SUPERCAR WEEK SPONSOR |||||||||||||||||||||||| SUPERCAR WEEK SPONSORSHIPS FREE to the public, SUPERCAR SUPERSHOW is only made possible by generous sponsorships from local, regional, national and international companies and individuals that rally together for this once a year spectacular event throughout Palm Beach County and on the West Palm Beach Waterfront, reaching South Florida resients, tourists and the luxury market. The public showcasing of the latest and greatest art and technology of speed and design takes considerable effort from our core group of volunteers and the City of West Palm Beach. Below are the categories of available sponsorship levels and special events.
Located in the heart of West Palm Beach, Florida, the Grandview Heights neighborhood is adjacent to many downtown landmarks, including Howard Park, the Norton Museum of Art, CityPlace and the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
The Via Mizner is a historic site in Palm Beach, Florida. It is located at 337-339 Worth Avenue. On April 1, 1993, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.A “via” is derived from the Latin word meaning “way” or “path” and is defined by the World English Dictionary as a “way, road, channel, course of uncertain origin.”Via Mizner meanders approximately eighty-five yards and connects Palm Beach’s premier shopping street, Worth Avenue, to Peruvian Avenue, one city block to the north.The Via was created by the eccentric, visionary architect, Addison Mizner in 1923 after he had completed the Everglades Club (1918), his first major project in Palm Beach, Florida. Via Mizner is located across Worth Avenue from the-still exclusive club.Caroline Seebohn, author of “Boca Rococo, How Addison Mizner Invented Florida’s Gold Coast” explains a Via as follows:"Medieval Spanish castles had contained within their fortified walls what might be called ‘inner cities,’ where the soldiers and castle employees lived and worked. These walled urban areas were later transformed into commercial spaces.” Addison Mizner added: “They (the commercial spaces) usually faced on small winding streets and were entirely open to the people who traversed the narrow pathways."It was in this spirit that Mizner set out to create Via Mizner. The result is a European-type, pedestrian village with complex, charming and irregular buildings that house shops, offices and residences. Via Mizner (and adjacent Via Parigi) is an interesting combination of Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture mixed with a touch of old Venice, adapted to South Florida’s tropical climate. The roofs are terracotta barrel tiles while the white stucco walls are punctuated with numerous, irregular shaped windows, wooden balconies, pecky-cypress accents and balustrades, many with decorative ironwork details. The staircases leading up to the residential units have risers made of colorful ceramic tiles while occasional palm trees reminds us of the tropical setting.
The Paramount Theatre Building is a historic movie palace and theater at 145 North County Road and Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida.HistoryIt was designed in the Moorish Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles by Joseph Urban in 1926. Urban also designed the nearby Mar-a-Lago and the Palm Beach Bath and Tennis Club.By contrast to the Ziegfeld Theatre (1927), which Urban designed to bathe the audience in warmth and a general atmosphere of colorful gaiety, the Paramount Theatre employs simple lines and a cool, leisured palette of silver and green. "The theatre," Urban explained, "is not an escape from the life around, but a part of it, fitting into the rhythm of the community. The architecture of the Paramount Theatre … is accordingly simple, spacious, Southern."On December 12, 1973, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.ChurchThe Paramount Theatre Building now houses the Paramount Church, a non-denominational Christian church. The Senior Pastor and Founder of Paramount Church is Rev. Dwight Stevens.
The Alfred J. Comeau House is a historic home in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 701 Flamingo Drive. On March 24, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a contributing property to the Flamingo Park Historic Residential District.
The Palm Beach Daily News Building is a historic site in Palm Beach, Florida. It is located at 204 Brazilian Avenue. On December 24, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Join us for a step-by-step painting class where you get to bring your favorite food and drinks! We can teach anyone to paint (yes, even those of you who can't draw a stick person). Be prepared for a fun night out filled with paint, drinks, and beautiful creations! We can't wait to paint with you!
Legends of Xscape is a fun, interactive game. While it looks like any other ordinary room, it’s actually a mystery puzzle. Find the hidden objects, figure out the clues and solve the puzzles to earn your freedom and make the “Xscape.” You have 60 minutes, so be quick! Come with your friends, family and coworkers and have a great time.
