Read Time: 2 mins On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Pascal Yves Laurent spoke at the Jewish Museum of Florida for the 16th World Congress on Art Deco lecture series. In his lecture, Laurent, the
Read Time: 2 mins Get ready for an incredible Insider’s Tour with the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation! It’s happening from September 12th to the 14th and it’s a tour you won’t want to
Read Time: 2 mins On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Steve Knight spoke at the Jewish Museum of Florida for the 16th World Congress on Art Deco lecture series. In his lecture, Knight discusses the
Read Time: 3 mins American sculptor Carole A. Feuerman has a larger-than-life work on exhibit center stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it has a unique South Florida connection to boot! “The Diver,”
Read Time: 3 mins On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Miami Beach Planning Director Thomas Mooney and Preservation Chief Deborah Tackett spoke at the Jewish Museum of Florida for the 16th World Congress on Art
Read Time: < 1 min On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, four leaders in preservation spoke at a panel at the Jewish Museum-FIU for the 16th World Congress on Art Deco lecture series. The panelists were:
Read Time: 3 mins Andrew Capitman, son of Miami Design Preservation League leader Barbara Baer Capitman, was a leading Art Deco rehabilitation pioneer in the late 1970s and 1980s. In 1979, he purchased the Cardozo Hotel with a group of enthusiastic investors who believed in the resurgence of the city through the preservation of its past. Mr. Capitman instinctively knew that a 1930s revival would dramatically improve tourism.
Read Time: 2 mins In 1984, six hotels underwent major renovations that would mark the second wave of an Art Deco revival in South Beach. According to a Miami Herald article written by Paul Shannon on July 8, 1984, Royale Group Ltd. officials secured a $13.5 million loan to pay for the planned renovation, which included painting and refurbishing in the original Art Deco style.
Read Time: 3 mins Editors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archives “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. Despite preservationists’ efforts to save
Read Time: 2 mins In the 1980s, the apartment house was one of many undergoing reinvestment and restoration. It was also among the first to be converted from apartments to condominiums – ushering in an era of homeownership in the Flamingo Park neighborhood.
Read Time: 2 mins Now known most famously as the former home of Gianni Versace during the 1990s, in the 1980s the Villa Casa Casuarina was an apartment house called the Amsterdam Palace. At the time this article was written, the property was among the most sought-after in all of South Beach. Developers Gerry Sanchez and Amancio Victor Suarez bought the property for double its real estate value:
Read Time: 3 mins Before the Venetian Causeway and much of Miami Beach was developed, there was a waterway that made much of its development possible. This waterway – overlooked by many for too long – is now in the final stages of review and approval to receive historic status by the City of Miami Beach.
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