Read Time: 8minsMDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following projects on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda and offers our positions below. Have a comment about a project you would like to share with our committee? Contact us. Please note: the lack of a position on a project does not indicate support for or opposition to that project. To […]
Read Time: 5minsMDPL’s Advocacy Committee will review the following applications on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda. Here is a sneak peek of the projects to be heard and links to learn more. Have a comment about a project you would like to share with our committee? Contact us. To review the Historic Preservation Board Agenda, including public participation […]
Read Time: 7minsMDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following projects on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda and offers our positions below. Have a comment about a project you would like to share with our committee? Contact us. Please note: the lack of a position on a project does not indicate support for or opposition to that project. To […]
Read Time: 5minsMDPL’s Advocacy Committee will review the following applications on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda. Here is a sneak peek of the projects to be heard and links to learn more. Have a comment about a project you would like to share with our committee? Contact us. To review the Historic Preservation Board Agenda, including public participation […]
Read Time: 3minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. Opa-locka is a city renowned for its extensive collection of Moorish revival architecture and Arab place names. Home to the largest known concentration of Moorish revival architecture in the […]
Read Time: 5minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. In the 1970s, Leonard Horowitz left his design office in New York City for a vacation in Miami Beach. He became so enthralled by endless summers and ocean waves […]
Read Time: 2minsEditors 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. Founded in 1986 by Mitchell (Micky) Wolfson, Jr., the Wolfsonian Foundation supports the study of European and American cultural history from 1885 to 1945. The Wolfsonian Museum, located at 1001 […]
Read Time: 2minsEditors 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. On October 13, 1988, The Senator Hotel in Miami Beach was demolished. The Senator was one of the foremost Art Deco hotels built in 1939 in the historic district. Designed by the prolific Art […]
Read Time: 4minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. We’re highlighting important documents that tell the story of Miami Beach, coinciding with National Historic Preservation Month sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Miami Beach Bandshell, previously known as […]
Read Time: 2minsEditors 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. Art Deco’s resurgence was a major influence on Miami Beach fashion in the 1980s. Small businesses flourished on Lincoln Road, and designers set up shop while captivated tourists, models, nightclubbers, […]
Read Time: 2minsEditors 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. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 1970, over 60% of the local population in Miami Beach was over the age of 25. And in the 1980s, while Miami […]
Read Time: 4minsEditors 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. By the 1950s, Miami Beach had become a run-down and abandoned version of its former glamorous self. Several once prestigious hotels that catered to famous celebrities and wealthy elites– Such […]
Read Time: 3 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. Opa-locka is a city renowned for its extensive collection of Moorish revival architecture and Arab place names. Home to the largest known concentration of Moorish revival architecture in the […] 
Read Time: 5 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. In the 1970s, Leonard Horowitz left his design office in New York City for a vacation in Miami Beach. He became so enthralled by endless summers and ocean waves […] 
Read Time: 2 minsEditors 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. Founded in 1986 by Mitchell (Micky) Wolfson, Jr., the Wolfsonian Foundation supports the study of European and American cultural history from 1885 to 1945. The Wolfsonian Museum, located at 1001 […] 
Read Time: 2 minsEditors 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. On October 13, 1988, The Senator Hotel in Miami Beach was demolished. The Senator was one of the foremost Art Deco hotels built in 1939 in the historic district. Designed by the prolific Art […] 
Read Time: 4 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. We’re highlighting important documents that tell the story of Miami Beach, coinciding with National Historic Preservation Month sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Miami Beach Bandshell, previously known as […] 
Read Time: 2 minsEditors 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. Art Deco’s resurgence was a major influence on Miami Beach fashion in the 1980s. Small businesses flourished on Lincoln Road, and designers set up shop while captivated tourists, models, nightclubbers, […] 
Read Time: 2 minsEditors 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. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 1970, over 60% of the local population in Miami Beach was over the age of 25. And in the 1980s, while Miami […] 
Read Time: 4 minsEditors 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. By the 1950s, Miami Beach had become a run-down and abandoned version of its former glamorous self. Several once prestigious hotels that catered to famous celebrities and wealthy elites– Such […]