This review is for the building only and the historical site, not the services offered inside. I…read morelove historical buildings and will take the time to read a historical sign whenever I find one. Today while visiting downtown Lake Worth I spotted one I had never seen in front of the town hall. The sign commemorates that the Lake Worth City Hall sits on the site of the first town hall that was built in 1915. The first town hall was school that was converted into a town hall in 1928. It was damaged in the Okeechobee hurricane of 1928 which caused the levee around lake Okeechobee to break. 2,500 people lost their lives and the area was plunged into a severe economic decline during the Great Depression. At first city hall operations were moved to the Lauriston Building at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Dixie Hwy. A new building was designed in a Spanish revival design by architect Floyd Kind at the end of 1928 and the building was completed in 1929. That building was used a city hall until 1973 when operations were transferred to the current city hall between Lake Avenue and Lucerne Ave. It is now used as the Lake worth historical museum. The current town hall once held an auditorium that held 350 people on the third floor. That is why the front of the building still bears the words municipal auditorium. The building is characterized by it's Moorish towers. It was designed by G.Sherman Childs who came to the area in 1913 to work for Addison Mizner until he opened his own firm. It was built to be hurricane resistant to provide shelter since the Great Hurricane of 1928 was still fresh in everyone's memory. The building ran out of money while it was being built due to the economic hardship of the Great Depression. Local businesses pitched in and the building was dedicated on November 28, 1935. The basement and first floor rooms were used for gatherings. During WWII the basement was used to host the Lake Worth USO. In 1953 the Lake Worth Playhouse began performances in the building. It closed in the 1970's. Today the building is still in use and holds all of the city service departments. I love the architectural design of the building. It represents the history of Lake Worth while it steers it's future.

The Chamber organizes its work around four main pillars known as PACE: Prosperity, Advocacy,…read moreConnection, and Education. Through networking events, legislative advocacy, business training, and opportunities for community exposure, it helps local businesses grow which helps to strengthen the community. On a recent visit to West Palm Beach, I stopped by to pick up a free copy of the official visitor and business resource publication. It's a great resource for learning more about the area, including local services, hospitality and leisure, cultural institutions, scenic beaches, restaurants, and notable landmarks. If you can't make it to the Chamber in person, the publication is also available to view online for free. You can also view networking events on their website. It is nice to know that an organization that has been helping shape the Palm Beaches for more than 100 years is still going strong today and shaping the future of the Palm Beaches.

I guess this isn't really the forum or typical platform that people look to find a chamber of…read morecommerce to join. But whatever, there's a ton of chambers in palm beach, so here goes my take on this one. This chamber is insanely organized. Their calendar of events is always up to date, and the members/ambassadors are all very friendly and helpful. I started going here with the business builders. It's a free networking event they hold a few times a month, and membership isn't required which is awesome. You register online, show up a little early, mingle a little, then the hosts kelly- starts the show. Everyone has a minute to stand up and introduce themselves & what they do. Then the next 30-40 minutes are about what the chamber does, how it works and benefit summary of membership. It's really a small price to pay to meet the attendees. Parking is a little tight, but not really an issue. There's a consistent flow of new and existing members, so it's definitely worth attending. I myself have already picked up a few clients from these meetings, so suck it up and utilize the morning hours to Kelly's 101s and "ships" (partnerships, relationships, other ships, etc)

If you love unusual architecture as I do, then you will enjoy checking out the colorful, historic…read moreWenger Home, a Nautical Moderne private residence. The house was built in 1948 by Ruth and Ray Wenger on Wall Street, an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County between Delray Beach and Boynton Beach. The home is known for its signature flat and curved walls, circular windows, and rectangular framing. The Art Deco eyebrows, flat shelves over the windows that look like a wedding cake are one of the most striking features on the house. The Wenger's built the home room by room with interesting architectural design elements scavenged from salvage yards. The kitchen was built first and the 1,400-square-foot home also has two bathrooms, two bedrooms, a family room, a living room, a Florida room and a converted den. A 400-square-foot garage was Ray Wenger's machine shop while Ruth used a portion of the home for her hair salon. An outdoor circular staircase in the front of the house takes you up to the flat roof where the Wenger's used to hang out to stay cool before they had air conditioning, A low, concrete blue wall with heart cutouts surrounding the house was a Valentine from Ray to his beloved wife Ruth. This was the first private residence ever to be placed on Palm Beach County's Register of Historic Places. Houses have to be older than 50 years to qualify for the list. The Wenger House is a treasure because of the way it combines the architectural styles of Art Deco, Tropical Deco and modernist design. In 2000, Boynton Beach artist Rick Beaulieu helped the current owners compose a rose, apple, yellow and blue color scheme making it even more spectacular. The Wenger Home was features on cable HGTV's What's With That House?, a show about homes that aren't typical to a neighborhood. This house has everything, an endearing love story and compelling architecture. Although off the beaten path, I enjoyed seeing the house in person.

