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Paradise Island is a small island located at 25.08, -77.31 in the Bahamas, adjacent to the central island of New Providence (Nassau). It is best known for its sprawling beach resorts, the largest being Atlantis.
Paradise Island is connected to the island of New Providence by two bridges that cross Nassau Harbour. The first was built in 1966 and the second in the late 1990s.
Paradise Island was formerly known as Hog Island. Huntington Hartford, the A&P Supermarket Heir, arrived on Hog Island in 1959 because his sister Josephine Hartford Bryce lived in Xanadu near Lyford Cay. Josephine was married to Ivar Bryce, Ian Fleming's best friend from Eton and Janet Milford Haven's uncle. Huntington bought Hog Island from Axel Wenner Gren and changed the name to Paradise Island. He hired the Palm Beach architect John Volk and built the Ocean Club, brought the Cloisters over and re-built them, and built Cafe Martinigue, Hurricane Hole, the Golf Course and everything on the island. He hired Gary Player to be the Golf Pro and Poncho Gonzalez to be the Tennis Pro. His opening of his Paradise Island in 1962 was covered in Newsweek and Time magazines. He hired the staff from Eden Roc at Hotel Du Cap 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 a Bahamian three-dollar bill in 1966 (introduced as a close equivalent to the Bahamian Pound, which was replaced at the rate of $1=7/-, so $3=21/-).
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