Author: MDPL Staff

McCrory’s Department Store

May 5, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 2 minsMcCrory’s Department Store was located on the southeast corner of Washington Avenue and Espanola Way in Miami Beach. The commercial architect William F. Simpson designed this classic Streamline building in
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Barbara Baer Capitman’s Drawings

April 30, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 minDid you know that in between saving our Art Deco Historic District, the founder of MDPL Barbara Baer Capitman was a talented artist as well? Check out our virtual exhibit
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Protestors Chained to Senator Hotel

April 28, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 minMiami News editorial photograph by A.G. Montanari with the caption “Protesters chained to Senator Hotel”. Description says “The waiting game at Miami Beach’s Senator Hotel continued today, as Ray Halm,
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Demolition of The Revere Hotel

April 28, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 2 minsGianni Versace purchased the Revere Hotel at the corner of 11th Street and Ocean Drive which was next door to his building Casa Casuarina for $3.7 million in 1993. His intention
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The Royal Palm Hotel in Miami

April 27, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 2 minsThis hotel was a large resort built by railroad magnate Henry Flagler in Miami. Opened in 1897, the Royal Palm Hotel was one of the first hotels in the Miami area. It sat on the north
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Original Andy Sweet photographs

April 21, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 2 minsAndy Sweet was a gifted photographer who from 1977-1982, documented the residents of South Beach through his camera lens. In 1982 his life was tragically cut short when he was
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Discriminatory Language of the 1940’s

April 21, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 minShown are two archival 1947 magazine ads for The Cromwell and The Pancoast Hotels. These ads referred to “Selected Clientele”and “Carefully Restricted Clientele”, and offering “Congenial Companionship”. These catchphrases all
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1950s ad for The Essex House Hotel

April 20, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: 2 mins  The Essex House Hotel at 1001 Collins Avenue, is considered one of Henry Hohauser’s best designs. Built in 1938, the hotel has the streamlined shape of a ship, with
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Lincoln Center Hotel

April 20, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 min1940’s Postcard of the Lincoln Center Hotel at 630 Lincoln Road and the corner of Euclid Avenue. The Lincoln Center Hotel was designed in 1937 by famed architect Igor Polevitzky
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Last Call to Save The Senator!

April 20, 2020 No Comments
Read Time: < 1 min1988 Flyer “LAST CALL TO SAVE THE SENATOR!” at Miami Beach City Hall on Convention Center Drive on June 1st. BE THERE TO WITNESS THE FINAL MEETING….Join us at our
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