7960579271?profile=originalArtist’s rendering of a gazebo to be built on Delray Beach. Provided by Currie Sowards Aguila Architects

By Tim Pallesen

The citizen-inspired beautification of Delray’s municipal beach continues with the construction of two gazebos to begin this month.
The new gazebos will match the historic design of the larger beach pavilion that was rebuilt last year at Atlantic Avenue.
The structures are part of a beach master plan that “charts a course for growing into the future while evoking the charms of the past,” City Manager Don Cooper said.
The gazebos, like the pavilion, will be hurricane resistant, with metal beams, deck and roof held strong by stainless-steel hardware and fasteners. “It’s not going to blow down,” architect Bob Currie promised. The gazebos are located six blocks north and south of the pavilion.
The master plan was approved six years ago but got delayed because the city didn’t have money to begin construction during the economic recession.
That’s when citizens took the initiative by raising $60,000 at two Delray’s Got Talent stage shows at Old School Square to help pay the $325,000 cost for the pavilion.
The $47,010 cost for the two gazebos will be almost entirely covered by private donations.
The daughters of Forrest and Frances Lattner gave $40,000 in memory of their parents. Another $3,331 was raised by 12 local restaurants in their Savor the Avenue event.
Currie, the vice president of the Beach Property Owners Association, donated his architectural services to design the pavilion and the gazebos.
Now that the economy has improved, city commissioners have discussed spending another $3 million to implement the master plan by making the beachfront more attractive to pedestrians and motorists along Ocean Boulevard. Ú

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