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The Lido was designed by Charles Blair Macdonald, with contributions from other designers, and constructed in 1915. [1] Mr. Macdonald sponsored a contest in Country Life magazine called The Lido Prize. The entries judged by Bernard Darwin, Horace Hutchinson and Herbert Fowler. The winner was Alister MacKenzie. [2]
The island features numerous sandy beaches facing the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a park called "South Lido Park", which has a beach and a woodland trail. [1] The island is well developed with a wide variety of luxury hotels and beach houses, and has a seasonal nightclub scene.
The name Lido originated from the Lido di Venezia. [citation needed] In 1904 Henry Huntington became a partner with William Collins in the Newport Beach Company.In exchange for extending the Pacific Electric Railway to Newport Beach, Huntington received 250 acres (1.0 km 2) and a 100-foot (30 m) wide right-of-way for the railway. [1]
Lido West Town Park – one of several beaches in Lido Beach. Lido Beach is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. Located on the Long Beach Barrier Island, it is a suburb of the City of Long Beach, and is in the immediate metropolitan area. The population was 2,719 at the ...
The Lido Prize was a competition first held by the British Country Life Magazine in 1914, inviting sports enthusiasts to create a design for a golf hole. It was named after the Lido Golf Club constructed on Long Island , which was designed by architect Charles Blaire Macdonald .
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Lido Isle, Newport Beach, a man-made island, located in the harbor of Newport Beach, California; Lido Key, a barrier island off the coast of Sarasota, Florida; Lido Beach, a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. Lido, Papua New Guinea, a village
Saltdean Lido, Brighton and Hove, England Na Stírce Lido in Prague, Czech Republic Freibad in Tübingen, Germany. In British English, a lido (/ ˈ l iː d oʊ / LEE-doh, / ˈ l aɪ d oʊ / LY-doh) [1] is a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, lie in the sun, or participate in water sports.