Black Tampa: Central Ave. Black Florida series
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ALOT of significant historically black neighborhoods in SoFla. Folks primarily think of Cubans and other Latinos when they think of SoFla, but SoFla is home to 1million black ppl in the tri-county area.
Muhammad Ali use to hangout in Hallandale back in the days. Also the mob were the ones that built Gulf Stream park and had ties to NW Hallandale. An O.G. from Hallandale killed a man in the palms nightclub in cold blood and got away with it due to his affiliation with Meyer Lansky.
The Palms were connected like that?
Had no idea. Meyer Lansky connections. Makes sense considering the proximity.
Quite a few elders who were kids back then use to get ten dollar tips from mobsters in Hallandale. Many of the mob would have black drivers that were from Hallandale. I need to find Deerfield black history next.
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Historic Northwest(West Palm Beach):
"West Palm Beach's first historic district to be included on the National Register of Historic Places (February 1992), the Northwest neighborhood was first settled in 1894, when the black community was moved from the Styx in Palm Beach to West Palm Beach. It also served as the city's segregated black community from 1929 to 1960 (along with Pleasant City).
Northwest remains a predominantly black community but according to the city planning department, most middle- and upper-class blacks moved to other neighborhoods after desegregation. Tamarind and Rosemary Avenues were the commercial centers for blacks by 1915, but most commercial buildings have been demolished or remodeled so the architecture is no longer significant.
There are still good examples of late 19th- and early 20th-century American bungalow/craftsman-style homes in this neighborhood, which also has mission, shotgun, Bahamian vernacular and American Foursquare styles.
The Alice Frederick Mickens house, at 801 Fourth St., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mickens was a philanthropist and humanitarian who promoted education for black youth.
Another notable house is the Gwen Cherry house at 625 Division Ave. Cherry, Florida's first black woman legislator and a resident of Miami, inherited the house from relative Mollie ****, who built the house in 1926. Now it is the Palm Beach County Black Historical Society.
The Northwest neighborhood was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The next year the neighborhood became a West Palm Beach historic district in 1993."
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"West Palm Beach's first historic district to be included on the National Register of Historic Places (February 1992), the Northwest neighborhood was first settled in 1894, when the black community was moved from the Styx in Palm Beach to West Palm Beach. It also served as the city's segregated black community from 1929 to 1960 (along with Pleasant City).
Northwest remains a predominantly black community but according to the city planning department, most middle- and upper-class blacks moved to other neighborhoods after desegregation. Tamarind and Rosemary Avenues were the commercial centers for blacks by 1915, but most commercial buildings have been demolished or remodeled so the architecture is no longer significant.
There are still good examples of late 19th- and early 20th-century American bungalow/craftsman-style homes in this neighborhood, which also has mission, shotgun, Bahamian vernacular and American Foursquare styles.
The Alice Frederick Mickens house, at 801 Fourth St., is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mickens was a philanthropist and humanitarian who promoted education for black youth.
Another notable house is the Gwen Cherry house at 625 Division Ave. Cherry, Florida's first black woman legislator and a resident of Miami, inherited the house from relative Mollie ****, who built the house in 1926. Now it is the Palm Beach County Black Historical Society.
The Northwest neighborhood was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The next year the neighborhood became a West Palm Beach historic district in 1993."
WELCOME TO WEST PALM BEACHES OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD
