Palm Coast (FL) (Images of America)
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| Management number | 231953798 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$9.10 | Model Number | 231953798 | ||
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From Swamp to Paradise, this book recounts the history of the City of Palm Coast using vintage images and illustrations.What is paradise? Before 1969, land that would eventually become the City of Palm Coast was considered by some as nothing more than a ""big pine-covered swamp."" But when the corporate eyes of ITT/Levitt and Sons looked upon the virtually uninhabited land, they saw 22,000 acres of golf courses, marinas, oceanfront motels, scenic drives, and house lots awaiting the arrival of sun-seeking ""pioneers."" Marketing strategies targeting urban residents in the North and Midwest offered slices of land cut out of miles of forest, and soon a 500-mile infrastructure of roads, utilities, and sewer lines bound Palm Coast to a future that included becoming the largest planned unit development in Florida history. Read more
| ISBN10 | 073851506X |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0738515069 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 0.3 x 9.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 10.4 ounces |
| Print length | 128 pages |
| Publication date | October 15, 2003 |
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