Palm Beach: An Architectural Legacy

by Polly Anne Earl

Book Overview

In 1894, Palm Beach leaped to world prominence as a winter playground with the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler's Royal Poinciana Hotel. In 1920's Palm Beach's
extravagant lifestyle reached its height, and grand sprawling Mediterranean-style mansions abounded. By the 1980s, financial prosperity and an economic boom, which was accompanied by an onslaught of redevelopment, threatened Palm Beach's world famous architectural heritage.

Palm...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847825108
• ISBN13: 9780847825103
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.3" x 11.6"