Article: Former Spring Break destination, Fort Lauderdale drawing new crowd.

Byline: Scott Wyman

Mar. 26--If there was a gravesite, dropping off flowers would be appropriate this month. Twenty years have gone by since the death of Fort Lauderdale as Spring Break capital for America's college students. So while throngs of kids are partying away in Padre Island, Cancun and Panama City, Fort Lauderdale's beach is packed with families and couples vacationing from the Midwest, Northeast and other countries. A five-star St. Regis hotel will open soon at the site of the Candy Store and its infamous wet T-shirt contest. The liveliest contest on the beach Sunday afternoon was a radio station challenging contestants to eat a plate of ...

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