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Lake Wales revitalization plan envisions a city in a garden
Gary White, The Ledger
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An artist s rendering shows how D Street in the Northwest neighborhood of Lake Wales could look after a revitalization plan is carried out. The plan suggests curving the street s edges to create tree-planting pockets.
Lake Wales is synonymous with botanical bounty.
The city is known throughout Florida and beyond as the home of Bok Tower Gardens, a 92-year-old attraction esteemed for its “singing” edifice and for its acres of meticulously cultivated landscapes.
The designer of Bok Tower Gardens also created a master plan for the city’s core, envisioning Lake Wales as a verdant hamlet speckled with small parks. But city leaders never fully translated that design into reality. ....

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