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Clematis Street — Clematis Street is the main commercial and entertainment corridor of downtown West Palm Beach, running east to west from the Intracoastal Waterway. The street has undergone significant revitalization since the 1990s and now houses restaurants, bars, retail shops, and serves as the site of weekly outdoor events. Read more →

Did You Know?
  • ...that West Palm Beach was founded in 1894 as a support community for Henry Flagler's Royal Poinciana Hotel on adjacent Palm Beach island?
  • ...that The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 300 performances annually and is one of the largest performing arts centers in Florida?
  • ...that Belle Glade, in the western part of Palm Beach County, has produced more NFL players per capita than any other city in the United States?
  • ...that The IBM Personal Computer was developed at IBM's facility in Boca Raton, just south of West Palm Beach, by a team led by Don Estridge?
  • ...that The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane killed approximately 2,500 people in the area around Lake Okeechobee, one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history?