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The beautiful El Cid community is a U.S. historic district located in West Palm Beach, Florida. Adjacent to Palm Beach and the Intracoastal Waterway, the El Cid community offers amazing views of the water. This area is bounded by Flamingo Drive, South Flagler Drive, Dyer Road and South Dixie Highway. Listed on the local, state, and National Register of Historic Places, El Cid contains 281 historic homes. With a concentration of outstanding period architecture combined with the community’s dedication to preserving its history, the neighborhood attracts professionals and business owners proud to call El Cid home.
Why Live in El Cid?
The El Cid Neighborhood is the closest residential single-family home community to the Downtown West Palm Beach area, making a relatively quiet and suburban lifestyle possible with the added benefit of proximity to all the shops, entertainment, and fine dining of downtown. The homes in this community consist of different architectural styles. Some homes have their original historic exterior facade while others have been completely renovated from the ground up to have modern and contemporary interiors and exteriors. You can find some homes that are Old Spanish style, mid-century modern homes, and more. Minutes away from the beach this community offers a true coastal lifestyle.
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The History of El Cid West Palm Beach
The El Cid neighborhood came of age during the 1920’s Florida land boom. The El Cid neighborhood’s proximity to downtown and the western shore of Lake Worth attracted affluent business, political and social leaders who dominated the community’s development in the 1920s and 1930s. The early collapse of the banks in Florida, followed by the Depression, limited further development. After World War II, there was a burst of infill housing construction. Unfortunately, the movement to suburbia in the 1960’s diminished the area’s prosperity. But not for long. Beginning in the 1980s and continuing for the past 25 years, The El Cid neighborhood has experienced a re-birth with the renovation and …
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