Flagler Monument Island: A Testament to Henry Flagler’s Impact on Miami Beach and Beyond
Read Time: 4 mins Flagler Monument Island is a small man-made island off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida. While it may resemble just another island in the bay, it is actually a monument […]
Art Deco Home Demolished – Entry Gate Lives On at Art Deco Museum
Read Time: 3 mins On February 1st 2023, a 1937 Art Deco home was demolished at 1745 W 24th Street on Sunset Island #3 in Miami Beach. Unfortunately, it was located outside of a […]
Off to the World Congress: 1991 to 2023
Read Time: 8 mins by Robin Grow, Vice-President, ICADS and President, Art Deco and Modernism Society of Australia A regular highlight (and a major Initiative) of ICADS activities for the last three decades has […]
41st Street Through the Years
Read Time: 4 mins 41st Street is a key thoroughfare in the Mid-Beach section of Miami Beach, although the area in which it was constructed was once known as “North Beach”. Beginning in the […]
Deauville Implosion
Read Time: < 1 min Today we lost the North Beach landmark Deauville Hotel due to demolition by neglect. We captured this footage of the implosion and ensuing demolition cloud. An important part of our cultural, […]
Richard Heisenbottle Talks Historic Preservation at the Art Deco Museum
Read Time: 2 mins Richard Heisenbottle, president and founder of R.J. Heisenbottle Architects, visited the Art Deco Museum at the MDPL on Oct. 6 to discuss his firm’s work restoring some of Miami’s most […]
The Cameo Theater
Read Time: 4 mins The Cameo Theater at 1445 Washington Avenue opened its doors on November 4th, 1938. It is located in the Española Way Historic District, which in 1986 became the first historic […]
The Roney Plaza Hotel
Read Time: 3 mins The Roney Plaza Hotel, considered the very first of many monumental beachfront resorts, was once located at Collins Avenue and 23rd Street. It was built by New Jersey lawyer Newton […]
Deauville Hotel Timeline
Read Time: 7 mins MDPL has developed a timeline starting with the first residential tower approval in 2003 (unbuilt). We plan to update this timeline – you can bookmark this page to stay in […]
Guest Post: Hidden History of the Venetian Islands
Read Time: 2 mins About the Author: Jason Katz is the publisher of Islandia Journal, a (sub)tropical journal of myth, folklore, history, ecology, cryptozoology, and the paranormal. He is a contributing editor at Burnaway […]
Remembering Keith Root
Read Time: 2 mins MDPL recently learned of another one of our dedicated preservationists who passed away last November, 2021. Keith Root attended the University of Florida from 1971-1977, where he received a BA and an […]
Remembering Richard Hoberman
Read Time: 4 mins We were saddened to learn this weekend of the passing of Richard Hoberman (April 1, 1941 – March 4, 2022), another true MDPL pioneer that worked tirelessly for the cause of preservation […]