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Florida Mid-Century Modern Motels & Hotels (page 3)

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former Fontainebleau Hotel
Miami Beach, FL
The Fontainebleau Hotel was designed by Morris Lapidus and built in 1953. It is know known as the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. For more, see this website. [map]

former Empress Hotel
Miami Beach, FL		 former Hotel di Lido
Miami Beach, FL
The Empress Hotel was designed by Melvin Grossman and built in 1952. It was later known as the Barcelona Hotel and later became a Best Western. Since 2007, it has housed a Holiday Inn. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

The Hotel di Lido was designed by Morris Lapidus and built in 1953. It became a Ritz-Carlton in 1997. For more, see this website. [map]

former Seville Beach Hotel
Miami Beach, FL		 former Eden Roc Hotel
Miami Beach, FL
The Seville Beach Hotel was designed by Melvin Grossman and built in 1955. It is now known as the Miami Beach Edition hotel. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The Eden Roc Hotel was designed by Morris Lapidus and built in 1954. For more, see this website. [map]

Parisian Hotel
Miami Beach, FL		 Geneva Hotel
Miami Beach, FL		 Nautilus Club Hotel
Miami Beach, FL
The Parisian Hotel was designed by A. H. Mathes and built in 1955. [map]

The Geneva Hotel was designed by A. H. Mathes and built in 1952. [map]

The Nautilus Club Hotel was designed by N.A. Seiderman and built in 1950. [map]

Stardust Apartments
Miami Beach, FL
The Stardust Apartments were designed by Gilbert M. Fein and built in 1958. Sometime after 2001, the sign's neon letters were remodeled to channel letters and backlit plastic. It is now the Stardust Hotel. [map]

Sherry Frontenac Hotel
Miami Beach, FL
The Sherry Frontenac Hotel was designed by Henry Hohauser and built in 1947. [map]

former Deauville Hotel [gone]
Miami Beach, FL
The Deauville Hotel, later the Deauville Beach Resort, was designed by Melvin Grossman and built in 1957. The hotel closed in 2017 after a fire. It was further damaged later that year during Hurricane Irma. These photos are from 2020 and 2021. The hotel was demolished in 2022. For more, see this website.

Carillon Hotel
Miami Beach, FL
The Carillon Hotel was designed by Norman M. Giller and built in 1957. It is now known as the Carillon Hotel & Spa. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Lido Spa Hotel
Miami Beach, FL
The Lido Spa Hotel was designed by Norman Giller as the Monterrey Motel and built in 1953. In 1960, this building was constructed and it became the Lido Spa Hotel. It is believed that it was designed by A. Herbert Mathes. The hotel is now known as The Standard. Note the up-side-down letters on the canopy in the second photo above. [map]

International Inn
Miami Beach, FL
The International Inn was designed by Melvin Grossman and built in 1956 as the Carnival Motel. It is now known as the International Inn on the Bay. [map]

Thunderbird Resort Motel
North Miami Beach, FL
2005: 2021:
The Thunderbird Resort Motel was designed by Norman. M. Giller and built in 1955. It is now known as the Days Hotel Thunderbird Miami Beach Resort. The thunderbird on the building was painted over sometime between 2011 and 2014. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Beach Motel
Miami Beach, FL
The Beach Motel was designed by Gilbert M. Fein and built in 1951. It is now named the Beach Place. [map]