Read Time: 2minsCurry’s Restaurant located at 7433 Collins Avenue was a North Beach favorite among many locals far and wide. It was built in 1937 as an Epicure Restaurant (yes, the same […]
Read Time: 2minsThe Plymouth Hotel is located at 336 21st Street in the Collins Park neighborhood. It was designed by Anton Skislewicz in 1940, as a three story Art Deco Streamline Moderne […]
Read Time: 3minsEspanola Way Village, which is so popular with tourists and locals now, was the brainchild of developers William Whitman and N.B.T. Roney in the early 1920’s. Originally named The Spanish […]
Read Time: < 1minMDPL is pleased to participate in the slow streets pilot program. The effort is a collaboration with the City of Miami Beach, Better Streets Miami, Bike Safe, Miami Riders Alliance, […]
Read Time: 4minsThe White House Hotel at 15th Street and Ocean Drive was a three story, 178 room structure designed by Roy E. France in the Neocolonial or Georgian style. Meant to […]
Read Time: 4minsMDPL’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: 6minsIn the seventies, the porch at the Cardozo Hotel at 1300 Ocean Drive had no more than a row of aluminum chairs, with equal numbers of senior citizens who lived in […]
Read Time: 2minsIn 1934, the young artist Earl LaPan, a Massachusettes native came to Miami Beach in search of work. Between 1934 and 1939, he painted murals and created sculptures for more […]
Read Time: < 1minDress 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 […]
Read Time: 3minsExcerpt 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 […]
Read Time: < 1minDon’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. […]
Read Time: 6minsby 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 […]