Modern-style apartment building up for landmark status in Palm Beach
0 The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to give landmark protection to the Lake Drive Apartments building at 455 Australian Ave. Recognized as an excellent example of the Moderne style of architecture in Palm Beach, the Lake Drive Apartments building at 455 Australian Ave. is up for historic landmark designation. The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously recommended on Wednesday that the Town Council confer landmark protection on the four-story building designed by Howard Chilton; it was completed in 1949. Chilton fashioned it with a “Nautical Moderne” theme, incorporating nautical elements in the decorative balcony railings, porthole windows and sundeck design. That is appropriate, considering that its west facade directly overlooks Lake Worth Lagoon and the Town Docks, landmarks consultant Janet Murphy said. The Modernism movement consisted of several architectural styles including Art Moderne, which flourished in the 1930s and 1940s, and was