Hollywood, Florida is an oceanfront travel destination that caters to seniors.

Hollywood FL History

The Hollywood area used to be an undeveloped tract of pine forests, palmetto plants, and tangled undergrowth situated among tomato farms and marshland. In 1921, Joseph Young bought land in the area to develop his “dream city”. By 1925, Hollywood incorporated and the Hollywood Broadwalk was built along Hollywood Beach, patterned after Atlantic City's famed boardwalk. Florida's largest and best appointed bathing pavilion, the Hollywood Beach Casino, was located on the Broadwalk. The Hollywood Beach Hotel, popular with many northern industrialists and visiting celebrities, opened in February 1926.

On September 18, 1926, a hurricane slammed into Hollywood claiming thirty-seven lives and causing millions of dollars in damages. Property values plummeted as residents left the area. Undeterred, Young decided to dredge a deep-water seaport at the shallow lake north of the city so that ships could dock and disembark at Hollywood. Completed in February 1928, Port Everglades is now the second busiest cruise port in the world.

During World War II, the U. S. Naval Air Gunners' School was located in Hollywood and the Hollywood Beach Hotel became a Naval training school. At the end of the war, the hotel repainted, refurbished and built the largest swimming pool and cabana club in the United States.

Hollywood Florida – Ultimate Senior Tourist Destination

Today, Hollywood Florida is the ultimate senior tourist destination with its year-round events, great beach, vibrant downtown and oceanfront Broadwalk.