Read Time: 3mins The Deauville Hotel, 6701 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach was designed by Melvin Grossman in 1957. This MIMO style hotel was named “Hotel of The Year” as it attracted many […]
Read Time: < 1min February 2021 is the 33rd anniversary of when preservationists campaigned to expand South Beach’s Historic District to include the triangle of 18 blocks east of Washington Ave. between 17th Street […]
Read Time: < 1min The Miami Beach Commission on Wednesday designated the International Inn as an individual historic site. This was the culmination of a multi-year effort between the City, MDPL, and the property […]
Read Time: 4mins 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: 3mins In honor of Black History Month….did you know The ROYAL PALM HOTEL at 1545 Collins Avenue in 2002 was the first full-service luxury hotel in America to be owned, developed […]
Read Time: 3mins Marie Raines fondly remembers her grandfather Anton Skislewicz (pronounced Ski-sleigh-vitch). In fact, she has many vivid memories from her childhood of relaxing at her grandparent’s home on Biscayne Bay, watching […]
Read Time: 3mins The Georgian Hotel was located on 1621 Collins Avenue near Lincoln Road. It was designed by architect Joseph J. DeBrita and built in 1940 at a cost of $140,000. Constructed […]
Read Time: 2mins Join the Florida Grand Opera for its Songfest music series, with three performances hosted at the Art Deco Museum!Each SongFest series will feature current or former members of FGO’s Studio […]
Read Time: 7mins About the Author: David McKinney is an architectural historian and retired museum administrator. He directed the statewide arts network in Virginia, served as the director of the U.S. Interior Department Museum […]
Read Time: 2mins From 1925 to 1992, Gatti Restaurant at 1427 West Avenue held its place as a shining star with Miami Beach eateries, serving up delicious Northern Italian homemade pasta and fresh […]
Read Time: < 1min Being that last weekend was our virtual Art Deco Weekend, we wanted to bring you a flashback to a year when the festival was also not able to be held […]
Read Time: 3mins Recently we had the opportunity to interview one of the male models that posed for the iconic 1986 Bruce Weber photoshoot on the roof of the Breakwater Hotel on Ocean […]