World Congress Day Passes Now Available

World Congress Day PassRead Time: 3 minsThe 16th World Congress on Art Deco® is coming to Miami and Miami Beach in April, and we have options for locals who want to participate in the biennial festivities! […]

Big news! Meet MDPL’s incoming Executive Director!

Read Time: 2 minsThe Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) is pleased to announce that Meg Lousteau has been selected as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective Nov. 17, 2025. Meg brings over two decades of leadership experience in historic […]

Opa-locka: “Dream of Araby” (1986)

Read Time: 3 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. Opa-locka is a city […]

Leonard Horowitz – The King of Art Deco (1988)

Read Time: 5 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. In the 1970s, Leonard […]

Demolition of the Senator Hotel (1988)

Read Time: 2 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archives “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. On October 13, 1988, The Senator […]