Read Time: 3minsView the video below from our October 19th zoom forum! Special thanks to the panelists and to the Neighborhood Organization to Save North Beach Robert Geitner, Executive Director – Olympia […]
Read Time: 3minsBarbara Baer Capitman was always an art and design lover. Perhaps she inherited this passion from her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Baer, who was an artist in her own right in the 1950’s. […]
Read Time: < 1minCome back in time with us to Ocean Drive in 1989 and hear directly from MDPL co-founder Leonard Horowitz in this rare documentary that has just been digitized from our […]
Read Time: 3minsDeveloper Carl G. Fisher (1874–1939)—was a self-made millionaire who transformed Miami Beach into a winter tourist destination at the beginning of the twentieth century. It was Fisher who built several of Miami […]
Read Time: 5minsWebinar link: https://miamibeachfl-gov.zoom.us/j/89999066738, or dial in via telephone 888-475-4499 (toll free), webinar ID: 899 9906 6738. Members of the public wishing to speak on an item during the meeting, must […]
Read Time: < 1minWatch the video from yesterday’s Zoom presentation! Editor’s Note: Miami Design Preservation League is pleased to support Miami Beach Referendum #5 for the Wolfsonian Arts District floor area density increase […]
Read Time: 4minsEditor’s Note: Steven Avdakov is a registered architect in Florida and four other states, and he has over thirty years of professional architectural and historic preservation experience. In 1998, he […]
Read Time: 2minsLa Flora Hotel at 1238 Collins Avenue, when opened in 1924, was a Mediterranean Revival Hotel designed by architect George L. Pfeiffer. It was three stories high and had 45 rooms, each […]
Read Time: < 1minThe City of Miami Beach has published a survey as part of its efforts to develop a private property adaptation program. The objective is to reduce the risk of damage […]
Read Time: 2minsMDPL’s Board of Directors has taken the following positions on upcoming ballot questions which relate to our mission. To read the full Voter Guide published by the City of Miami […]
Read Time: 2minsOn June 1, 2020, artist Christo, known in South Florida for his public art project “Surrounded Islands”, passed away. Christo’s 30-month project to encircle eleven islands in Biscayne Bay with bright pink plastic […]
Read Time: < 1minHere at MDPL we love Art Deco buildings with decorative spires! Pictures from our 2001 archives of the Tudor, Kent and Tiffany Hotels were taken by Alex Rodriguez (the late […]