Singer Island then and now

Then, left: In the 1920s, Paris Singer and architect Addison Mizner started the Blue Heron Hotel, a $4 million resort on what is now Singer Island in Riviera Beach. The huge structure was more than half-finished when, in 1926, the land boom collapsed. The hulk stood for 14 years before being razed in the early 1940s. Riviera, incorporated in 1922, was renamed Riviera Beach in 1941. (Historical Society of Palm Beach County)

Now, right: A line of condos sits between State Road A1A and the Atlantic Ocean. Blue Heron Boulevard, which runs about 6.5 miles from A1A west to Beeline Highway, is named for the hotel that never was. (Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post)

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