Singer Island is a peninsula on the

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coast of

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, in the

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. Most of it is in the city of Riviera Beach, but the town of

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occupies its southern tip. Its latitude of is 26.784 N and its longitude is −80.037; Florida's easternmost point is in Palm Beach Shores. Before the Palm Beach Inlet was created, Singer Island was connected to the island of Palm Beach to the south.

History

Named after Palm Beach developer

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, a son of the

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magnate

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, Singer Island has parks, marinas, hiking and bike paths, as well as of white sand beach that has been considered one of the top five beaches in Palm Beach County. Singer Island is from

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, from

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, from Palm Beach Gardens, from

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, and from

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. Singer Island was originally planned by Paris Singer as a development called Palm Beach Ocean. Along with

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, Singer intended to build a luxury resort hotel called the Paris Singer Hotel on the south end of the island, and a more typical resort called the Blue Heron toward the north, with homes and a golf course in between. Due to problems clearing titles, Singer's plans changed, and he decided to build only the luxury hotel on the island's south end and to call it the Blue Heron. Virtually every home lot in Palm Beach Ocean was sold, and $2 million (the equivalent of approximately $28 million in 2018) was poured into the Blue Heron. However, due to the abrupt end of the

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, not a single house was built on any of the lots, and the Blue Heron was left uncompleted. Its shell was razed in 1940. The Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort now stands in its place.

Notable residents

* John D. MacArthur *

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, professional golfer *

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, member,

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Singer Island is home to thousands of condos. The tallest building is the 42-story "Tiara", which was severely damaged by two

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in 2004, with residents displaced from 2004 to 2008, reportedly restored. Singer Island is the setting of several

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novels.

Parks

John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, a coastal and tropical hammock and mangrove forest, this barrier island provides a haven for several rare or endangered native tropical and coastal plant species

References

External links

VisitFlorida.com page for Singer Island

Singer Island Civic Association Website – links, news and island resources

Singer Island Pulse – area community website & daily news
* {{authority control Islands of Florida Islands of Palm Beach County, Florida

History

Notable residents

See also

Parks

References

External links