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Agenda Preview: September 16, 2025 Historic Preservation Board

Read Time: 4 minsMDPL’s Advocacy Committee will review the following applications on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda. Here is a sneak peek of the projects to be heard and links to learn […]

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Opa-locka: “Dream of Araby” (1986)

Read Time: 3 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida.Opa-locka is a city renowned […]

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Leonard Horowitz – The King of Art Deco (1988)

Read Time: 5 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida.In the 1970s, Leonard Horowitz […]

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Mitchell ‘Micky’ Wolfson ‘Millionaire on a Mission’ (1988)

Read Time: 2 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archives “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida.Founded in 1986 by Mitchell (Micky) […]

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Demolition of the Senator Hotel (1988)

Read Time: 2 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archives “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. On October 13, 1988, The Senator […]

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Miami Beach Bandshell Becomes a Historic Landmark

Read Time: 4 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archive’s “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. We’re highlighting important documents that tell […]

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Art Deco’s Resurgence Inspires Fashion on Miami Beach (1985)

Read Time: 2 minsArt Deco’s resurgence was a major influence on Miami Beach fashion in the 1980s. Small businesses flourished on Lincoln Road, and designers set up shop while captivated tourists, models, nightclubbers, […]

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League wants to renovate Astor Hotel for the elderly (1985)

Read Time: 2 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archives “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. According to the United States […]

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How Miami Vice Transformed the demographics and landscape of Miami Beach (1989)

Read Time: 4 minsEditors Note: The Barbara Baer Capitman archives “Historic Threads” project is partly sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida. By the 1950s, Miami Beach […]

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