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Showing posts with label Miami Beach in the 1950s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami Beach in the 1950s. Show all posts
Monday, June 3, 2024

Americana Hotel Bal Harbour promises tropical fun on Miami Beach 1950s

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Americana Hotel and pool circa 1956, Florida State Archives   By Jane Feehan Laurence and Bob Tisch, operators of hotels in Atlantic City an...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Barons of early Miami Beach: oil, tires, baked beans and beachside manses (or before the Fontainebleau Hotel)

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  Snowden Place 1923 Florida State Archives/ Florida Memory - Hoi t By Jane Feehan It’s hard to imagine Miami Beach in the days before it wa...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Miami Beach hotel wars: Fontainebleau, Eden Roc and the spite wall

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Fontainebleau 1956 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory By Jane Feehan The Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach is easily spotted with its ...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Lincoln Road Mall - where time caught up with architect Morris Lapidus

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Original Lapidus geometric feature as seen today By Jane Feehan During the 1920s, early Miami Beach developer—and promoter—Carl ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

When exotic dancers reigned in Miami Beach

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A blonde Zorita the Snake Dancer at the Peppermint Lounge c. 1961 Photo & information about it courtesy of Dick Cami By J...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Miami Beach sweeps TV land in 1955 with "Today," "Tonight" and ...

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Eden Roc today; Fontainebleau adjacent (south) By Jane Feehan Tourism was already a growth industry in Miami Beach be...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Adazzle: Miami area restaurants and hotels of the 1940s, 50s and 60s

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Miami Beach 1955 Florida State Archives/Barron By Jane Feehan Newspaper ads of past decades reveal a host of restaurants and hotel dinin...