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—Herald Staff Photo by Bob Hast
Americana Loomed Over Dedication Ceremonies l
. . : an out•of-this-world splash
. Beacn s Newest., Plushiest •
Hotel Opens With Fanfare
By DORIS RENO hotels in New York and New Emphasis was placed dur-
Herald start writer Jersey, and Larry Tisch, t h e ing the tours on the.,5100,000
The Americana, M i a m i on-the-scene member of the which has been spent on "art"
area's newest luxury hotel de-•family. He lives in Bal Har- for the Americana, most of it
hour. in the form of decorations
signed to top all luxury Hotels, • which have been absorbed into
opened with an out-of-this- Speakers included Monsig- the structure itself.
• world splash Sunday after nor William Barry of St._ Pat-
rick's Catholic Church; Dr. The Bal Masque Supper
noon. John L. Yenches, pastor of the
Some 1,000 invited guestsChurch by the Sea; Rab- Club, for instance, has carnival
scenes,from the various Amer-
heard it formally dedicated as bi Leon Kron• h of Temple
".the fulfillment of a dream Beth Sholom, Congresgman ices worked out by Anton Re-
dedicated to hemispheric soli Dante Fascell, State Rep. fregier, well-known New York
d a r i t y and all-American W. C. (Cliff) Herreil, Walter
artist. They are painted on ply-
, friendship." Freeman, consul from El Sal- wood;
Guests already in residence, vador; Charles T. Craddock, The first thing that mows
sunning themselves in bath- vice president of the Ameri- 'down the•visitor; on entering
ing-suits and shorts, hovered cana, and Morris Lapidus, ar- the Americana's lobby, is the
Y about the outskirts of the out- chitect for the hotel. two-story glass-enclosed terra'
r door dedication ceremonies on All • speakers lauded the rium, which towers 40 feet up
the huge ocean-front patio. "hemispheric solidarity" and l into the blue.
Congratulations for the ho- "dedication to friendship a n dl A 25-foot miniature moun-
ters president, Laurence A. the future" which have been thin is planted with a practi-
-Tisch, and for the o er mem- stressed by owners and build- cally complete, collection of
ers of the Tisch family who ers since the hotel was begun sub-tropical and rain-forest
• . "dreamed" and •built the 17- about 18 months ago. flora, watered by a sprinkler
l million-dollar hotel, were chief- The. Americana is located system that rains 100 gallons
ly the order of the day.luring on Collins Ave. at 96th St. • of water into the terrarium
• the formal dedication. Following the ceremonies, every two hours.
• Accepting congratulations guests were taken in groups • With this in the middle and
were Al Tisch, chairman of the through the p u b 1 i c rooms, all,the outside lobby walls of
• board of Tisch hotels, Inc., of where chief points of interest glass, the visitor feels he is
i which the Americana is "the were indicated. After that ev- practically out-of-doors fro m
crown jewel"; Preston R. Tisch, eryone relaxed at a cocktail the minute he sets his foot in-
manager of seven other Tisch.party in the gardens. side. ,