Read Time: 2mins MDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following applications and offers our positions below. Please note, the lack of a position on a project does not indicate support for or opposition […]
Read Time: 2mins In light of the tragic building collapse in Surfside, Miami Design Preservation League’s Center for Resiliency & Sustainability has been communicating with various stakeholders and providing guidance regarding building recertification […]
Read Time: 2mins Bookleggers Library, an artist designed free library open to the public has set up a temporary residence at 1600 Washington Avenue. Bookleggers “Beach Reads” pop-up library is part of the […]
Read Time: 3mins Originally opened in 1930, The Surf Club located at 9011 Collins Avenue was designed by pioneering Miami architect Russell Pancoast. It was the ultimate place to be seen. Located between Miami […]
Read Time: 6mins Throughout the 1980s and the early 90s, Woody Vondracek became one of South Florida’s foremost Art Deco graphic artists. We recently had the opportunity to interview Woody, who reminisced with […]
Read Time: 3mins MDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following applications and offers our below positions. Please note, the lack of a position on a project does not indicate support or opposition to […]
Read Time: 2mins Carl Fisher’s Clubhouse built in 1916, just one year after the incorporation of the city of Miami Beach, was located at his executive golf course on Dade Blvd. and Washington […]
Read Time: < 1min The Art Deco Museum is thrilled to present a traveling version of our Women’s Suffrage Centennial Exhibition at the Miami-Dade Public Library. The exhibition will be installed on the main […]
Read Time: 2mins In honor of the Memorial Day Weekend we present a 1942 postcard from our archive collection written by Private Paul Munson, stationed in Miami Beach to his mother. “Dear Mother, […]
Read Time: 2mins On May 14th, 1979, the Miami Beach Art Deco District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the nation’s first urban 20th century Historic District. This year we […]
Read Time: 5mins In the early 80s in the Art Deco Historic District, in the lobby of the Washington Storage Company, 1003 Washington Avenue, you could find the eclectic antique and gift shop […]
Read Time: 8mins The following was submitted to the Mayor and Commission of the City of Miami Beach on May 11th 2021Dear Mayor and Commission:Please see below our positions on the Mayor’s proposed […]