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2C THE PALM BEACH POST FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1993 Parade to mark 4nev' Clematis is 0 Your Mimm Shopping lis Clematis Street Grand Reopening i RPfW Banyan Lake V'. Wort? frail the Nordiclhick "lFitiie iomr55 Store I Clematis St. A. I 3 0) kWawiAt'3 a i Hie (Gardens! Everest. LEGEND: E3 Free parking Parade route Port-o-Lets Stage Come In For Affordable Fitness Gifts For Everyone On Your List As Low As $1 0 To $40! By JOEL ENGELHARDT Palm Beach Post Staff Wnter WEST PALM BEACH Even the old-timers on Clematis Street have a hard time remembering the last parade.

Had to have been the 1950s, when the crowds gathered on holidays or after high school football games, they say. Those days ended when the city added Flagler Drive in the 1960s. Big gatherings flowed naturally to the waterfront. On Saturday, city officials are bringing back the parade led by a New Orleans-style jazz band and adding a block party to celebrate the new look of Clematis Street. More than 5,000 people are expected.

The celebration will run from 6 to 11 p.m. and span the 100 to 500 blocks of Clematis. The street is new because the city and property owners paid $1.3 million to replace the sidewalks, trees and benches. It's also new because of new stores, many rushing to open for Saturday's party. Local bands 13th Floor (fusion), The Dillengers (rock), the Tucker Brothers Band (country) and the Tom Lippincott Trio (jazz) will perform on mid-block stages between the library and Florida Avenue.

'i Local artists will display their work on the third floor of the VIVIEN E. RIPPEStatf Artist, tomers. One of those investors is Art; Samuels, who is taking a "dirty, nasty, hole-in-the-wall pawnshop" and turning it into a high-end jewelry shop with ties to wholesalers in Miami. "We missed the boat on South Beach. This looks like a similar-type situation to us." I VZ.

II Galleria International Building. Officials will cut ribbons to open four stores: Attitudes is Everything and Anthony's, both women's clothing shops; Provident Jewelry and Loan; and the Downtown Furniture Galleries. For Mayor Nancy Graham the street's completion is about time. While construction took about six months, she's been working on the project for four years. But she doesn't expect Clematis to return to its Main Street heyday of the 1950s, when it was the only shopping district around.

She's counting on new investors and new ideas to draw new cus- PEDOMETERS HAND STRENGTHENERS MINI-MASSAGERS NORDIC SPA TRAVEL SET STRETCHING EQUIPMENT NORDICTRACK T-SHIRTS SWEATSHIRTS FITNESS VIDEOS COOKBOOKS FOR HEALTHFUL EATING AROMATHERAPY PRODUCTS FITNESS MUSIC CRUNCH BOARDS FITNESS WATCHES Even the J.C. Hams Men Shop, whose owners are frequent critics of downtown revitalization efforts, plan to stay open Saturday night. But the pessimism remains. "They'll be doing real good if they have 500" people, owner Robert C. Harris said.

Lake Worth pier reopens Saturday THESE ARE JUST A FEW IDEAS FROM OUR HUGE SELECTION! 1 The Gardens (407) 625-6400 ordicnrack a.m. weekdays and 24 hours on weekends. Admission is $2 for adult fishermen, $1 for children fishing and 50 cents for spectators. Benny's on the Beach restaurant and bar is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mayor Rodney Romano said he would like to see the pier become an anchor for other businesses and bring some nightlife to the beach, besides fishing. The repairs are about two months ahead of schedule. Murphy Construction, which won the $1.2 million job, had until February to finish the work. Bob Smith, Murphy's foreman for the job, said his crews had worked hard to finish early. There will be an official opening ceremony at 11 a.m.

and a reggae band will play afterward. Once the lights are installed, the pier's hours will be 7 a.m. to 2 S.M "Fitness At Home 1993 Nordic Advantage, Inc. NordicTrack "Fitness At Home" and related marks are licensed trademarks of NordicTrack, Inc. All rights reserved.

By SCOTT G. CAMPBELL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WORTH There's good news for anglers, but it's bad news for snook. The city pier reopens for fishing at dawn Saturday. i And opening day is free. "We expect at least a couple of hundred people," said Peter Thano, co-owner of Benny's on the Beach.

"We get calls every day asking when we're going to reopen. This is one of the best piers for fishing, especially for snook." -I The pier was damaged by freak waves on Halloween in 1991. Although it had been a perfectly dear day in South Florida, the remnants of a hurricane churning in the North Atlantic sent waves crashing over the pier, destroying about 210 feet of the 960-foot "structure. Although structural repairs are xtone making it safe to walk on the pier there are still some finishing touches before the job is complete, said City Engineer Ray Some painting needs to be done, awnings installed and lights put up so the pier can stay open after dusk. But those repairs should all be finished by next -week, Smith said.

Other Action The council also Thursday: VOTED to reduce by 2,900 the number of dwellings that could be built on 1,450 acres of land north of PGA National. I. DISCUSSED whether to ad-- vertise again for a new city at-- torney. No decision was made. POSTLINES BOO The Palm Beach Post Gardens leaders set to envision city's future By WILLIAM HOWARD Palm Beach Post Staff Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS It's called "visioning," and the City Council plans to hold special meetings to do it during the next few months.

I Visioning, simply, is brainstorming to create a picture of what the city should look like 10, 20 and 30 years from now. The council plans to meet in the coming weeks to discuss its future so that "vision" can be included in policies developed in August during a northern Palm Breach County planning forum. Palm Beach Gardens city plan- Just call 3 digits: 5 1 1 Or (900)990-9511 CELLJULARCIIH' customers call 511 Regular air charges apply from Tequesta through Boynton Beach and west through WellingtonRoyal Palm Beach, just call 3 digits: 5II. Up to a 5-minute call costs only 35. Elsewhere, call (900) 990-9511.

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