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to work off season at the Ocean Club. He had the fireworks for the opening party flown in from the South of France. He had a flag and Paradise Beach was featured on Bahamian three-dollar notes in 1966 (introduced as a close equivalent to the Bahamian Pound, which was replaced at the rate of $ 1 =
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Huntington Hartford met James M. Crosby (1927–1986) through Huntington's bodyguard Sy Alter. Sy Alter met Jim Crosby at the Colony Club in Palm Beach. Huntington Hartford obtained the gambling licence for Paradise Island and included Jim Crosby as an extra investor. Jim Crosby and Jack Davis then
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flown by Chalk's International Airlines both served the airstrip which closed in 1999. The airfield and runway have since been removed and replaced with an 18-hole luxury golf course surrounded by one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods on the island. The area goes by the name "Ocean Club" with
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A small airstrip existed on the island from 1989 to 1999 to serve the resort. Prior to 1989 the airport was a seaplane base with a ramp for aircraft to leave the water. In 1989 a 910-metre (3,000 ft) runway was added to the airport. The airport's codes were: IATA: PID ICAO: MYPI. Both
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architect John Volk and built the Ocean Club, Cafe Martinique, Hurricane Hole, the Golf Course, among other island landmarks. He also acquired and installed the Cloisters, a 14th-century French
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The Royal Towers joined by the Bridge. The Bridge Suite, located in the span, is among the most expensive accommodations in the world at $ 25,000 a night.
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Map depicting New Providence Island which is connected to Paradise Island via two bridges. Both islands are within capital city Nassau's harbour.
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Paradise Island is connected to the island of New Providence by two bridges that cross Nassau Harbour. The first was built in 1966 by
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The French Cloisters is the reconstructed remains of the cloisters of a 14th-century French monastery.
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with its extensive water park rides, pools, beach, restaurants, walk-in aquarium and casinos.
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for $ 400 million. It was last sold for $ 125 million to the current owner,
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Paradise Island Lighthouse, constructed 1817 at the western tip of the island
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to be the tennis pro. His opening of Paradise Island in 1962 was covered in
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Paradise Island was purchased in the 1980s for $ 79 million, then sold to
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episode "Bahama Mama" is set in the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
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heir, arrived on Hog Island in 1959. Hartford bought Hog Island from
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Adam Bernstein, "Huntington Hartford Lost Millions on Investments",
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and changed the name to Paradise Island in 1962. He hired the
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View towards Nassau from The Cloisters on Paradise Island.
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turboprop operated by Paradise Island Airlines as well the
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Purchase by Huntington Hartford and development as a resort
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were married on Paradise Island in a two-hour TV special.
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property prices as high as 40 million dollars or more.
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A resort island in the Bahamas' capital city of Nassau
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Paradise Island is located in Bahamas
Paradise Island is located in North Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
25°05′N 77°20′W / 25.083°N 77.333°W / 25.083; -77.333
Lucayan Archipelago
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