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Renaissance structure and Palm
Beach’s grandest hotel (see p326).
The epitome of Palm Beach’s
opulent lifestyle, however, is
Worth Avenue. Stretching
across four blocks from Lake
Worth to the Atlantic Ocean,
this is the town’s best known
thoroughfare. It first became
fashion able with the
construction of the Everglades
Club in 1918, a collaborative
effort between Mizner and his
patron, Paris Singer, heir to
the sewing machine fortune.
Today, Worth Avenue boasts
a spectacular mix of glitzy
fashion bouti ques, art galleries,
and shops.
Picturesque alleyways,
reminiscent of the backstreets
of Spanish villages, connect
with Worth Avenue. These
interlinking pedestrian alleys,
created by Mizner, are a riot
of arches, twisting flights of
stairs, cascading bougain villea,
and courtyards. The Esplanade,
an open-air mall, is at the
eastern end.
The multimillion-dollar
An alleyway along Worth Avenue, Palm Beach’s most exclusive street mansions of Palm Beach are
located in the suburbs. Some
The visitor center, off Route 441, the area between Cocoanut were built by Mizner and his
has a display that explains the Row and South County Road. imitators in the 1920s, but since
Everglades’ eco logy, and there Of these, the Flagler Museum then hundreds of other houses
are also two trails. The Cypress (formerly Whitehall), Flagler’s have proliferated in styles from
Swamp Boardwalk is lined with 55-room winter residence, has a Neo-Classical to Art Deco. The
wax myrtle trees, and the longer grand marble entrance hall, an most easily visible are on a ridge
Marsh Trail is a bird-watcher’s Italian Renaissance library, and along South Ocean Boulevard,
paradise, with ibis, herons, and a Louis XV ballroom. Flagler’s nicknamed “Mansion Row.”
anhingas. Visitors can also spot private railroad car is on display The most elaborate residence,
turtles and alligators. Those with on the South Lawn. Mar-a-Lago (# 1100), is now a
canoes can explore the 5.5-mile To the south, the Society of top-end private club owned
(9-km) canoe trail, and there are the Four Arts, founded in 1936, by millionaire Donald Trump.
also numerous nature walks. has two libraries, an exhibition
space, and an auditorium E Flagler Museum
5 Palm Beach for concerts and films. Other 1 Whitehall Way. Tel (561) 655-2833.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, noon–
interesting buildings include
* 8,500. k £ @ n 45 Cocoanut the Town Hall, built in 1926, the 5pm Sun. Closed Jan 1, Thanksgiving,
Row, (561) 655-3282. Mizner Memorial Park, and The Dec 25. & 7 limited. 8 - =
∑ flaglermuseum.us
Breakers, a mammoth Italian
Essentially a winter resort for
the rich and famous, Palm
Beach was created at the end
of the 19th century by the
railroad baron Henry Flagler.
In the 1920s Addison Mizner
built luxurious Spanish-style
mansions for its residents, a
trend that established its unique
look and influenced future
architectural styles. Palm Beach’s
major sights can be viewed in Flagler Museum at Palm Beach, formerly Henry Flagler’s winter home

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