Read Time: 3mins View a video recording of our September 10th 2020 forum “Get Back – Saving the Deauville.”Please make sure to sign the petition if you have not already: click here.Visit the […]
Read Time: 4mins The City of Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board met virtually today to review a lengthy agenda. Below are results of the items that were heard at the meeting, shaded in […]
Read Time: 5mins MEMORANDUMSeptember 7th 2020TO: Chair and Members, Historic Preservation BoardFROM: Advocacy Committee, Miami Design Preservation LeagueSUBJECT: Applications before the Board on September 8th 2020MDPL’s Advocacy Committee has reviewed the following applications […]
Read Time: < 1min Upcoming Hearing: September 8th 2020 9am, Historic Preservation Board (via Zoom). Hearing information and the full meeting agenda can be found at the following link: click here.The project is an […]
Read Time: < 1min Please see below the Letter to Commission (LTC) submitted by the City of Miami Beach administration, regarding the Circuit Court’s August 31st 2020 opinion removing the Tatum Waterway’s historic designation. […]
Read Time: 2mins MDPL is saddened by a preliminary decision of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court to quash the ordinance that made the Tatum Waterway part of the locally-designated North Shore Historic District. […]
Read Time: 2mins Synopsis of the November 1996 Ocean Drive article by Tom Austin with photographs by Bill Wisser entitled, “Mid Century Marvels; A new tour and increasing appreciation are spurring interest in […]
Read Time: < 1min The City of Miami Beach, MDPL, and various stakeholders are undertaking a renewed effort to help re-elevate the Art Deco District with a focus on revitalization, arts, and culture – […]
Read Time: 2mins These 1938 vintage black and white photographs from our archives show an early morning Easter service on the beach in Lummus Park. They include a photograph showing the crowds attending […]
Read Time: 3mins Mrs. Olive Wofford, a widow in the early 20th century, opened a guest house in Miami Beach at 23rd and Collins Avenue. After seeing how the market was so successful, […]
Read Time: 3mins The Hampton Hotel located at the corner of Lincoln Road and Michigan Avenue, was built in April 1926, and designed by Martin L. Hampton. He also designed the old Miami […]