The History of Clematis Street & West Palm Beach Henry Flagler A history of the Clematis Street District or of West Palm Beach cannot be told without mentioning the name of Henry Flagler. Anyone who has been in Florida for even a short amount of time will recognize the name. It's all over Florida roads, bridges and beaches as well as countless other monuments and museums. Flagler's Dream: Palm Beach Henry Flagler co-founded Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller and also built the Florida railroad from Jacksonville to Key West. He came to the West Palm Beach area in 1893. After being impressed with the natural beauty of the area, he sought to create the most famous resort in the world, Palm Beach. The resort would be conveniently accessible by his own railroad. He built two major hotels, The Breakers and the Royal Poinciana Hotel (later destroyed by a hurricane). He also built what is now West Palm Beach directly across Lake Worth for the service people who worked on the island and as a commercial district. Clematis Street Not only is it one of the trendiest places to be today, it also boasts a long and important history. Clematis Street began as the main thoroughfare of West Palm Beach in the early 20th century. It connected the train station on the west with the ferry to Palm Beach Island on the east. Early 20th Century: Storefronts logically multiplied and lined each way, as Clematis became the "Main Street" of West Palm Beach. The commuters of the day would traverse Clematis Street and frequent these shops before and after work, much like we do today. It's many older buildings display a fascinating journey through South Florida history. Automobiles Change Everything Eventually automobiles, bridges and highways replaced the train, ferry and buggies as the main means of transportation. While once the train station was the link to the outside world, visitors could now arrive via various routes. Okeechobee Boulevard would eventually become the main connection from route 95 over to Palm Beach and Clematis Street would lose its steady flow of passers-by. As the area progressed, suburban sprawl contributed to the growth of metropolitan West Palm Beach, yet the downtown business area remained. The Downtown Development Authority In 1967 the Downtown Development Authority was created to impact Downtown's economic conditions, formulate long-range plans for improving the appeal and accessibility of Downtown facilities, promoting their use, providing remedy to any deterioration of Downtown property values, and most importantly, retaining and attracting businesses to Clematis Street. In short, the DDA works to retain and attract business and to protect the investments of its constituents. Largely due to the Downtown Development Authority Clematis Street is still considered the Main Street of West Palm Beach. The Future of Clematis Street The Downtown Development Authority posts the Master Plan on it's website, which reviews the past, present and future of West Palm Beach. To read more, click here. Information gathered from the Downtown Development Authority and the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches. Photographs Courtesy of the Florida State Archives. Keywords - Downtown West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Hotels Things to Do in West Palm Beach Clematis Street Restaurants Cityplace Clematis Street Nightclubs West Palm Beach Airport The Breakers Palm Beach Sunfest Northwood Homes for Sale in West Palm Beach
ABOUT SUPERCAR WEEK |||||||||||||||||||||||| THE ART & TECHNOLOGY OF SPEED & DESIGN Determined to make Palm Beach County the destination for auto enthusiasts around the world every January, the producers and their sponsors present the 4th Annual SUPERCAR SUPERSHOW and the 3rd annual SUPERCAR WEEK in January 2014. The largest South Florida event of its kind, the Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is open to the public as a FREE ADMISSION event and is the Grand Finale to a full week of Palm Beach County public and VIP auto enthusiasts events entitled SuperCar Week. The Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is a free family day outing on the new West Palm Beach Flagler Drive Waterfront, starting at the Downtown Clematis Street fountains and Centennial Square and on Flagler Drive from Banyan Street to Lakeview Avenue. See Site Map for location details. The SuperCar SuperShow center stage host celebrity broadcaster and media personality Tim Byrd, “The Byrdman” has been the official “voice of” and Master of Ceremonies since the SuperCar events inception. Live music, performances and dance music provided by South Florida’s premier DJs and bands provide an entertainment backdrop to the event. Each year, SuperCar Week & SuperCar SuperShow celebrate the art & technology of speed and design and the passion of the creators, collectors and the individual and privileged owners of the most significant cars in the world. Hundreds of Super cars are on display on the West Palm Beach Waterfront. The VIP / Sponsors area is reserved for VIPs, Sponsors and their guests and features complimentary catering exclusively for VIPs, Sponsors and their guests. Also, a series of VIP and other open to the public events throughout Palm Beach County offer residents and visiting enthusiats a full SuperCar Week, culminating Sunday on the Waterfront for the SUPERCAR SUPERSHOW. Additional Events are also produced throughout the year BECOME A SUPERCAR WEEK SPONSOR |||||||||||||||||||||||| SUPERCAR WEEK SPONSORSHIPS FREE to the public, SUPERCAR SUPERSHOW is only made possible by generous sponsorships from local, regional, national and international companies and individuals that rally together for this once a year spectacular event throughout Palm Beach County and on the West Palm Beach Waterfront, reaching South Florida resients, tourists and the luxury market. The public showcasing of the latest and greatest art and technology of speed and design takes considerable effort from our core group of volunteers and the City of West Palm Beach. Below are the categories of available sponsorship levels and special events.
