Welcome to Dark and Scary Hallandale Beach!

Monday September 22nd, 2008

U.S.-1/South Federal Highway
7:45 p.m.

You know that 'Welcome to Hallandale Beach' sign that's been out for over FOUR YEARS that I'm always complaining about?

Which one, there's two of them. The one in front of Hallandale Beach City Hall, or the one on the Broward County/Miami-Dade boundary with the City of Aventura, near the entrance to The Village at Gulfstream?
The latter.
What about it?
It's still out!

Now you can see for yourself what bad governance looks like.

It looks like this -years and years of continually making a bad first impression on visitors at night.

That's the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida in a nutshell in the Year 2008.

Coming soon: more photos of Village of Gulfstream construction

Later on Saturday afternoon, while watching the NCAA Mens Lacrosse Semifinals up in Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on ESPN 2, I'll be posting some more digital photos I've taken of the area over the past two weeks, including many of the rapidly-changing U.S.-1 view of Gulfstream Park Race Track and Casino, which now, seems so very jarring now that the Palm trees alongside the eastside sidealk have been taken down.

This has been done to make it easier for construction to continue apace on the new retail shops of the Village at Gulfstream.

Until then, why don't you read what I posted earlier on parent blog South Beach Hoosier:
http://southbeachhoosier.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-bcs-football-format-is-bad-womens.html

Photos of The Village at Gulfstream construction banners recently erected

"The Village -Grand Opening Fall 2008"
July 27, 2007, Gulfstream Park Race Track and Casino, Hallandale Beach, FL
Looking northeast from US-1 towards the Grandstand and the beach.
In distance, left to right, is The Duo on Hallandale Beach Blvd. -next to the Diplomat Country Club and Golf Course- and The Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa on Hollywood Beach.

"A World Class Destination"
July 27, 2007, Gulfstream Park Race Track and Casino, Hallandale Beach, FL
Looking due east from US-1 towards the Grandstand