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Collins Avenue looking South from 36th St. showing Versailles, Richter, Saxony and Sea Isle Hotels, Miami Beach, Florida | | Description: | Colorful flowers and automobiles beautify the avenue on a sunny day. The 13-storey Versailles (later the Versailles Hotel Condominiums), at 3425 Collins Avenue, was built in 1940. The Robert Richter Hotel, at 34th Street on the ocean, billed itself as "The Aristocrat of Miami Beach"; it was built in 1926. The Saxony, a 14-floor high-rise at 3201 Collins, was built by architect Roy F. France in 1948. The Sea Isle was also built by France, in 1941, in the Streamline style. The Claridge, at 3500 Collins, is a boutique hotel across the street from the Atlantic Ocean. After being restored to the canary-yellow glory of the 1928 original, in a Mediterranean colonial style, the Claridge won the "City of Miami Beach Beautification Award" in 2000 and the Miami Design Preservation League Restoration Award in 2001. | | Subject: | Architecture -- Spanish influences. Claridge Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla). Collins Avenue (Miami Beach, Fla). Hotels. Robert Richter Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla). Saxony Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla). Sea Isle Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla). Seaside architecture. Seaside resorts. Streets. Versailles Hotel (Miami Beach, Fla). | | Publisher: | Miami Post Card Co. | | Printer: | Tichnor Bros., Inc. | | Architect: | France, Roy F., 1888-1972 |
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Special Collections Division. University of Miami Libraries. | | Collection: | ASM0299 Postcard Collection.
Series: III. Miami Beach.
Box: 9. Folder: 0. Folder Title: Miami Beach -- Hotels. | | ID | Item 103 File asm02990000570001001 | | Copyright | © University of Miami. All rights reserved.Permission to duplicate, distribute, or publish materials must be obtained from the Head of the Special Collections Division, University of Miami Libraries. |
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