Walking Around World Famous Worth Ave and Downtown Palm Beach, Florida - 4K

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Walking around Palm Beach, Florida downtown and world famous Worth avenue area in the early evening hours. Starting from the lake end of Worth avenue to town center and then toward the east end of the Worth avenue where the beach is. There are many luxury famous brand stores here... Just checking out some of what is in the very nicely done shop windows.

Retailers
The avenue's oldest store, Kassatly's, has been in business since 1923. Reflecting the lifestyle of Palm Beach market, the street has approximately 250 high-end shops, boutiques, restaurants, and art galleries, that include Giorgio Armani, Neiman Marcus, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., Tourneau, Hermès, Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Chanel, Vineyard Vines, Brooks Brothers, Salvatore Ferragamo, Island Company, St. John, Valentino, and many more. An open-air mall, 150 Worth (formerly The Esplanade, and built by Murray H. Goodman), lies at the eastern end of Worth Avenue, and offers a variety of upscale shops anchored by department stores Saks Fifth Avenue.

History
In 1913 the street was named after General William Jenkins Worth. The first steps to become fashionable started with the construction in 1918 of the Everglades Club at the west end of a dirt road. Rising rents at the then-fashionable Beaux Arts Building on Lake Trail, north of the Biltmore Hotel, caused merchants to move south to what became Worth Avenue.The first stores were built near the Everglades Club on Via Mizner and Via Parigi, named for Worth Avenue's original developers, architect Addison Mizner and Paris Singer. The area became known for its high-quality merchandise in the 1920s. Recognizing the value of the undeveloped street, the merchants formed the Worth Avenue Association in 1938. This organization maintains guidelines for the appearance, parking, etc. of the stores and the street.

In 1942, Mary Duggett Benson opened the Worth Avenue Gallery, eventually located at 347 Worth Avenue. Benson's gallery was an integral part of the visual arts in Palm Beach until Benson retired and closed the gallery in 1965. Contrary to a few assumptions, Benson owned the gallery, not her friend Alice De Lamar. According to documents filed with the state of Florida, Benson owned it at first with a relative and then 100% on her own. De Lamar's other friend, Emily Rayner, sister of the New York artist/art dealer Betty Parsons, co-directed the gallery with Mary Benson. While it was Benson's gallery, De Lamar's artist friends often exhibited there.

Worth Avenue sidewalk
Worth Avenue was lined with coconut palms that succumbed to lethal yellowing blight in the 1970s. Adonidia or "Christmas palms" replaced them, but they were not in proportion to the buildings on the street. The street was renovated in 1983, but major makeover was completed in 2010. The $15.8 million Worth Avenue Improvement Project was conducted during the off-season and lasted two years, with the Town of Palm Beach and City of West Palm Beach responsible for $1.25 million of the cost and $14.77 million from the issuance of public improvement revenue bonds.This major streetscape redesign included planting of 200 mature coconut palms, each from 32 to 40 feet (10 to 12 m) tall, installing tabby concrete sidewalks that are typically used for expensive residences, and building a 25-foot (8 m) clock tower on the beach side.
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I worked there as a journalist from 1979 to 1981, mostly at The Breakers. I had forgotten how beautiful and serene it is, and how much I miss it. Thank you for this!

BrianWilkesMedia
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Heaven on Earth indeed! I am looking at this from a cold gloomy part of the world and it made me so happy! Thank you!!!

alisaalisa
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Thank you for sharing. An outstanding video of the opulent/elegant Worth Avenue a lot longer and bigger and prettier than Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills regretfully.

Loupadron
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Rodeo drive is nice but worth ave is the place ! So beautiful!

anthonyhauser
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That is it. Moving to West Palm Beach from Boston. Thanks for video

Handsome
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Lovely video. Relaxing spa like music and beautiful scenery. 🌸

cherylmarshall
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Beautiful, gorgeous and very expensive place in Florida 💰🤑🥰👍

rosariofernandez-rodriguez
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wow i lived there many years ago..it s much bigger now.. i still loved that town

emilywebb
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Great Walking Tour! Very Beautiful City 👍👍

WalkAround_Official
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Die schönste gegen die jemals gesehen haben Palm beach da möchte man hin und bleiben ich liebe Palm beach 🤗❤️❤️❤️💯👏👏⛵🌴🌴🌴🌅

andreasbockholt
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Thank you for posting - brought back memories long ago

hoponasu
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Very nice, Remarkable video walk tour, Simply beautiful

nevchabrol
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Fantastic video its dream like, can't wait to see it in person end of April.

lorroy
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So Palm Beach is like the Beverly Hills of Florida, and Worth Avenue is the equivalent of Rodeo Drive. Is that a fair assessment?...

amantedelmondo
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Good evening my dear Volkan 😉😊...what a beautiful walk through the most noted Worth Avenue...I know this was a booming place before COVID-19 😷...I love the cars..the ornate architecture in many ways ..the greenery...the gorgeous fountain ⛲️ that had a sunshine 🌞 glare from the water reflecting off the sun going down 🌇...Very nice.. Would you believe I have never been Down this street in palm beach? Love your choice, your music, and the video choices. The greenery and fountains are so pretty.. Thank you for this evening delight...I hope this weekend coming up will be a very pleasurable one. Good night. I am so tired tonight. I was on conference calls all day and throughout this night.. Thank you so much...🌾🥀🌸🌜✨💫🌟🌙🌺🌙🥀🌾....⛅️🌈⛅️

christinelaw
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This is where the rich people and upper middle class people shop. A lot of people on this earth can't afford to shop there. It's a GORGEOUS place, the decors are BREATH TAKING

ciel
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Beautiful video and thank you for all of the information about the history. I tend to shy away from the uber rich places like this because they tend to have a 'manufactured' and sometimes antiseptic feeling about them (such as 5th Ave South in Naples), but here you have brought the history of the place into it, which brings it to life.

curtandoscar
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This is Norma not Wes. This place is so beautiful, it made me cry. Love this video so much. Thanks.

wesdey
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Moving there in the near future can’t wait

just_me
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Nice, I lived here and went by so many familiar places

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