By the early 1920s, Miami and Miami Beach began to experience a population explosion based on the promise of beautiful year-round weather and the opulence of the tropics. This promise appealed to the ‘nouveau rich’ of the Gilded Age, particularly…
On June 15, 2022, the South Florida local news stations led their evening broadcast with a story about a building on Miami Beach that had to be evacuated due to a partial roof collapse. Given the tragedy of the building…
When the Storer Broadcasting company selected the northwest corner of Brickell Avenue and SE Eighth Street to build a new studio for WGBS in 1964, there were seventeen radio stations vying for the loyalty of South Florida radio listeners. In…
There were many hotels constructed on Miami Beach during the mid to late 1930s at a time when South Florida was beginning to show signs of recovery after experiencing economic malaise during the Great Depression. Construction on Miami Beach during…
When Lawrence O. Davis decided to make his first investment in Miami, he had already built his wealth operating a chain of theaters in his hometown of Hazard, Kentucky. Davis had traveled the world seeking the perfect location for his…