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Las Olas Boulevard is a major east-west thoroughfare in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States that runs from SW 1st Avenue in the Central Business District to Florida State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale Beach. The name "Las Olas" means "The Waves" in Spanish. The road once carried the designations of State Road A1A Alt. and State Road 842.
Beginning in 1986, with the passage of a bond issue, the city of Fort Lauderdale began an aggressive effort to connect the city's arts and entertainment district, the historic downtown area, and the Las Olas shopping and beach district, and to shake its long-standing reputation as a cultural wasteland and college-student party town.
In Fort Lauderdale, the New River overflowed its banks and submerged downtown streets, [20] and according to the local newspaper at the time, "whitecaps broke on East Las Olas Boulevard a mile (1.6 km) inland." [4] Tides reached 11 ft (3.4 m) at Hillsboro Inlet and along the coast from Fort Lauderdale northward. [11]
FORT LAUDERDALE — Picture, for a moment, Las Olas Boulevard without a median lined with the black olive trees that have been there for decades, shading all the cars that drive by. Under a long ...
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The New River Tunnel, officially known as the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel, is a highway tunnel that carries U.S. Route 1 underneath the New River and Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The tunnel replaced the Federal Aid Highway Bridge, a drawbridge opened on August 26, 1926, and closed in 1958.
HAMPTON — The owners of Las Olas have purchased the plaza where their Hampton location has existed for 15 years, with hopes of revitalizing its vacant commercial spaces.. The 9,000-square-foot ...
The downtown area, especially around Las Olas Boulevard, first underwent redevelopment starting in 2002, [99] and now hosts many new hotels and high-rise condominium developments. [100] The city's central business district is the largest downtown in Broward County, although there are other cities in the county with commercial centers.