Christine Davis

Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach's Ballinger Award honors the Morissuttis’ renovation of their Mediterranean-style home at 89 Middle Road, designed by society architect Addison Mizner in 1921.

When the inaugural Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House makes its debut next week, it will bring together a team of interior designers who have worked their magic transforming rooms at a 1920s-era house near the Flagler Drive waterfront.
Affiliated with the longtime Kips Bay Show House in New York City, the fund-raiser is filling a gap left by the demise of the American Red Cross Designers’ Show House, which folded after its 40th edition in 2016. The new show house will raise money for the Boys & G...

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The 145-foot Il’ Barbetta, one of Benetti's "Vision 145" series of full displacement yachts, features a well-appointed functional layout designed by Stefano Righini, with the interior decor by Bannenberg & Rowell.
“Il’ Barbetta has been maintained in flawless condition and just completed a major multimillion-dollar refit including new exterior paint, teak decks, mechanical systems, and much, much more. She is turnkey in all respects,” said John Cohen, director of sal...

The house at 225 Sandpiper was designed for indoor-outdoor living, which was just what Cathy and Vincent Young were looking for in a Palm Beach residence.
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When Cathy and Vincent Young would visit Vincent’s parents in Palm Beach, they would dream about making Palm Beach their home.
“We knew we wanted to settle here eventually, and we finally did in 2013,” Vincent says.
At that point, they were living in Bedford, New York, and had a summer home on the beach in Long Isl...

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Organizers of this month’s Palm Beach International Boat Show in West Palm Beach say no yachts owned by Russians will appear at the event.
In the wake of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, boat show official Andrew Doole briefly responded this week to questions from the Palm Beach Daily News about any Russian-owned vessels that had been scheduled to appear. A spokeswoman for the show emailed the following statement:
“The Palm Beach International Boat Show stands fi...

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Attention boating enthusiasts and water-sports aficionados: The 40th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show, owned by The Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County and produced by Informa Markets, is back from Thursday through Sunday in downtown West Palm Beach.
The show occupies the same footprint as previous years, stretching over more than a dozen acres of dry land and waterfront along Flagler Drive, to accommodate what organizers are estimating to be ...

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After Rhonda Wilkins and Cliff Fischer married in November 2019 and embarked on finding a new home together, a recently built waterfront condominium tower across from Palm Beach caught their eye.
And how could it not? Gleaming on the South Flagler Drive waterfront, The Bristol was the first condo building to be built in many years in downtown West Palm Beach, and its amenities and services set a new bar for luxury in Palm Beach County. At 1100 S. Flagler Drive, the 2...

Seller Susan Strolla has enjoyed a resort lifestyle at her co-operative apartment, No. 110, in the 2774 S. Ocean building on the South End.
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Susan Strolla’s cooperative apartment — No. 110 at the 2774 South Ocean building in Palm Beach — has been her home since 2003.
When she was home shopping, the first-floor unit on the South End’s Condominium Row checked all the boxes on her wish list — and it still does — but it’s time for a change, she says.
“I came from a big ho...

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Informa Markets US Boat Shows, the organizers of The Palm Beach International Boat Show, has announced March 25-28 as its 2021 show dates. However, the event needs to be approved by the city of West Palm Beach.
Amanda Paez, marketing coordinator for Mayor Keith James' office, said the city will review the boat show's COVID-19 plans next week before giving the event the official go-ahead.
“We have had discussions with the boat show organizers on proceeding with the ev...

Visitors to the Palm Beach International Boat Show will have chance to view a streamlined yacht new to the North American market and exhibited by Ferretti Group America.
The Riva Domino Super 88 made its North American debut in February at the Miami International Boat Show. Ferretti Group does not market its vessels’ prices publicly.
Designed by Officina Italiana Design — led by Mauro Micheli and Sergio Beretta — in conjunction with the Ferretti Group’s engineering department, the new Riva is...

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The coronavirus pandemic’s effect on Palm Beach real estate hit home with Judith and Achille Guest, who made a decision to sell their condominium at 345 Australian Ave. after the emergence of COVID-19.
“During COVID, our children brought their friends here from school, and we found that we really wanted more room and outdoor space,” Judith says.
As those plans were finalized, they bought a North End home on Sandpiper Drive, and listed their three-bedroom, three-and-a...

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Bill Gerry, who first came to Palm Beach County 14 years ago when his daughter took part in equestrian events in Wellington, eventually set his sights on having a home in Palm Beach.
“Wellington didn’t work for me. My daughter ended up commuting from where I was renting,” Gerry says. “I started out coming for three or four months, then six months at a time. It took me a while to find what I thought would be a turnkey fit with amenities.”
His choice, in 2016, ended up...

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Ontario resident Marla Schwartz had for many years enjoyed a Palm Beach condominium by the time 2018 rolled around. That’s when she bought her Beach Point condominium — a larger unit than her previous condo — in hopes that husband Edward would join her in Florida more often.
But it hasn’t worked out that way, she says.
“I bought with the expectation that I would spend the whole winter in Palm Beach, and it has a beautiful den/office for my husband. But he’s a winter ...

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Editor’s note: This yacht was scheduled to be exhibited at the 2021 Palm Beach International Boat Show, which will continue through March 28 on the South Flagler Drive waterfront in downtown West Palm Beach.
The 238-foot Turquoise Quantum of Solace is fresh from a 2020 refit with a full repaint, upgraded interiors and a new bar in the main salon.
Launched in 2012 at the Turquoise Yachts shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey Quantum of Solace’s exterior and interior are by Jon...

Mary Magee found plenty to love about her landmarked house at 284 Monterey Road.
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Mary Magee has longtime ties to Palm Beach. Her late parents, Ronald and Louise Craigmyle, started wintering here in the 1950s, and she visited them frequently.
Then in 2009, she moved to the island from Locust Valley on New York’s Long Island and purchased a 1940s-era home at 284 Monterey Road.
“I looked at many, many houses, and they seemed all the same or just felt like a house with r...