Author: MDPL Staff

Give Miami Day is Today!

November 19, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 minDon’t miss Give Miami Day 2020! Help MDPL reach our $5,000 fundraising goal during this annual 24 hour fundraising event for local non-profits. Giving is open now through Thursday at 11:59pm.
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Guest Post: How to Dress Art Deco

November 14, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 6 minsby Barbara Pickell About the Author: Barbara Pickell received her BA and MBA degrees from Binghamton University in New York State.  She worked in healthcare management and sales for over
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Many Shades of 1430 Ocean Dr.

November 13, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 minThe many shades of 1430 Ocean Drive…MDPL 1940’s archival postcard of the Clyde Hotel designed by L. Murray Dixon in 1941. In the 1970’s the name changed to Delnick’s Hotel.
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Miami Beach Bathing “Casinos”

November 3, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 3 minsMiami Beach sunbathers in the early 20th century would flock to Casinos, which actually were “bathing pavilions” that had nothing to do with gambling. The first bathing casino was built by
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Sunny Isles Motel Row

October 30, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 3 mins“It used to be called Motel Row. And for good reason. Dozens of two-story motels lined Collins Avenue. Some had whimsical themes and architectural flourishes. Concrete camels, mermaids and pyramids…Families
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Byron Carlyle Theatre

October 25, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 3 minsThe Byron Carlyle Theater is a cultural and historical landmark in the North Beach area of Miami Beach. It was designed by famous MiMo architect A. Herbert Mathes, and residents
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Hot Button Issues

October 23, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 2 minsButtons that had a saying or a political statement were a very popular item to wear in the 1970’s – 1990’s. Courtesy of the Kinerk-Wilhelm Collection shown are photographs of
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Video: Saving the Byron Carlyle Forum

October 20, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 3 minsView the video below from our October 19th zoom forum! Special thanks to the panelists and to the Neighborhood Organization to Save North Beach Robert Geitner, Executive Director – Olympia
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A Woman With Her Own Design

October 19, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 3 minsBarbara Baer Capitman was always an art and design lover. Perhaps she inherited this passion from her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Baer, who was an artist in her own right in the 1950’s.
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