postcard Archives - Miami Design Preservation League

The Splendor of the Helen Mar

October 21, 2021

Read Time: 3 minsThe Helen Mar Apartment Hotel at 2421 Lake Pancoast Drive was designed by Robert E. Collins in 1936 for the owner John Marsa. Helen, the locals say, was the name

1942 Postcard from WWII soldier to his mother

May 28, 2021

Read Time: 2 minsIn honor of the Memorial Day Weekend we present a 1942 postcard from our archive collection written by Private Paul Munson, stationed in Miami Beach to his mother. “Dear Mother,

The New Yorker Hotel

April 30, 2021

Read Time: 2 minsThe New Yorker Hotel once stood at 1611 Collins Avenue. It was the destruction of this iconic 1940 hotel in April 1981, considered by some the masterpiece of local architect

Curry’s Restaurant

December 25, 2020

Read Time: 2 minsCurry’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

Demolition of The Revere Hotel

April 28, 2020

Read Time: 2 minsGianni 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

Lincoln Center Hotel

April 20, 2020

Read Time: < 1 min1940’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 minsMDPL 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

Parham’s Restaurant

March 22, 2020

Read Time: < 1 min1950’s Postcard of Parham’s Restaurant located at 73rd and Collins Avenue. Parham’s was opened in 1949 by two brothers Wesley and Harold Parham. Wesley ran the business side while Harold

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