Candidate Questionnaire: Group 1 Responses

Read Time: 6 mins The Miami Design Preservation League sent a questionnaire regarding preservation and development issues to all candidates for the Miami Beach November 2nd 2021 general election. We will be posting each […]

Candidate Questionnaire: Mayoral Responses

Read Time: 7 mins The Miami Design Preservation League sent a questionnaire regarding preservation and development issues to all candidates for the Miami Beach November 2nd 2021 general election. We will be posting each […]

Jewish Life in South Beach in the 70s

Read Time: 3 mins Before the city of Miami Beach became a hotspot for nightlife and celebrities, it was home to a massive Jewish retiree population. During the 1950s and 60s, Miami Beach’s Jewish […]

Video: Lapidus Lecture 001 – Style & Legacy

Lecture 001 - Style & LegacyRead Time: 2 mins On September 23rd, we held our first lecture in the series “Beauty and the Beach: Morris Lapidus and MiMo Architecture.” Our next Lapidus lecture is this Thursday, October 7th: Click […]

Year in Review 2020-2021

Read Time: < 1 min Highlights from the last year were shared at the MDPL Annual Meeting of voting members on September 1st, 2021, during which the 2021-2022 Board of Directors were sworn in. Thanks […]

Hotel Leonard 54 Ocean Drive

Read Time: 5 mins The Hotel Leonard at 54 Ocean Drive was built in 1925 by the owner H.E. Glickman, who named it after his son Leonard. Across from Hardie’s Casino, it was designed […]

1235 Washington Avenue

Read Time: 5 mins In April 1935, The French Casino at 1235 Washington Avenue was designed by architect Thomas Hunter Henderson and built as a supper and vaudeville club, featuring cabaret acts and showgirls. By […]

The Colors of Leonard Horowitz’s Life

Read Time: 4 mins This July 2021 we honor what would have been the 76th birthday of Leonard Horowitz. Leonard Eugene Lazar Horowitz was a young furniture designer from New York, who created window […]