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Elegant. Plush. Luiurious. Sumptuous. Splendid. Renatssancrpaintingt� ncluding the More Lisa.:wilt.
Magnificent.Even fabulous. be hung.
.'' Thee are words often used to &.scribe•Miami The supper ci •3 � be known as Cate-Pompe!
Beach hotels. and will feature nf•Unusual lighting system which
But if were to heed the word of•a man who will be capable • dctpitcating sunlight and moonlight
specializes in luxury,we ain't seen nuthip'yet.
in any intensity'
This specialist i Morris Lapid York and -
Miami $each arehitec business of One of the .nu"ttal features of the Eden Roc will
designing things ultra•nitra. he its underg .and gerage—two and a half acres be-
neath the hot I, the.garden and the cabana area. It
His latest works are the Eden Rbc,.•a 33-rocm will part 350 '
' hotei,pow under construction,and the,ktnericaj:a. 412 • •
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rooms, due to get underway'next month. The Eden -The engi •-.ring Involved in-providing an adequate
Roc will open this season a,•bite the Amwicaiia will exhaust cyst•i and.drainage system for'this garage
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be ready for the 19x6-S7 winter season. was indeed a. .plic ted one,Lapidus noted. '
Owners o the Eden Roc are Harry Mufson,presi• •
dent. Abe Pa ker. I rry Odzer. Jack REthstein and •
Playground for MillionairesJack Laxer.
LUXURY has conic to be as much a Part of Miami, • * * *
'Beach as the beach.itself.Arsd.that teas itshould be, The Acce t h Changed-
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according to Architect Lapidus.
He explained,"Carl Fisher,the man who started GOING O. to the Ainericana, Lapidus said that
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the Reach development,envisioned this area as a play. he has chang'. the format considerably. The-Amer--
ground for millionaires. cana will be b ilt on the beach in Bal Harbour. '
"He foresaw hotels not in the traditional way with "We have + .ted luxury in the design of this
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a long veranda and rocking chairs but rather as ex• hotel but we have changed the accent, putting it
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tremely luxurious in size of rooms,'lobbies, appoint- more on an type of iiving5rather than the
meats and furnishings. _formal.. its .
"He hoped to see Beach hotels developed in the "You mk t say-theidea behind the design of the
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tradition of the grand hotels of Europe." Americana i- holy'do you spend your days? Not.how •
do you apes,your bights?" •
This type of development puts emphasis on lax- Probe. the_most Interesting part of the Ameri-
nrloas recreation during the day, and a full-dress •
cana will -its garden,integrated into thehotelplan.
entertainment schedule in the evening. Lapidus con.
tinned Lap.us has deigned a garden which will be"as
peopl' magine Florida should look. it may not look
"We have seen this type of development on Miami ' like y natural scene we.have here but we think it
Beach and I believe it was carried to its furthest point w' be as people from the North imagine Florida '
In the Fontainebleau." he said, referring to the Sib ,be," .
room Beach hotel which he also designed. He has provided winding walkways through trop •
* * * icai plantings. There are to be huge outcroppings of
coral rock, one in the swimming pool, terraces, lily
Carried to its Limits • pools and brooks.
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HOWEVER. Lapidus now believes .. this em- '
phasis on luxury is being carri•. . is limit in the A True Florida Theme
• new Eden Rot,located at 45 -.and Collins ave. '
Guest rooms will • e largest on the beach. TAKING a ctie from the successful operation of
Appointments will• e most luxurious. motels just to the north of Rai Harbour. Lapidus.has
The boil.'.a is being finished in an Italian Renals-
provided a series of rooms in the Americana known
as lanai rooms.
sante fas• .n, a contrast to the French Renaissance They will be housekeeping apartments, and will
decor• he Fontainebleau which Is next door.
flank one side of the garden.opposite the main hotel
The lobby will be finished in imported marbles, building.itself.They will have their own private paths
fine woods and brass. It will have,ornate crystal leading out of the garden.up to the front door.
chandeliers. •
Among the public rooms of the hotel will be the Unlike-the Eden Roe and Fontainebleau. which
Marco.Polo lounge. featuring two murals of Marco take their decor from Europe. the .americana will
Polo, one showing him leaving Venice on his trip to have a Florida note for its central theme.
the Far East,the second showing his return. However other areas of the Americas are te-ng
* * * used in specific public rooms. such as the Dominion
Two and a half :dere Garage room,the Goucho room and one with a Mexican motif.
The supper club is as yet unnamed.Owner Law--
ANOTHER interesting room will be the Mona ence Tisch wants to name it after the great explorers
Lisa room where oil painted copies of 16 of the best of the American corldnents.
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