This is a beautiful brand new construction building on Ocean Ave in "Downtown Boynton Beach"…read more It has wonderful modern earth tones both inside and outside. Inside there is an information area and a place to get and pay for building permits as well as pay for beach parking permits and anything else you may need to do in a governmental city hall building.

Absolutely a great area wonderful to walk around outside very proud of Boynton Beach !read more

Yelp told me that there were very few reviews of the Florida Turnpike Boca Raton, and if I wrote…read moreone it could be huge!!! I get that no one really has any incentive to write a review for something like this but lets ask ourselves this question: I live in Ft. Lauderdale and work in Boca Raton so I have to take one of them back and forth. HAS ANYONE TRIED TO FIGHT THE TRAFFIC ON I-95 LATELY? It is not even quite in season yet and it has been a miserable time in the last 3 months on 95. I have seen more accidents, huge delays and people get on 95 and think they are invincible. Next are the helmetless motorcycle drivers going 75 miles per hour between the lanes of traffic, just inches away from my side view mirror. So sick of I 95 and no wonder they call it the worst Interstate in the country. Thus, THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE!!! Once you get on it, it is smooth sailing 90 percent of the time. People complain about having to pay tolls, but the tolls pay for the upkeep of all the new detours to 595 express lanes, the upkeep of the road and a number of other things. And we really aren't paying any tolls. There is a Sunpass that deducts money off your debit and credit card, so you don't even know your paying tolls. LOL. And no more finding change or money laying around in your car to get by. Here is the catch about the Boca Raton toll Plaza. You need to know the perfect time to drive down Glades Rd. to avoid a lot of traffic there before the Turnpike entrance. Thus, if possible make sure you are on Glades between 5:00-5:10 pm. if possible. It gets busy after that time. Sometimes we all get tired after work before we go home, so conveniently there is that Starbucks on that turn right before the Turnpike entrance. Grab a coffee , swing out again and stay on your right and you are on your way. Yeah,, so when you are on I-95 then switch your route to the Turnpike, now that is HUGE!!! Huge saving in time and NO MORE bumper to bumper traffic home. I am going to be so sorry that I wrote this because if it causes more people to take the TURNPIKE, then we could have another I-95. Safe South Florida travels!!!

The Florida Turnpike is one of the finest roads in the nation. As soon as my car tire rolls onto…read moreit's smooth asphalt surface, I am instantly at peace. The scenery makes me feel as though I am the lead actress in a coming of age film. Perhaps: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", or something of that sort. The moment I leave the Turnpike, I feel a sense of longing, as though I have left my home. Everyone deserves to experience the Florida Turnpike.

This location is on the corner of Seacrest and Boynton Beach Blvd. and although it is a full…read moreservice post office, there is not alot of parking close to the building and getting in and out of the parking lot is a little tricky. I had previously heard that this post office was supposed to be relocated but that hasn't happened yet.

Drexel House Apartments in particular Jessica Canedo, Asset Manager is wonderful. Always goes out…read moreof her way to assist everyone. Living in public housing for seniors is challenging, Jessica always makes it easier. I'm so grateful she is our manager.

