Lauderdale-By-The-Sea is known as a town where time has stood still. Tourists and Snow Birds return year after year to get their fill of friendly faces, family entertainment and to soak up the sun on our beautiful beach. With low-rise, boutique-style beach motels, the famous fishing pier and street jazz on the weekends, what’s not to love?
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea traces its roots to the 1920s. While numerous other coastal cities in Florida allowed the development of huge condominium complexes on the beach, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea strived to maintain its small town charm and ocean views by limiting building heights, which it still does to this day. The Town has undergone dramatic growth in the past 50 years. In 1960, the Town’s population was 1,300 residents. The number of permanent residents residing here more than doubled in October 2001, when Lauderdale-By-The-Sea successfully annexed the Intracoastal Beach Area, a coastal neighborhood just north of the Town.
With so many high rise condo developments, people enjoy the walk-able feel of our “small town within a big city.” If you’re looking to get away from the cold this winter or craving the sand and sea, come down to sunny south Florida and drift back to a later day where children can walk to the ice cream shop and the adults can dance in the street! We look forward to your visit!
