Miami Beach Deco Walk

Explore and learn about the similarities between the Art Deco works exhibited at The Wolfsonian-FIU and the Art Deco buildings of our neighborhood!

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Miami Beach Deco Walk

Miami Beach, Florida 33139, United States

Created By: FIU

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This walking tour is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Deco: Luxury to Mass Market at The Wolfsonian–FIU. Drawn from The Wolfsonian’s collection of design and decorative arts, Deco offers an overview of Art Deco and ends by showing how it shaped the architecture of Miami Beach. The walking tour draws links between objects in the exhibition and buildings that line the streets around the museum, inviting visitors to connect the history of Art Deco with today’s Miami Beach.

More information at http://wolfsonian.org

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Current building and object photographs from The Wolfsonian–FIU collection by Lynton Gardiner. Vintage postcards courtesy of The Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project and H. Lawrence Wiggins. Digital development by Yucef Merhi. Voice-overs by curators, Shoshana Resnikoff and Silvia Barisione.


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The Wolfsonian–FIU, 1927 1001 Washington Avenue Originally Washington Storage Company Architects: Robertson & Patterson, 1927 Architect (addition): Robert M. Little, 1936 Architect: (renovation and addition): Mark Hampton, and Wi... Read more
Taft Hotel, 1936 1040 Washington Avenue Architect: Henry Hohauser (American, 1895–1963) (Please see images 1, 2) The acanthus, a plant that originated in the Mediterranean region, appears frequently in ancient Greek and Roman ornament. D... Read more
Kenmore Hotel, 1936 1050 Washington Avenue Architect: Anton Skislewicz (American, born Croatia, 1895–1980) (Please see image 1, 2) The stacked lines that decorate the Kenmore Hotel echo the streamlined minimalism of the Sunbeam toaster.... Read more
Palmer House, 1939 1119 Collins Avenue Architect: Lawrence Murray Dixon (American, 1901–1949) (Please see images 1, 2) The fluting motif in the green limestone pilasters framing the entryway of the Palmer House widens into vertical strip... Read more
Congress Hotel, 1935 1036 Ocean Drive Architect: Henry Hohauser (American, 1895–1963) (Please see image 1) The bold round shapes of the Congress Hotel’s lettering evoke a machine-age aesthetic, also conveyed by the industrial designer... Read more
Essex Hotel, 1938   1001 Collins Avenue Architect: Henry Hohauser (American, 1895–1963) (Please see image 1) While at the Essex, step onto the front terrace and look down. Terrazzo is a composite material made of marble, glass, and qu... Read more
Franklin Hotel, 1934 860 Collins Avenue Architect: Victor Nellenbogen (American, b. Hungary, 1888–1959) (Please see images 1, 2) Flowers and leaves, simplified and flattened to create two-dimensional ornament, were among the most common ... Read more
Hotel Shelley (originally Hotel La Salle), 1931 844 Collins Avenue Architect: Henry J. Moloney (American 1885–1949) (Please see images 1, 2) Some Deco objects, such as the silver-plated tray designed by Albert F. Saunders, were ornament... Read more

 

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