[3] Along with Addison Mizner, Singer intended to build a luxury resort hotel called the Paris Singer Hotel on the south end of the island, and a more typical resort called the Blue Heron toward the north, with homes and a golf course in between.

[4] Due to problems clearing titles, Singer's plans changed, and he decided to build only the luxury hotel on the island's south end and to call it the Blue Heron.

[3] However, due to the abrupt end of the Florida land boom of the 1920s, not a single house was built on any of the lots, and the Blue Heron was left uncompleted.

[citation needed] The tallest building is the 42-story "Tiara", which was severely damaged by two hurricanes in 2004, with residents displaced from 2004 to 2008,[5][6][7][8] reportedly restored.

[10][11] John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, a coastal and tropical hammock and mangrove forest, this barrier island provides a haven for several rare or endangered native tropical and coastal plant species[12]