Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach by Barbara D. Hoffstot,Arthur P., Jr. Ziegler

By Barbara D. Hoffstot,Arthur P., Jr. Ziegler

Palm seashore is a remarkably small city to be so well-known; its inhabitants is just a bit over 10,000. neither is it an previous city: the oldest extant construction dates from approximately 1885, and town itself used to be now not included till after 1900. What has granted Palm seashore its repute is identical mixture of parts that made bathtub well-known within the 18th century: a really few clear-sighted men—they should be counted at the arms of 1 hand, prosperous households drawn to what those males needed to provide, and a few notable structure equipped whilst wealth and imaginative and prescient intermingled.

This ebook documents that structure. The contents are strategically prepared, in order that the customer can force or stroll the world and notice the structures series of position. inside of this compendium of pictures and descriptive textual content, you can find greater than a hundred and fifty Palm seashore structures written and photographed through a resident energetic in ancient maintenance. The publication doesn't try to evaluation, yet relatively to convey the richness and variety of this notable place.

The paintings of well-known architects is featured, particularly that of Addison Mizner, Marion Wyeth, Maurice Fatio, Howard significant, John Volk and the clothier Joseph city. additionally lined are the well-known Breakers inn, the tub and Tennis membership, the Everglades membership, and the malls of worthy Avenue.

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