MDPL Staff, Author at Miami Design Preservation League

Guest Post: South Shore Community Center – The Case for Its Preservation

September 11, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: < 1 min David McKinneyEditor’s Note: David McKinney is an architectural historian and retired museum administrator. He directed the statewide arts network in Virginia, served as the director of the U.S. Interior Department

Video: Get Back – Saving the Deauville Forum

September 11, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 3 mins View a video recording of our September 10th 2020 forum “Get Back – Saving the Deauville.”Please make sure to sign the petition if you have not already: click here.Visit the

North Beach Resort Historic District

September 9, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: < 1 min Browse the Historic Designation Report from 2003 below.

Summary: September 8th 2020 Historic Preservation Board

September 8, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 4 mins The City of Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board met virtually today to review a lengthy agenda. Below are results of the items that were heard at the meeting, shaded in

Our Positions at the Sep 8 2020 Historic Preservation Board

September 7, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 5 mins MEMORANDUMSeptember 7th 2020TO: Chair and Members, Historic Preservation BoardFROM: Advocacy Committee, Miami Design Preservation LeagueSUBJECT: Applications before the Board on September 8th 2020MDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following applications

New Renderings of the Raleigh Master Plan Proposal

September 6, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: < 1 min Upcoming Hearing: September 8th 2020 9am, Historic Preservation Board (via Zoom). Hearing information and the full meeting agenda can be found at the following link: click here.The project is an

Tatum Waterway: City’s Response to Aug 31st decision

September 5, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: < 1 min Please see below the Letter to Commission (LTC) submitted by the City of Miami Beach administration, regarding the Circuit Court’s August 31st 2020 opinion removing the Tatum Waterway’s historic designation.

YTech vs City of Miami Beach: Update on Tatum Waterway

September 3, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 2 mins MDPL is saddened by a preliminary decision of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court to quash the ordinance that made the Tatum Waterway part of the locally-designated North Shore Historic District.

Mid Century Marvels

August 25, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 2 mins Synopsis of the November 1996 Ocean Drive article by Tom Austin with photographs by Bill Wisser entitled, “Mid Century Marvels; A new tour and increasing appreciation are spurring interest in

Miami Beach Art Deco District Time Future

Our Drive, Ocean Drive 2020

August 21, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: < 1 min The City of Miami Beach, MDPL, and various stakeholders are undertaking a renewed effort to help re-elevate the Art Deco District with a focus on revitalization, arts, and culture –

1938 Easter Service on the beach in Lummus Park

July 13, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 2 mins These 1938 vintage black and white photographs from our archives show an early morning Easter service on the beach in Lummus Park. They include a photograph showing the crowds attending

The Wofford and Traymore Hotels

June 30, 2020 No Comments

Read Time: 3 mins Mrs. Olive Wofford, a widow in the early 20th century, opened a guest house in Miami Beach at 23rd and Collins Avenue. After seeing how the market was so successful,

Author: MDPL Staff

Guest Post: South Shore Community Center – The Case for Its Preservation

Video: Get Back – Saving the Deauville Forum

North Beach Resort Historic District

Summary: September 8th 2020 Historic Preservation Board

Our Positions at the Sep 8 2020 Historic Preservation Board

New Renderings of the Raleigh Master Plan Proposal

Tatum Waterway: City’s Response to Aug 31st decision

YTech vs City of Miami Beach: Update on Tatum Waterway

Mid Century Marvels

Our Drive, Ocean Drive 2020

1938 Easter Service on the beach in Lummus Park

The Wofford and Traymore Hotels

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