The Everglades Club is the preeminent social club in Palm Beach, Florida. When its construction began in July 1918 it was to be called the Touchstone Convalescent Club and was intended to be a hospital for the wounded of World War I. But the war ended a few months later and it changed into a private club before it was able to open as a hospital.HistoryParis Singer (1867-1932) was an immensely wealthy man in the early 20th century. Singer's father, Isaac Singer (1811-1875), had invented the sewing machine and Paris Singer had an income of one million dollars a year at this time.Paris Singer and his friend, the architect Addison Mizner (1872-1933), were visiting Palm Beach in the Spring of 1918. Singer decided to build a hospital with Mizner as the architect. Singer had already built three hospitals in France for the wounded. It was during World War I when only war related buildings could be built. Construction began in July. Singer purchased laboratory and surgical equipment.However, as World War I ended, the hospital was reinvisioned as a private club. There was a main building, eight separate villas, tennis courts, a parking garage across the street, and a yacht basin. The club opened on 25 January 1919. Paris Singer was the President of the club and he decided who could become a member. For its second season in 1920, Mizner supervised the construction of a nine-hole golf course and the landscaping of the club's 60 acres. He also built an addition to the club on Worth Avenue with eleven apartments and sixteen shops.
The Via Mizner is a historic site in Palm Beach, Florida. It is located at 337-339 Worth Avenue. On April 1, 1993, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.A “via” is derived from the Latin word meaning “way” or “path” and is defined by the World English Dictionary as a “way, road, channel, course of uncertain origin.”Via Mizner meanders approximately eighty-five yards and connects Palm Beach’s premier shopping street, Worth Avenue, to Peruvian Avenue, one city block to the north.The Via was created by the eccentric, visionary architect, Addison Mizner in 1923 after he had completed the Everglades Club (1918), his first major project in Palm Beach, Florida. Via Mizner is located across Worth Avenue from the-still exclusive club.Caroline Seebohn, author of “Boca Rococo, How Addison Mizner Invented Florida’s Gold Coast” explains a Via as follows:"Medieval Spanish castles had contained within their fortified walls what might be called ‘inner cities,’ where the soldiers and castle employees lived and worked. These walled urban areas were later transformed into commercial spaces.” Addison Mizner added: “They (the commercial spaces) usually faced on small winding streets and were entirely open to the people who traversed the narrow pathways."It was in this spirit that Mizner set out to create Via Mizner. The result is a European-type, pedestrian village with complex, charming and irregular buildings that house shops, offices and residences. Via Mizner (and adjacent Via Parigi) is an interesting combination of Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture mixed with a touch of old Venice, adapted to South Florida’s tropical climate. The roofs are terracotta barrel tiles while the white stucco walls are punctuated with numerous, irregular shaped windows, wooden balconies, pecky-cypress accents and balustrades, many with decorative ironwork details. The staircases leading up to the residential units have risers made of colorful ceramic tiles while occasional palm trees reminds us of the tropical setting.
The Paramount Theatre Building is a historic movie palace and theater at 145 North County Road and Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida.HistoryIt was designed in the Moorish Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles by Joseph Urban in 1926. Urban also designed the nearby Mar-a-Lago and the Palm Beach Bath and Tennis Club.By contrast to the Ziegfeld Theatre (1927), which Urban designed to bathe the audience in warmth and a general atmosphere of colorful gaiety, the Paramount Theatre employs simple lines and a cool, leisured palette of silver and green. "The theatre," Urban explained, "is not an escape from the life around, but a part of it, fitting into the rhythm of the community. The architecture of the Paramount Theatre … is accordingly simple, spacious, Southern."On December 12, 1973, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.ChurchThe Paramount Theatre Building now houses the Paramount Church, a non-denominational Christian church. The Senior Pastor and Founder of Paramount Church is Rev. Dwight Stevens.