Recognizing a rare opportunity to work with a blank slate, famed architect Morris Lapidus turned his attention to planning a city that would become North Lauderdale.

His design of the Fontainebleau Resort, the Eden Roc and Americana helped create the style of Miami Beach.

Residents still benefit from his influence and vision, which can be seen in the whimsical “beacons” lending the city prominence and in the distinct, amoebic shape of Boulevard of Champions.

In the late 1960s, recognizing the growing demand for single-family homes, the Osias Organization, headed by Colonel Nathan Rood, who was also the first appointed Mayor, purchased most of the land and began the development of North Lauderdale proper.

Where the rich and famous flocked to Miami Beach, regular families enamored with the Sun Belt, moved to North Lauderdale.

The city's character took shape of a younger, family-oriented community where most social interaction took place after work around a softball field.

North Lauderdale is a city where a week of hard work is rewarded with sunshine-filled weekends and family barbecues.

Its primary daily newspapers are the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Miami Herald, and the alternative weekly New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

North Lauderdale Days is an annual celebration in which the city opens the pool to the public, invites vendors, and provides live music.

[31] Some sections are served by Lauderdale Lakes,[32] Margate,[33] and Millennium 6-12 Collegiate Academy middle schools.