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Category Archives: Businesses

Articles about businesses in Palm Beach County past and present.

The Palm Beach Mall – Outta Time…

By Ginger Pedersen | April 20, 2013 - 10:32 pm |January 28, 2014 Buildings & Architecture, Businesses
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Yesterday I took my last trip to the Palm Beach Mall; not even the whole mall, just the JC Penney store as they are closing out its last merchandise. It was with such reflection that I looked over the chain link fence to the rubble that once was one of the largest malls… Continue reading →

They paved Banyan Street and put up a Parking Lot

By Ginger Pedersen | October 18, 2011 - 9:18 pm |January 28, 2014 Businesses, Interesting Characters
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If you have visited downtown West Palm Beach, Florida to enjoy the Green Market, have dinner or shop, you probably have parked in the Banyan Street garage, which is on the south side of Banyan Street from Olive Avenue to Narcissus Street. It’s a rather nondescript three-story building built in… Continue reading →

Let there be light…and there was light!

By Ginger Pedersen | June 19, 2011 - 10:37 pm |January 28, 2014 Businesses
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Today as I watched the Riviera Beach FPL power plant implosion, I wondered when electricity first came to Palm Beach County. Electricity was a marvel in the late 1800s, and really centered around one thing – lights! The ability to light streets and provide light in homes and businesses was… Continue reading →

How about a drive to Cuba – It was possible in the 1950s

By Ginger Pedersen | June 13, 2011 - 9:34 pm |January 28, 2014 Businesses, Old Attractions
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Now more than 50 years after Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba, it remains a mysterious, forbidden and foreign place. Few of us can picture a time when Cuba was a friendly neighbor of the United States, and a place for a quick weekend getaway. When Flagler’s train reached Key West in… Continue reading →

The Last Cows of Boynton

By Ginger Pedersen | October 23, 2010 - 8:53 pm |January 28, 2014 Agriculture & Livestock, Businesses
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I guess there has to be a last of everything, and in Boynton’s proud dairy history, these are indeed the last. The last cows of Boynton are in their 12 acre pasture, tucked between a gas station, a development and Knuth Road. You may have driven past them on Boynton… Continue reading →

Got Milk? Alfar Creamery made sure West Palm Beach did

By Ginger Pedersen | July 15, 2010 - 8:29 pm |January 28, 2014 Agriculture & Livestock, Businesses
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Sometimes, life is just weird. I did my research for this blog last night, I sat down to write at 8:00 PM, flipped on the History Channel for Modern Marvels – and the whole show was about milk. We all pick up gallons or half-gallons of milk at our local supermarkets, not… Continue reading →

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Proctor’s Restaurant – Best fried fish in the world!

By Ginger Pedersen | July 7, 2010 - 1:24 pm |January 28, 2014 Businesses
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I was reading some of the comments over at http://www.historicpalmbeach.com/ about things people remember and loved about growing up in West Palm Beach. One restaurant that got more mention than any place else was Proctor’s Restaurant. It was the type of restaurant which is becoming so rare – family run, inexpensive… Continue reading →

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