Panama City Beach, Florida: February 2011

Panama City Beach, Florida, in February 2011, with beachfront lots, low-rise roadside businesses, and a high-rise condominium or hotel along the Gulf Coast development corridor. The area’s built environment combines tourism-oriented lodging and commercial properties with undeveloped sandy parcels and dune vegetation near the shore. Panama City Beach was extensively built around beach tourism in the late 20th century, and this stretch shows the mix of dense coastal construction and remaining open land common along the city’s frontage roads and beach access points.

Photo taken in February 2011.