The next time you have lunch at Cafe Nexxt on Lincoln Road look to the east and you’ll see where the Lincoln Center Hotel was once located. It encompassed the main entrance on Euclid Avenue and the entire hidden courtyard area where many shops and beauty salons are located today.
This art deco brochure is from [...]
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Lincoln Center Hotel on Lincoln Road
Posted in Architecture, Miami Beach, People, Tourism on December 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio in Miami Beach
Posted in People, tagged 1954, Joe Dimaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Miami Beach on December 11, 2008 | Comments Off
This photo was snapped by an amateur photographer on Miami Beach, and if you look close you’ll see that the two people are Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Unfortunately, the poor guy who took this photo didn’t quite get it in focus, which is a shame because
Wolfie Cohen | A Legend in Miami Beach
Posted in People, tagged Miami Beach, Miami Beach Restaurants, South Beach on October 6, 2008 | Comments Off
In 1932 a borscht circuit busboy, Wolfie Cohen, came to Miami Beach and opened one successful Miami Beach restaurant after another, including his original “Wolfie’s” on the corner of Collins Avenue and Lincoln Road. He also came up with an innovative approach to local dining that revolutionized the restaurant industry and
Excerpts from Carl Fisher: Builder of Miami Beach
Posted in People, tagged Florida, Florida History, Indianapolis Speedway, Miami Beach, Miami Tourism, South Beach 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.”
Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant in Miami Beach
Posted in People, tagged Boxing, Jack Dempsey, Miami Beach Hotels, Miami Beach Restaurants on August 9, 2008 | Comments Off
This is former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey accompanying guests into his Miami Beach restaurant at the Vanderbilt Hotel on Collins Avenue.
