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PARROT COVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 7:00pm

ST. ANDREWS CHURCH at LUCERNE AND PALMWAY

GUEST SPEAKER - WES BLACKMAN ON THE HISTORY OF LAKE WORTH

We are closing out the year with Wes Blackman, who has researched South Florida and created a presentation that has been made to many groups.  Wonder about anything from the "Lake" in Lake Worth to the Casino to just about anything else?  Wes is the person to ask.  

Below is some information provided by Wes tied to the above images. 

The first image is of the old golf course club house, appearing as it did in the middle part of the 20th Century.  Also included is  one that shows the type of destruction that happened in Lake Worth after the 1928 hurricane - nearly all wood frame structures, which include the original St. Andrews church building, met similar fates.  The other is a before/after hurricane picture of the old band shell that was in Bryant Park.  There is also a post card from c. 1940s of Lake Avenue.  (see below)

The gist of the talk will be how the modern history of Florida really begins in the 20th Century, even though it is also home to St. Augustine which was founded in 1565 and is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and port in the continental United States.  It wasn't until Flagler's railroad and then construction of US 1 in the early 20th Century that southeast Florida became populated to a significant extent.  Lake Worth and south Florida would not exist as we know the without the advent of the train and automobile. 
  

The meeting will open with an update from PBSO and community events.  Everyone is welcome at these meetings - you don't have to be a Parrot Cove Neighborhood Association member or resident.