Horrible!!!!! First off your not gonna wanna park your car here this housing authority/section 8 is…read morelocated in the middle of the projects! Second of all this has to be the worst housing authority I've come across- so bad that I ended up forfeiting my voucher!!! Riesa A Lowery the portability specialist as she calls herself is a cruel unfair heartless woman who could care less about anyone who isn't of her RACE! Now normally I wouldn't say such a thing but what she did to me needs to be known. She waited 48 days from when my packet was received to issue me an appointment and that was only after I had a social worker step in. She fails to answer calls or emails for weeks on end. When I got there it was a side show circus of the low of the low. We were all dragged into a classroom after being given recert packets that normally you get in the mail before the day of appointment- rushed to fill them out in front of about 13 families and were to pass our social security cards and licenses around a room full of people. We were then called one by one to the back of the room where everyone else could hear our business and was yelling and running in and out the door like this was a social club . All other families except mine were African American - I'm Caucasian my husband hispanic we had our child with us who had to see this nonsense- I was the first one in and the last one out. Many people didn't bring their required paperwork I however did- those who didn't caused some disruption causing everyone else to sit and listen to the screaming for 3.5 hours!!! By the time they got to me it was 4:28 and Riesa said she doesn't get paid a min past 4:30 so she told me to sign papers without reading them! As to say I received them!! and agreed to terms I never heard of before which is BS! Then for me questioning her as to how this isn't fair that I traveled so far and wasn't even really seen she gives me a $1000 voucher for a 2br when I'm supposed to get $1200 as per the website. Everyone else got the website amount but me. Then I asked if she was gonna reissue my voucher being I only had 12 days to find a place now and she said no. Mind u she was the one who wasted my voucher time by not telling me how much my voucher was before arrival and wasting 48 of my 60 days! She was very rude and disrespectful to me. In floridas market right now there is nothing for $1000! Unless u move to the "first 48" and plan to be robbed and killed. I told her I felt I was being treated unfairly and she didn't care she told me if I don't like it why don't I just give up my voucher and then I could do or go wherever I want. That's real professional! She told me that any packet I turned in to move she would deny if it was one dollar over $1000. She left me unable to find a place before returning 10 days later to my home state. She first approved all my income and papers and then turned around for me asking for her supervisors number and said now she wanted 6 months of bank and paypal statements which were hard to get without a computer and printer out of state! I had brought the requested 3 months with me. Needless to say even working with 3 real estate agents I found nothing! My voucher has run out now and still not one phone call or email from her! I'd advise not to port to this office! 10 years I had section 8 with no issues! I come here and basically lost my voucher in a weeks time!!! The place is dirty the staff are a bunch of inconsiderate people the supervisor could care less took 4 days for him to call me back! I reported this woman and this agency to HUD for investigation as to housing discrimination . I looked up ms Lowerys Facebook after my realtor brought it to my attention she's one racist lonely woman who has the nerve to look down on people who need help when she has an $8000 goal on a go fund me page for a trip to Orlando lol!!! I'm now on my own and idk what I'm gonna do. But I'm gonna fight till she no longer has a job! So much for trying to have a better life and build self sufficiency . I wasn't about to end up somewhere worse than where I came from when there are so many complexes in nice places that would have took my voucher IF she gave the right amount! What she gave me is equivalent to a 1br and we have a 9 year old son! Go elsewhere trust me or u may risk ending up losing your housing for real!!!

The founder of the City of Palm Beach Gardens was John D. MacArthur…read more When he created his new community he wanted it to have a garden theme with streets named after flowers and trees. In the late 1960's MacArthur heard about someone who was going to cut down a banyan tree that was damaging her home. MacArthur arranged to have the tree moved to his new city new and pl;anted at the intersection of Northlake Boulevard and MacArthur Boulevard, formerly Garden Boulevard. Since the tree weighed 75 tons and was 60 feet high the city needed six months to prepare the tree for the move to its new location. On the morning of April 26, 1961 the tree was ready to be transplanted. Two cranes on two cargo trailers were sent to bring the tree to it's new home five miles away. Unfortunately disaster struck when a feed mill truck burst on the road cleared for the tree. Ten thousand gallons of molasses were dumped raising the height of the roadway. As it traveled the tree snapped several railway signal lines causing crossing gates to close. While the tree was crossing the train tracks one of the cables supporting it snapped. Workers had to saw off limbs of the tree to allow the blocked 1:30 train to get back on it's way. Just after 2 PM the tree was dropped into it's prepared hole. The Rev. A. P. Snyder of St. John's Evangelical Church said a prayer over the tree and MacArthur threw the first shovel of dirt over the roots of the tree. The entire process cost $30,000 and 1,008 hours of manpower. One year later, a second forty ton tree was moved from Lake Park next to the first tree. When people criticized Mr. MacArthur for spending so much to move the tree he replied "I can buy anything but age. This tree will be the centerpiece of our entrance, and while we could plant a little one there, I wouldn't be around 80 years from now to see it as it should be." Moving the tree gave MacArthur the nickname Banyan Mac. Although he was a developer, MacArthur was able to claim that "I built Palm Beach Gardens without knocking one tree down, I moved the biggest tree ever moved in Florida." MacArthur would go on to eventually move more than 200 trees including a sixty foot Norfolk pine that he replanted at the Colonnades Hotel on Singer Island and four more banyans which he floated on a barge from West Palm Beach. Today the landmark banyan trees have a limb span of half an acre. The trees are featured on the Palm Beach Gardens city shield. In 2007 Alexandre Renoir, a great-grandson of artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, presented the City of Palm Beach Gardens with a painting of the trees. A historical marker was installed across from the trees in 2011.