Read Time: 3 mins Please find the letter below from MDPL Board Chair Jack Johnson transmitted to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Committee. Dear Chair Carroll, The Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) is distressed by
Read Time: 3 mins In celebration of Black History Month….The downtown Burdines had a place of real significance when the nation entered the civil right’s era. Burdines was the flagship for Florida’s first family of
Read Time: < 1 min MDPL’s Visual Memoirs Project is featured in this local NBC6 news story about the legacy of segregation in South Florida. To read the full article and view the video, click
Read Time: 5 mins Please see below post from the Committee to Preserve the Byron Carlyle Theater. The Committee to Preserve Byron Carlyle Theater is a group of Miami Beach residents, neighborhood associations, civic
Read Time: 9 mins Sign the Petition to Save 1753 North View Drive: Click Here Address: 1753 North View Drive Current Owners: Sunset Island Land Trust, Alex Kleyner and Diana Ulis, purchased home in
Read Time: 3 mins The Deauville Hotel, 6701 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach was designed by Melvin Grossman in 1957. This MIMO style hotel was named “Hotel of The Year” as it attracted many
Read Time: < 1 min February 2021 is the 33rd anniversary of when preservationists campaigned to expand South Beach’s Historic District to include the triangle of 18 blocks east of Washington Ave. between 17th Street
Read Time: < 1 min The Miami Beach Commission on Wednesday designated the International Inn as an individual historic site. This was the culmination of a multi-year effort between the City, MDPL, and the property
Read Time: 4 mins MDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following applications and offers our below positions. Please note, the lack of a position on a project does not indicate support or opposition to
Read Time: 3 mins In honor of Black History Month….did you know The ROYAL PALM HOTEL at 1545 Collins Avenue in 2002 was the first full-service luxury hotel in America to be owned, developed
Read Time: 3 mins Marie Raines fondly remembers her grandfather Anton Skislewicz (pronounced Ski-sleigh-vitch). In fact, she has many vivid memories from her childhood of relaxing at her grandparent’s home on Biscayne Bay, watching
Read Time: 3 mins The Georgian Hotel was located on 1621 Collins Avenue near Lincoln Road. It was designed by architect Joseph J. DeBrita and built in 1940 at a cost of $140,000. Constructed
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