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Miami Beach – South Beach: Cardozo Hotel
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The Cardoza Hotel, at 1300 Ocean Drive, was designed by enry Hohauser and opened in 1939. Affectionately known as the "Jewel of South Beach", the Cardozo marks birth of the Art Deco Era as it was the first of its kind to be renovated. Owned by Grammy Award-winning entertainer Gloria Estefan, and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, Jr., this 43-room landmark, located just a few steps from the ocean, is renowned for its celebrity-watching opportunities.
The Cardoza Hotel is curvilinear with wrap-around windows and continuous eyebrows. Although there is a strong sense of horizontality, accented by the bands of eyebrows and modified string courses, both the side and front facades have emphatic central bays as well. The central bay of each has a slight pediment with flanking decorative metal discs. The fenestration is not symmetrical on this facade. The left side has two small windows rather than the grouping of four long windows on the right.
The Miami Beach Architectural District, also known as Old Miami Beach Historic District, or the more common, Miami Beach Art Deco District, is roughly bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Alton Road and Collins Canal/Dade Boulevard and 5th Street. With 960 vibrantly colored historic buildings, it contains the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture in the United States.
Miami Beach Architectural District #79000667 (1979)
Miami Beach – South Beach: Avalon Hotel
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The Avalon Hotel, at 700 Ocean Drive, was built in 1941 and renovated in 1997. The three-story hotel boasts 105 Art Deco-styled rooms as well as a Deco lobby bar.
The Miami Beach Architectural District, also known as Old Miami Beach Historic District, or the more common, Miami Beach Art Deco District, is roughly bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Alton Road and Collins Canal/Dade Boulevard and 5th Street. With 960 vibrantly colored historic buildings, it contains the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture in the United States.
Miami Beach Architectural District #79000667 (1979)