City of Hollywood,FL history

The Great Hurricane of 1926 and subsequent Great Depression put an end to Young's work in Hollywood.

With the Wrays and Frank Stirling, a citrus grower from Davie, they founded Flamingo Groves in January 1927.

In 1928 the Hammersteins moved to Hollywood to the Fountain Court Apartments at 813 Tyler Street.

He died at only fifty one, on February 27, 1934 in his home at 1055 Hollywood Boulevard.

ALMOST immediately the city commission renamed the former Harding Circle as Joseph W. Young Circle, and on August 1, 1935 Mayor Arthur W. Kellner issued a Proclamation designating Young's birth date (August 4th) as Founder's Day and a public holiday.

World War IIThe road to warThe United States at warWar productionFinancing the warSocial consequences of the warThe 1944 electionThe new United States role in world affairs

The peak Cold War years, 1945–60The Truman Doctrine and containmentPostwar domestic reorganizationThe Red ScareThe Korean WarPeace, growth, and prosperityEisenhower’s second termDomestic issuesWorld affairsAn assessment of the postwar era

Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/35764 Local call number: RC13434 Title: Beginning of the Florida Turnpike near Miami, Florida Date: 1957 Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

The city grew slowly until after World War II, when its population rapidly increased, especially in the period 1960–75.

AT his death in September, 1987 at ninety two, Clarence Hammerstein left this house to the City of Hollywood in memory of his beloved wife Vera, who had predeceased him. (They had no children.)

Infrastructure improvements began in the late 1990’s with the construction of a state-of the-art Water Treatment Facility on Hollywood Boulevard.

Hollywood’s first public swimming pool, the Driftwood Community Pool, opened with a splash in the early 2000’s.

In 2004, voters approved a $54 million General Obligation Bond (GOB) to be invested in public safety and park improvements.

View the VIDEO “Joseph W. Young and His Dream City" which was created for National History Day 2015 by Beachside Montessori School, Hollywood 7th graders: Jeremiah Lucas, Patrick Alfele, Enoch McGowan, and Pierce Trop; and presented at the HHS 2015 Founder’s Day Celebration

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