By Emily Rose Finn
Manalapan’s plan to replace the aging guardhouse at the entrance to Point Manalapan is back on the drawing board after bids for the work greatly exceeded what town commissioners had authorized — even after the town scaled back the
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Condo owners at Tower 155, a 127-unit complex located at 155 East Boca Raton Road, have filed suit, asking for damages to pay for repairs or rebuilding. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Tower 155 condominium owners have sued the 4-year-old building’s de
The Center for Arts and Innovation may include large open spaces that may use translucent material to protect from rain. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
The Center for Arts and Innovation and its architectural firm, the renowned Renzo Piano Buildin
By Rich Pollack
Town officials have the green light to sprint forward with plans to construct a new two-story fire station just a few feet from State Road A1A in what is now a parking lot.
After discovering that the previously selected site behind th
By Mary Hladky
The City Council has given a formal go-ahead to hire a consulting firm that will create a vision for a reimagined five-block stretch of East Palmetto Park Road from Federal Highway to Fifth Avenue.
At a June 13 workshop, the council app
A new gate at the entrance to Ocean Strand will give pedestrians access to a 6-foot-wide mulch trail leading to the Intracoastal. Bicyclists can coast down the park’s old asphalt road. The current gate will continue to keep cars out. Kayakers can pad
Mike Rodgers from EES Design, fabricator of ‘Reflections’ by renowned kinetic artist Ralfonso, helps install Town Square’s gateway feature. The 21 bird-like wings on three columns of the sculpture will intersect via the wind and be colorfully lit at
The city of Boca Raton is raising concerns about the safety of the proposed ‘diverging diamond interchange’ at Glades Road and Interstate 95. Rendering provided
By Steve Plunkett
City officials want to put the brakes on the plan to build a “divergin
The new interchange will eliminate left-hand turns in front of oncoming traffic, the key safety feature. Drivers on Glades Road will switch sides of the road as they cross I-95 and then switch back. Traffic signals will control the crossovers. Render
By Steve Plunkett
The new Boca National Golf Club will cost taxpayers a whopping $27.6 million to build, on top of the $24 million being paid for the land.
The construction price, which Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District commissioners voted F
By Steve Plunkett
Consultant EDSA Inc. will be given $483,700 to continue designing the combined Wildflower-Silver Palm Park at the Palmetto Park Road bridge over the Intracoastal.
The money will cover schematic design, detailed design documents, sit
More than 200 guests attended the season’s third conversation, featuring Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan. Adler is an author, designer and potter, and Doonan has worked in fashion for three decades. Both are part-time Palm Beach residents. ABOVE: Pen
Pete Dye walks across a green at Gulf Stream Golf Club, where he is overseeing renovations. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
Pete Dye took one hand off the steering wheel of his golf cart and pointed to a patch of torn-up grou
By Christine Davis No muss. No fuss. Unlike many interior decorators, Suzanne Rheinstein prefers to keep decor pretty, comfortable and simple.
Sharing the development of her design style, she’ll be speaking at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach
The flamingo mailbox outside gives a hint to the Key West fla
By Linda Haase
When Amanda Jean got her first Barbie doll, she had no desire to play with it. Her first instinct was to design a new wardrobe for the model-thin fashion icon.
She used any material she could find, including her own clothes, but aft
By Margie Plunkett
The East Ocean Avenue bridge will rise higher and open less frequently when it’s been newly reconstructed, but some nearby neighbors worry that will mean more noise.
Town Manager Mike Bornstein presented the new design of the coun
