Hotel Deauville (Miami)
The Deauville Beach Resort at 6701 Collins Ave, Miami, FL 33141, is a celebrated beachfront hotel on Miami Beach. It was designed by Melvin Grossman and built in 1957.
The Beatles played their second Ed Sullivan Show appearance at the hotel on February 16, 1964.[1]
Alex Meruelo is the de facto owner of the historical hotel. Following an electrical fire that closed the hotel in 2017, Alex Meruelo has been embroiled in a public controversy, being accused of deliberately allowing the building to fall into disrepair so it could be demolished for development. An LLC associated with him has been fined multiple times by the city of Miami Beach, Florida for such violations. In early 2022, an LLC associated with Alex Meruelo filed papers for demolition. Local activists and preservationists continue to try to petition to save the hotel from destruction.[2]
1920s hotel[]
The original 1926 hotel and casino was built by Joe Elsener.[3] In 1936 it became the MacFadden-Deauville after purchase by Bernarr MacFadden.[4]
References[]
- ^ Lifton, Dave (February 16, 2016). "The Story of the Beatles' Second 'Ed Sullivan Show' Appearance". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ "Miami Beach's Historic Deauville Resort Set For Demolition, 'Cannot Be Saved'". The Next Miami. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ That hotel never happened, but real estate investor Joe Elsener, who had showed the property to Stolts, several years later, decided to built the Deauville Hotel and Casino in 1926
- ^ Carolyn Klepser Lost Miami Beach- 2014 - 1625849591 In December 1956, as the Deauville was being demolished “to make way for a new hotel and shopping center,” an acetylene torch caught the debris on fire and finished the process. Architect Melvin Grossman designed a new Deauville
Coordinates: 25°51′02″N 80°07′12″W / 25.85069°N 80.12011°W
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