Join Us Tonight for the Deco Speakeasy!

Read Time: < 1 minDress up in your Art Deco best and join our speakeasy crew this evening via Zoom! Get in the Thanksgiving holiday spirit with MDPL through Zoom or Facebook Live! Join […]

Excerpt from 1940 Life Magazine

Read Time: 3 minsExcerpt from 1940 Life Magazine article entitled “Miami & Miami Beach; Biggest U.S. Winter resort has biggest boom”….. “In 1912 Miami, Fla., was a sleepy town of 7,500 people and Miami […]

Give Miami Day is Today!

Read Time: < 1 minDon’t miss Give Miami Day 2020! Help MDPL reach our $5,000 fundraising goal during this annual 24 hour fundraising event for local non-profits. Giving is open now through Thursday at 11:59pm. […]

Guest Post: How to Dress Art Deco

Read Time: 6 minsby Barbara Pickell About the Author: Barbara Pickell received her BA and MBA degrees from Binghamton University in New York State.  She worked in healthcare management and sales for over […]

Many Shades of 1430 Ocean Dr.

Read Time: < 1 minThe many shades of 1430 Ocean Drive…MDPL 1940’s archival postcard of the Clyde Hotel designed by L. Murray Dixon in 1941. In the 1970’s the name changed to Delnick’s Hotel. […]

Miami Beach Bathing “Casinos”

Read Time: 3 minsMiami Beach sunbathers in the early 20th century would flock to Casinos, which actually were “bathing pavilions” that had nothing to do with gambling. The first bathing casino was built by […]

Sunny Isles Motel Row

Read Time: 3 mins“It used to be called Motel Row. And for good reason. Dozens of two-story motels lined Collins Avenue. Some had whimsical themes and architectural flourishes. Concrete camels, mermaids and pyramids…Families […]

Catapult Diver at the MacFadden-Deauville Hotel

Read Time: 2 minsThis past year MDPL member Nancy Usatschew generously donated her family’s vintage photographs and articles from the 1930’s- 1940’s. In the 1940’s, twenty-four year old Walter Bura was the world’s […]

Byron Carlyle Theatre

Read Time: 3 minsThe Byron Carlyle Theater is a cultural and historical landmark in the North Beach area of Miami Beach. It was designed by famous MiMo architect A. Herbert Mathes, and residents […]

Hot Button Issues

Read Time: 2 minsButtons that had a saying or a political statement were a very popular item to wear in the 1970’s – 1990’s. Courtesy of the Kinerk-Wilhelm Collection shown are photographs of […]