2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN | DELRAY BEACH

COMMUNITY MEETING

Meeting Date: March 15, 2017

Old School Square Field House

Historic preservation is a conversation with our past about our future.

It provides us with opportunities to ask:

"What is important in our history?"

"What parts of our past can we preserve for the future?"

Historic preservation is an important way for us to transmit

our understanding of the past to future generations.

Our nation's history has many facets, and

historic preservation helps tell these stories.

Sometimes historic preservation involves celebrating events, people,

places, and ideas that we are proud of; other times it involves

recognizing moments in our history that can be painful or

uncomfortable to remember.

-National Park Service

Historic Preservation is telling our story

First Real Estate Boom

Area east of Intracoastal Incorporated as Town of

Delray Beach

Delray Theatre

and Hotels built

Elementary & High School built

Delray gets electricity & city Water

Pioneer Period Ends

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1910

1896

1894

1884

Orange Grove House of Refuge built

1876

Our History

African- Americans from

Panhandle begin farming

First train arrives on FEC tracks

Fruits and vegetables can now be shipped

by rail

Town of Linton Settlement Begins.

As many as 14 African-American

families already living in area petition Dade County School Board for school

Town survey completed

First U.S. Census counts population of

904 in Delray

Town of Delray incorporates

1913 - 1920

1921-26

1980 Period of Decline affects Delray

Beach & Downtown

World War II

1941-45

1954-70 Civil Rights Era Present

Day

2017

2004-2008

Property values Peak & then

sharply fall

Great Recession

1947

1926-41 Real Estate Bust

Great Depression

Artist & Writers Colony

Our History

Old School Square saved, first Historic Districts

and CRA formed

1985 - 1987

Delray Beach’s Renaissance

1990’s

1993 2001

2012

City of Delray Beach

formed 1927

1970 U.S. Census Population 19,915

Local Register of Historic Places

37 Sites

5 Historic Districts Old School Square Historic Arts District

Del-Ida Park Historic District

West Settlers Historic District

Marina Historic District

Nassau Square Historic District

National Register of Historic Places

5 Sites

1 Historic District Marina Historic District

OSSHAD is an eligible district

Land Area of Delray Beach

15.89 square miles or 10,169.6 acres

Historic District Acres: 171.63 acres +/-

Less than 2% of the City’s land area

Why are we here this

evening?

The Comprehensive Plan is the City’s growth management document.

The Plan describes how the community looks today and how it is

expected to look in the future. The City of Delray Beach

Comprehensive Plan addresses how we:

• Maintain our community – the built and natural environment

• Provide services such as transportation, housing, public safety

and utilities

• Grow – that impacts are managed on a local and regional level

Currently, the City of Delray Beach does not have a

Historic Preservation Element in its Comprehensive Plan.

Comprehensive Plan

Why does Delray Beach

need a

Historic Preservation

Comprehensive Plan

Element?

A Historic Preservation Element can:

• Protect our current historic and cultural resources

• Provide guidance in the identification of new

resources

• Implement strategies to maintain an inventory of

our resources

• Tell the story of our community

Historic Preservation

is changing

It’s not just about preserving buildings

we are

BUILDING COMMUNITIES

Economics and Preservation

During the economic

downturn,

property values in historic

neighborhoods remained

stable and some

neighborhoods saw property

values increase

Donovan Rypkema

Property Values - Rypkema

Sustainability

Preservation of historic structures

is true sustainability

Examples of Preservation and Sustainability

in Delray Beach

140 NW 4th Avenue

144 NW 4th Avenue

220 Dixie Boulevard

1026 Nassau Street

2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN | DELRAY BEACH

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

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www.alwaysdelray.com

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