Delray Beach City Commissioners unanimously approved an LGBTQIA+ Pride Streetscape to be located in the heart of the City’s Pineapple Grove Arts District at the intersection of Northeast Second Avenue and Northeast First Street.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was held on June 12, 2021, was a joyous celebration attended by many people from across South Florida. “The Pride Streetscape is about solidarity, inclusion, and visibility; a proud celebration of our city’s diversity," Mayor Shelly Petrolia said.

June 12, 2021, marked the 5-year anniversary of the Pulse shooting in Orlando when a gunman ended the lives of 49 victims and injured dozens of others. Saturday night was Latin Night at Pulse, one of the city's best-known gay clubs, and the club was filled with patrons both gay and straight, young and not-so-young, from the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and elsewhere. 

The streetscape design includes the six colors of the traditional Pride flag as well as the five additional colors of the Progress Pride flag, which represent people of color, and trans and non-binary individuals. 

Planning for the streetscape involved staff from various City Departments, stakeholders from the LGBTQIA+ community, non-profit local partners such as Compass, and the support of the project's sponsors; AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Palm Beach County Human Rights Council.