Tour participants take in the grandeur of the Cloister Inn, part of The Boca Raton resort. The 100-room inn, which opened Feb. 5, 1926, was designed and owned by renowned architect Addison Mizner. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hla
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Effort to influence city’s planning hits wall, so far
Conceptual ideas for a redesigned East Palmetto Park Road call for a reduction to two travel lanes that could become three to allow for emergency vehicles and evacuations, wide sidewalks and cr
With Boca Raton’s centennial celebrations already in full swing, the Boca Raton Historical Society is joining the party.
It has created a glossy coffee-table book titled Dream City: A Pictorial History of Boca Raton that chronicles the city’s evoluti
An ionic capital manufactured by Mizner Industries. Photo provided
By Jan Engoren
A new exhibit at the Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum coincides with the city of Boca Raton’s centennial and looks back on the continuing impact of city planner, indu
(l-r) Vanessa Carosella, Joyce DeVita, Karen Sweetapple and Betsy Fletcher. Photo provided
Dozens of guests were dazzled by the grand-opening celebration of ‘Boca Raton 1925-2025: Addison Mizner’s Legacy.’
The exhibit, open to the public through May
The design style of Boca Raton and much of south Florida comes from the work of Addison Mizner. Photo provided by the Boca Raton Historical Society
As the city gears up to celebrate its centennial in 2025, the Boca Raton Historical Society is contri
The Mizner-designed clubhouse at the Gulf Stream Golf Club is 100 years old. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
The Gulf Stream Golf Club is working on a plan to demolish a portion of its 100-year-old Addison Mizner-designed clubhouse and build a new t
Once home to Addison Mizner’s headquarters, the Addison restaurant and events venue is a shining example of the Mizner design with barrel tile roof, elegant archways held aloft by columns, pecky cypress soffits and tile floors. Jerry Lower/The Coasta
One of the most noticeable changes will be the return to white as an exterior color for most of the property. Rendering provided
By Jan Norris
A return to luxury service and sophisticated dining from a “golden era” is the theme of the extensive renov
2021: In the past 35 years, dune vegetation accumulated enough sand to bury the sea wall separating the Ocean Club of Florida from the beach, leading to this unfinished Ocean Club pool replacement project. The town approved the permit for a redesigne
The Addison Mizner room at the History Museum honors the architect whose designs set the tone for early development in Boca Raton. It includes original furniture from the Boca Resort. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
The newly re
Old high school’s new uses reflect wider push for preservation
By Larry Barszewski
The Boynton Woman’s Club made an impressive move almost a century ago, when it left its original Ocean Avenue location for a clubhouse designed by famed Palm Beach
By Jane Smith
The Community Redevelopment Agency board members agreed in late September to purchase the 91-year-old Boynton Woman’s Club building even after hearing the inspection results: The building has termites and needs a new roof.
The $1
Addison Mizner designed the Boynton Woman’s Club building, which opened 91 years ago.
Woman’s Club members praised the proposed $110,000 sale of the building to the city.
Photo provided
By Jane Smith
The grand old dame will be in good hands
Back on the market after 10 years with the Blackstone Group,
the Resort & Club was founded in 1926 by Addison Mizner.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
The Boca Raton Resort & Club, a Waldorf Astoria resort, is on the market, but without a price.
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Woman’s Club received another plume for its bonnet when it was designated a Boynton Beach historic site.
The clubhouse, already on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979, was designed by Addison Mizner
A detail of the wallpaper at the Ritz-Carlton’s resort club
lounge shows dapper monkeys sipping martinis. Photo provided
By Mary Thurwachter
What could be more fun than a barrel of monkeys? How about a swanky club lounge that mingles chic mid-cent
The Boca Raton Resort & Club as it stand today.
The original Cloister built by Addison Mizner is at right.
Photo courtesy of the Boca Raton Resort & Club
Five things you maybe didn't know about Addison Mizner | Resort timeline
By Deborah S.
Addison Mizner
Courtesy Boca Raton Historical Society
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Five things you might not know about Addison Mizner:
1. The Boca connection: Although Mizner is virtually synonymous with Boca Raton, he spent no more than a year in
