The Carillon was one of the premier Collins Avenue hotels in Miami Beach during the early 1960s and is still lovingly remember by former visitors for its lavish nightlife productions and stage shows.
Archive for September, 2008
Tambourine Lounge at the Carillon Hotel
Posted in Tourism on September 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Excerpts from Carl Fisher: Builder of Miami Beach
Posted in People on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Carl Fisher is generally considered to be the father of Miami Beach, and one of the best biographies of him I’ve ever read appeared in Coronet in 1949. Here are a few excerpts from that biography: THAT MAN FISHER must be crazy! The Hoosier fool is trying to make a tourist resort out of that crocodile hole.”
Henry Flagler’s Railroad Comes to Miami
Posted in Historical Events on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
HENRY M. FLAGLER’S Florida East Coast Railroad kept Mrs. Julia Tuttle of Fort Dallas in a fever heat of excitement. She knew it would eventually open up all south Florida to northern commerce and she was keenly aware of the boon it would be to the country once it reached the Biscayne Bay region.
