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Showing posts with label Miami Beach in the 1960s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami Beach in the 1960s. Show all posts
Friday, April 21, 2023

Surfside 6: TV show, houseboat, an inventor and a Fort Lauderdale link

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Surfside 6 at Dania Beach State Archives of Florida     By Jane Feehan The 1960 TV show Surfside 6 started off with a bang. It seemed lik...
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 ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

A profitable alliance: Boxing and Frankie Carbo

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By Jane Feehan Miami Beach boxing promoter Chris Dundee denied doing business with mobster Frankie Carbo, but admitted he first met ...
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, 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/Florida Memory/Barron By Jane Feehan Newspaper ads of past decades reveal a host of restaurants ...