From Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade, 11 cities are celebrating their centennials in 2025 and 2026. WLRN News' series "History We Call Home" spotlights the moments, ideas and people that made these cities part of our community's fabric over the past century.

The City of Hollywood was imagined by its founder as a beautiful destination by the sea that could attract newcomers with glitz and glamour, like its California namesake. To anchor his newly founded city, Joseph Young conceived a luxurious hotel to welcome visitors and investors alike, and so embarked on a breakneck effort to build what would be the Hollywood Beach Resort Hotel.

A century after its founding, Hollywood has become what Young might have dreamed it would be: a tourist destination attracting visitors from all over

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