Hollywood

Hollywood has had a face-lift, with more nips and tucks to come. Young Circle, once down at heel, has become Broward's first Arts Park. On Hollywood's western outskirts, the flamboyant Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has permanently etched the previously downtrodden section of State Road 7/U.S. 441 corridor on the map of trendy excitement, drawing local weekenders, architecture buffs, and gamblers. But Hollywood's redevelopment effort doesn't end there: new shops, restaurants, and art galleries open at a persistent clip, and the city has spiffed up its Broadwalk—a wide pedestrian walkway along the beach—where Rollerbladers are as commonplace as snowbirds from the north.