Carl Fisher’s Clubhouse

Read Time: 2 minsCarl 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 […]

1942 Postcard from WWII soldier to his mother

Read Time: 2 minsIn 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, […]

National Register of Historic Places

Read Time: 2 minsOn 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 […]

“Definitely Deco”

Read Time: 5 minsIn 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 […]

The New Yorker Hotel

Read Time: 2 minsThe New Yorker Hotel once stood at 1611 Collins Avenue. It was the destruction of this iconic 1940 hotel in April 1981, considered by some the masterpiece of local architect […]

1940’s “Kernel” Lew Mercur’s Nut Club

Read Time: 2 minsThe “Nut Club”, known in the 40’s as “The Gayest Spot in Town” with “Continuous Screwey Entertainment”, offering “Dancing and Dinners from $1.50”, was located on Alton Road and Dade […]