MDPL Staff, Author at Miami Design Preservation League

National Register of Historic Places

May 21, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 2 minsOn May 14th, 1979, the Miami Beach Art Deco District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the nation’s first urban 20th century Historic District. This year we

“Definitely Deco”

May 14, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 5 minsIn the early 80s in the Art Deco Historic District, in the lobby of the Washington Storage Company, 1003 Washington Avenue, you could find the eclectic antique and gift shop

Miami Beach Art Deco District Time Future

Our positions on the Mayor’s 12-Point Plan for the Art Deco Cultural District

May 11, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 8 minsThe following was submitted to the Mayor and Commission of the City of Miami Beach on May 11th 2021 Dear Mayor and Commission: Please see below our positions on the

Our positions at the May 11th 2021 Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board

May 10, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 3 minsMDPL’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

The New Yorker Hotel

April 30, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 2 minsThe New Yorker Hotel once stood at 1611 Collins Avenue. It was the destruction of this iconic 1940 hotel in April 1981, considered by some the masterpiece of local architect

Growing up, the balcony of a South Beach Art Deco theatre, was Margaret’s playroom

April 26, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 6 minsImagine you are a kid growing up in the 1970s and your playroom just happens to be the balcony of one of the oldest and largest Art Deco theatres in

1940’s “Kernel” Lew Mercur’s Nut Club

April 24, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 2 minsThe “Nut Club”, known in the 40’s as “The Gayest Spot in Town” with “Continuous Screwey Entertainment”, offering “Dancing and Dinners from $1.50”, was located on Alton Road and Dade

From 1983: “Many Miamians are finding charm in grand, old houses”

April 21, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 5 minsEditor’s Note: This article was originally published in Miami Today on 8/25/1983 by Barbara Baer Capitman. It is reprinted below as part of our ongoing archives digitization project. The original

Barbara Baer Capitman’s 101st Birthday

April 20, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 2 minsOn April 9th, 2021, we celebrate the 101st year anniversary of the birthday of MDPL’s founder, Barbara Baer Capitman. We will be forever be in debt for her dedication, fierce

1930s El Chico Club

April 19, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 2 minsEl Chico’s swank nightclub was built in the 1930s and located in the new Art Deco Architectural District at 22nd St and Park Avenue. In 1982…”the leaders of the MDPL

Our positions at the April 13th 2021 Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board

April 13, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 2 minsMDPL’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

The Lido Spa Hotel 40 Island Avenue

March 30, 2021 No Comments

Read Time: 3 minsOnce located on Belle Isle, the only natural island on the Venetian Island—the rest are man-made, the Monterrey Motel and Yacht Club was built in 1953 and designed by architect

Author: MDPL Staff

National Register of Historic Places

“Definitely Deco”

Our positions on the Mayor’s 12-Point Plan for the Art Deco Cultural District

Our positions at the May 11th 2021 Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board

The New Yorker Hotel

Growing up, the balcony of a South Beach Art Deco theatre, was Margaret’s playroom

1940’s “Kernel” Lew Mercur’s Nut Club

From 1983: “Many Miamians are finding charm in grand, old houses”

Barbara Baer Capitman’s 101st Birthday

1930s El Chico Club

Our positions at the April 13th 2021 Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board

The Lido Spa Hotel 40 Island Avenue

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