In the 1920's, a casino pool and cabana club was built on Hollywood Beach on the Atlantic Oceanfront between Johnson and Michigan Streets. It served as a signature showpiece for community demonstrating City Founder Joseph Young's dynamic vision for his new "Hollywood By The Sea" community. Alas, the buildings were extensively damaged in the 1926 hurricane and in 1928 the City of Hollywood bought the property and razed the remnants of the structures. Decades later, the City constructed a 675 car public parking garage and informal recreational space at the water’s edge. This new redevelopment project is expected to become a catalytic anchor to spawn additional appropriate redevelopment in the area; to incorporate a physical and/or programmatic public element that would allow it to serve as an unofficial village center or as a defining destination showpiece for the Beach and the City generally, to serve as an exemplary model of green construction with sensitivity to the fragile ecosystem inherent in barrier islands, and to raise new revenues for the City of Hollywood.  More info