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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-10-19 Parade Of Homes Opens Oct 27 At NPB (Gulf Stream News)EsJL SiiAin Nws J 10- iq-S6 CuNtcj1 Sc,R,wB< Aecfr1 q5�/ 1955 - f959-NTsvuWr (Jr3.) and RIVIERA BEACH PRESS • COVERING THE RIVIERA OF AMERICA - 40 MILES OF GOLDEN BEACH Friday, October 19, 1956, Riviera Beach, Fla. Price 5: parade Of Homes Opens Oct. 27 At North Palm Beac The first annual Parade of Homes will open October 27 at the new Village of North Palm Beach and will feature 17 new homes built by 15 contractors. The Florida Home Builders Association will start their con- vention October 25 and it will run through the 27th. As a tribute to these two open- ings the Gulf Stream News is dedicating this special edition to these two groups. In this 64 page paper you will find all of the details about the two event. In addition you will find advert tising and stories about the Parade of Homes and the Build- er's Convention. In addition to our regular circulation this spec- cial edition will go out to several thousand additional homes, both in Florida and throughout the United States. This year's Parade of Homes is located in Florida's newest village, North Palm Beach. The Parade of Homes, as spectacular as it is, has another significant interest in that it kicks off the building program of this new village that will soon contain some 3,500 homes, with half of them located on water front property. csy, October 19, 1956 THE GULF STREAM NEWS Parade Of Homes Opens Saturday At North Palm Beach The Parade of Homes, fea- turing 17 homes built by 15 con- tractors will open at noon Sat- urday, Oct. 27, at the new Vil- lage of North Palm Beach. A private showing will be held on Friday when delegates to the Home Builders association offic- ially open the project. The del- egation will form at the George Washington Hotel and procede in a motorcade to North Palm Beach. Dignataries will then cut the ribbon opening the most unusual show ever to be seen in Palm Beach County. All 17 homes have been com- pleted, furnished and landscaped. A large parking area has been provided for the parking of au- tomobiles and a playground in- stalled for the children. This will leave the parents free to leisurely tour all of the homes. A formal conducted tour will not be held. Instead, visitors are free to roam about the homes as they please. All advertising cards have been prohibited in the display thus giving the visitors an opportunity to inspect the homes just as if they were oc- cupied. The show will continue for 16 days, through Nov. 11. A min- imum charge of 25¢ will be made for each visitor over the age of 12. The Parade of Homes will directly tie in with the three day convention of the Florida Home Builders Association State Convention that is expected to draw more than 1,000 people into the area and the Builder's Show being held at the George Wash- ington Hotel. R. M. McClintock, executive secretary of the Home Builders Association of Palm Beach County has stated that all of the homes will be of the latest de- sign and will be built to in- fluence the thinking of the home buying market. All of the homes will be in the $15,000 and upwards price class and will have two and three bedrooms. Some will have car- ports and others garages. Sev- eral will have private swimming pools. The area is completely land- scaped, five foot sidwalks have been constructed and the homes are connected with all utilities --- sewage, water, telephones and e- lectricity. The Parade of Homes has been built in the Village of North Palm Beach, a community that has been developed by Richard E. and Herbert A. Ross, John A.11 Schwencke and Jay H. White, well known as the largest community developers in Palm Beach County. The firm has invested up- wards of $3,500,000 in the land alone. Additional millions have been invested in the building of streets, sewer and water sys- tems, dredging and bulkheading, construction of a shopping plaza, country club and marina, land- scaping and beautification. The developers have com- pleted more than $20,000,000 of Page ?t PARADE OF HOMES ENTRANCE --This is the lovely tree -lined entrance to the Village of North Palm Beach. The entrance shown is one of many to the village, but it is this entrance that leads to the Parade of Homes. construction in 11 subdivisions in addition to several shopping cen- ters in South Florida. North Palm Beach is located along two miles of the shore of Lake Worth, just north of Riv- iera Beach and Lake Park. The site was formerly a part of the late Sir Harry Oakes estate and has been withheld from the mar- ket until now. The Parade of Homes is the first of 3,500 homes to be built in the village. More than half of the new homes will be located on waterfront property that pro- vides doorstep private docking. All lots in the village will be accessible by boat to the lake and ocean fishing waters. Seward H, Mott Associates of Washington, D. C., well known community planners, have been MILES OF BEACHES --Just seconds away from North Palm Beach retained to plan the new commun- are miles of beaches for elegant swimming. ity.