Read Time: 2mins Gianni Versace purchased the Revere Hotel at the corner of 11th Street and Ocean Drive which was next door to his building Casa Casuarina for $3.7 million in 1993. His intention […]
Read Time: 2mins This hotel was a large resort built by railroad magnate Henry Flagler in Miami. Opened in 1897, the Royal Palm Hotel was one of the first hotels in the Miami area. It sat on the north […]
Read Time: 5mins A Tribute to Virginia McAlester by Brett Gillis, Vice President, Historic Preservation Association of Coral GablesPreservationists across the nation join the residents of Dallas, Texas in mourning the death of Virginia McAlester, longtime preservationist, […]
Read Time: 2mins Andy Sweet was a gifted photographer who from 1977-1982, documented the residents of South Beach through his camera lens. In 1982 his life was tragically cut short when he was […]
Read Time: < 1min Shown are two archival 1947 magazine ads for The Cromwell and The Pancoast Hotels. These ads referred to “Selected Clientele”and “Carefully Restricted Clientele”, and offering “Congenial Companionship”. These catchphrases all […]
Read Time: 2mins The Essex House Hotel at 1001 Collins Avenue, is considered one of Henry Hohauser’s best designs. Built in 1938, the hotel has the streamlined shape of a ship, with […]
Read Time: < 1min 1940’s Postcard of the Lincoln Center Hotel at 630 Lincoln Road and the corner of Euclid Avenue. The Lincoln Center Hotel was designed in 1937 by famed architect Igor Polevitzky […]
Read Time: 2mins Between 1942 and 1945, Miami Beach played a significant role in WWII. Nearly half a million men, including matinee idol Clark Gable, were stationed there for training by the Army […]
Read Time: < 1min 1988 Flyer “LAST CALL TO SAVE THE SENATOR!” at Miami Beach City Hall on Convention Center Drive on June 1st. BE THERE TO WITNESS THE FINAL MEETING….Join us at our […]
Read Time: 2mins Dress up your online virtual meetings with these virtual backgrounds featuring some of our favorite shots of Miami Beach!Do you use Zoom or other virtual meeting tools? Would you like […]
Read Time: 2mins MDPL archival postcard of Miami Beach Dog Track circa 1930’s-1940’s. Located at the southern tip of South Beach on 1st and Ocean Drive, it brought an exciting cosmopolitan spark to Miami […]
Read Time: 2mins In January of 2020, MDPL contributed their digitized Andy Sweet archival files to the National Gallery of Arts, in conjunction with the Sweet’s family archives. Andy Sweet was a gifted […]
Read Time: 2 mins Gianni Versace purchased the Revere Hotel at the corner of 11th Street and Ocean Drive which was next door to his building Casa Casuarina for $3.7 million in 1993. His intention […] 
Read Time: 2 mins This hotel was a large resort built by railroad magnate Henry Flagler in Miami. Opened in 1897, the Royal Palm Hotel was one of the first hotels in the Miami area. It sat on the north […] 
Read Time: 5 mins A Tribute to Virginia McAlester by Brett Gillis, Vice President, Historic Preservation Association of Coral GablesPreservationists across the nation join the residents of Dallas, Texas in mourning the death of Virginia McAlester, longtime preservationist, […] 
Read Time: 2 mins Andy Sweet was a gifted photographer who from 1977-1982, documented the residents of South Beach through his camera lens. In 1982 his life was tragically cut short when he was […] 
Read Time: < 1 min Shown are two archival 1947 magazine ads for The Cromwell and The Pancoast Hotels. These ads referred to “Selected Clientele”and “Carefully Restricted Clientele”, and offering “Congenial Companionship”. These catchphrases all […] 
Read Time: 2 mins The Essex House Hotel at 1001 Collins Avenue, is considered one of Henry Hohauser’s best designs. Built in 1938, the hotel has the streamlined shape of a ship, with […] 
Read Time: < 1 min 1940’s Postcard of the Lincoln Center Hotel at 630 Lincoln Road and the corner of Euclid Avenue. The Lincoln Center Hotel was designed in 1937 by famed architect Igor Polevitzky […] 
Read Time: 2 mins Between 1942 and 1945, Miami Beach played a significant role in WWII. Nearly half a million men, including matinee idol Clark Gable, were stationed there for training by the Army […] 
Read Time: < 1 min 1988 Flyer “LAST CALL TO SAVE THE SENATOR!” at Miami Beach City Hall on Convention Center Drive on June 1st. BE THERE TO WITNESS THE FINAL MEETING….Join us at our […] 
Read Time: 2 mins Dress up your online virtual meetings with these virtual backgrounds featuring some of our favorite shots of Miami Beach!Do you use Zoom or other virtual meeting tools? Would you like […] 
Read Time: 2 mins MDPL archival postcard of Miami Beach Dog Track circa 1930’s-1940’s. Located at the southern tip of South Beach on 1st and Ocean Drive, it brought an exciting cosmopolitan spark to Miami […] 
Read Time: 2 mins In January of 2020, MDPL contributed their digitized Andy Sweet archival files to the National Gallery of Arts, in conjunction with the Sweet’s family archives. Andy Sweet was a gifted […]