West Palm Beach looks forward to emphasizing its African-American past
Tony Doris and Eliot Kleinberg
Palm Beach Post
WEST PALM BEACH While it s Black History Month across America, West Palm Beach boasts more than a century of Black history and is taking steps to highlight that year-round.
There are multiple sites and neighborhood streets that speak to the historical significance of the Black community in West Palm Beach. Tamarind, Henrietta, Sapodilla and Rosemary (avenues), you almost have the whole history of the community, says former City Commissioner Ike Robinson, who made an early push for the Sunset Lounge renovation and is pressing current city leaders to open a museum devoted to the city s African-American heritage. This city has so much rich history, it is not funny.
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Double the space, double the views in Palm Beach Towers
Len and Janine Epstein combined two units to create a spacious lakeside apartment near the Flagler Memorial Bridge in Palm Beach.
Christine Davis
Special to the Daily News
Amid the flurry of real estate transactions in Palm Beach of late, condominium owners Len and Janine Epstein are among those selling and they also plan to buy.
In 2018, they bought two units, B519-520, at Palm Beach Towers and now, after merging them into one and enjoying the result, they’ve decided to downsize to a smaller unit in the same Midtown development.
Henry Flagler s retirement plan: develop Florida s east coast
Would Miami be as exotic if it had been named Flagler?
It’s hard to say, but the reality is, in the late 19th century, south Floridians nearly named their port city for the railroad magnate who made easy access there possible.
“He was offered to have Miami named after him. He didn’t want that,” said Edwin L. Lamont, docent for the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. “It was for two reasons. One, he truly was a humble man. I think the other reason is, this was the time of the yellow press, and to have your name on things like that, it was just more opportunity for the yellow press to take a shot at you.”