Restoration Fever Spreads: Partners Turn Slum into Condo (1986)
Read Time: 2 minsIn the 1980s, the apartment house was one of many undergoing reinvestment and restoration. It was also among the first to be converted from apartments to condominiums – ushering in an era of homeownership in the Flamingo Park neighborhood.
Restoration Fever Spreads: Two buy ‘jewel of Ocean Dr.’ (1986)
Read Time: 2 minsNow known most famously as the former home of Gianni Versace during the 1990s, in the 1980s the Villa Casa Casuarina was an apartment house called the Amsterdam Palace. At the time this article was written, the property was among the most sought-after in all of South Beach. Developers Gerry Sanchez and Amancio Victor Suarez bought the property for double its real estate value:
Collins Canal Recommended for Historic Status
Read Time: 3 minsBefore the Venetian Causeway and much of Miami Beach was developed, there was a waterway that made much of its development possible. This waterway – overlooked by many for too long – is now in the final stages of review and approval to receive historic status by the City of Miami Beach.
MDPL Receives Miami Beach Proclamation for National Historic Preservation Month
Read Time: 2 minsIn a proclamation issued by the Mayor and Commission of the City of Miami Beach, the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) has been honored for its unwavering commitment to historic preservation.
Preservationists Fight to Save Bass Museum Area (1988)
Read Time: 2 minsAt the time, preservationists fought to make this quaint neighborhood a historic district. Then referred to as the Bass District, the area is between Washington and Collins Avenue from 16th to 23rd Street. It features some of the best examples of Art Deco and Mediterranean architecture.
Restored beach, cafes, nightlife putting new life in Miami Beach (1983)
Read Time: 3 minsThe revitalization of Miami Beach in the early 1980s included major infrastructure projects that helped transform it back to its glory days. A Miami Herald article by Dory Owens, dated […]
Edison Hotel gets new life – with assistance from the State of Florida (1987)
Read Time: 3 minsIn 1987, the state of Florida loaned $250,000 for the restoration of the Edison, with assistance from the Miami Beach Development Corp.
Miami Beach Conflict Pits Developers Against Lovers of Art Deco (1981)
Read Time: 4 minsArt Deco hotels offered fashionable places to escape the Winter and Great Depression during the 1930s and 40s. But by the 1970s and 1980s, Miami Beach was in decline. By 1981, the city was looking to revitalize.
2024 Docomomo US National Symposium Comes to Miami May 29-June 1
Read Time: 2 minsExperience one of the country’s richest collections of mid-century and postmodern architecture as Docomomo US holds its National Symposium in Miami, Miami Beach, and Coral Gables, May 29th to June 1st, 2024. Entitled Streams of Modernity: Postwar to Postmodern, the symposium is a collaboration of Docomomo US and the Docomomo US/Florida chapter.
People Saving Places: R.J. Heisenbottle Architects and the Freedom Tower
Read Time: 7 minsR.J. Heisenbottle Architects, P.A. (RJHA) was commissioned in 1987 by then-owner Zaminco International to conduct extensive restoration work to the rapidly decaying landmark to bring it back to its original 1925 splendor.
Keith Haring at the Wham Bam on Washington Avenue (1988)
Read Time: 2 minsFound among the archives PostMortem, a South Beach newspaper that ran from 1988-1990 and focused on arts and culture. A full-page ad announces a reception for the artist Keith Haring on Monday, May 2nd, 1988, at the Wham Bam at 437 Washington Avenue in South Beach.
People Saving Places: Infinity Collective and the Esmé Miami Beach
Read Time: 3 minsInterview with David Berg, Partner at Infinity Collective