Read Time: 4 mins Editor’s Note: Steven Avdakov is a registered architect in Florida and four other states, and he has over thirty years of professional architectural and historic preservation experience. In 1998, he
Read Time: 2 mins La Flora Hotel at 1238 Collins Avenue, when opened in 1924, was a Mediterranean Revival Hotel designed by architect George L. Pfeiffer. It was three stories high and had 45 rooms, each
Read Time: < 1 min The City of Miami Beach has published a survey as part of its efforts to develop a private property adaptation program. The objective is to reduce the risk of damage
Read Time: 2 mins MDPL’s Board of Directors has taken the following positions on upcoming ballot questions which relate to our mission. To read the full Voter Guide published by the City of Miami
Read Time: 2 mins On June 1, 2020, artist Christo, known in South Florida for his public art project “Surrounded Islands”, passed away. Christo’s 30-month project to encircle eleven islands in Biscayne Bay with bright pink plastic
Read Time: < 1 min Here at MDPL we love Art Deco buildings with decorative spires! Pictures from our 2001 archives of the Tudor, Kent and Tiffany Hotels were taken by Alex Rodriguez (the late
Read Time: < 1 min View the agenda and review the projects which will be heard at the October 13th Historic Preservation Board meeting of the City of Miami Beach, beginning at 9am. For the
Read Time: < 1 min Miami Design Preservation League is featured among other local cultural institutions in this article by Artburst Miami published on WLRN. To read the article, click here.
Read Time: 3 mins Flamingo Plaza at 1051-1055 Meridian Avenue in the Flamingo Park area, was a classic Art Deco Hotel. Designed by L. Murray Dixon in 1937, this 38 room structure has a
Read Time: < 1 min Below is the agenda detail from the City of Miami Beach website, in regard to the Sep 17th Land Use Workshop on the Art Deco Cultural District proposals. This is
Read Time: < 1 min Please see the video below from the First Reading of the Faena District Height Increase proposal at the Miami Beach City Commission. Recorded September 16th 2020.
Read Time: 3 mins 1450 Collins Avenue is an Art Deco structure in the Nautical Moderne style that has had many lives. With wave-like designs and vertical images it evokes the feeling of a
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