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swimsuit at the Roney Plaza in 1932.She modeled children's bathing
suits in the shows when she was 4,5 and 6 years old.
STARTING AT renowned Bamboo Room, demolished.
occupied one of the pent- A new structure double the
houses and maintained a size of the original was
,29,000 Roney cabana year round. erected,and in 1968 the prop-
Vacationing snowbirds erty was sold to Frankel Broth-
ogled such famous guests as ers Construction Co.of Phila-
EE-BEDROOMS the Duke and Duchess of delphia, who maintained the -
Windsor, heiress Doris Duke, building as a rental commu-
OR THESE Vincent Astor,Rita Hayworth, nity. In 1980, Frankel sold to
Orson Wells,Bernard Gimbel, Roney Associates, a group of
,OORINGS. John Ringling, Benny Good- international investors, with
man,Al Jolson, George Jessel Canadian developer Alex Kol-
U DID. and Desi Arnaz, whose band ter as the managing partner.
often performed there. When This is the group's first condo
Richard Nixon was campaign- conversion property in South
ing for president of the United Florida.The consortium oper-
States, his wife, Pat, held a ated the Roney as a rental until
1 press conference there. 1997, when it began the con-
pplerm version to condominiums.
; •l UNUSUAL GUESTS In its current revival, the
Among the hotel's more historic property has a split
unusual guests was one who personality. One side is the
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ordered raw shrimp sent to his Roney Palace Hotel and Beach
._. room five and six times a day. Resort with 500-plus hotel
! It turned out the guest was Jim rooms; the other side is the
Moran,who performed on TV Roney Palace Oceanfront Con-
with bizarre pets.Moran had a dominium, with 500-plus
flamingo named"Fanny"in his apartments.
room,smuggled into the hotel On the condominium side,
in a suitcase. the entire 16th floor has been
The Roney was noted for its converted into loft apartments
' -' elegant Sunday afternoon tea designed by architect Chad
,'"" dances,held in the formal gar- Oppenheim. The 17th floor is
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dens with live orchestras. all penthouses.Loft and pent-
Fashion shows in the gardens house owners will share the
_ were also a big attraction. Di rooftop solarium.
f Lido Island resident Carole
Unger,now 76,and the wife of LOFTS, PENTHOUSES
Miami Beach physician Harold The condos range in size
Unger, modeled children's from 600 to 1,480 square feet,
`9t bathing suits when she was 4,5 with penthouses and lofts of
` and 6 years old. similar sizes. Prices start
The hotel's presidential around$200,000 and go up to
14. suite had a balcony that could $800,000-plus. Maintenance
� 4 • • , .. accommodate 150 for cocktails. fees are$200 to$500,depend-
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For a single room in 1944, the ing on apartment size. All of
price was$35 a day,including the hotel's service are accessi-
breakfast and dinner. In the ble to the condo owners.
season,the rate rose to$37. Morris Kleiman, a semi-re-
With its oceanfront loca- tired leasing equipment corn-
tion,the hotel had its share of pany owner from New Jersey,
damage from hurricanes. The bought a one-bedroom apart-
1926 storm covered its beach ment in the new condo. "be
'ing shape, a with a 10-foot tidal wave.Cleo been coming to Miami Beth
in 1964 and Betsy in 1965 blew since I was a kid," he s ,
11 Caribbean. off its "wedding cake" tower "and now I'm here perma-
homes and copper dome,whose bea- nently.The building is beauti-
con could be seen for 20 miles. ful. Nothing obstructs your
The copper framework was view of the 600-foot beach."
smashed to bits.The dome was The mezzanine level of the
here. replaced, without the copper, hotel once housed retail and
we here. but to compensate it was office space. Some of that has
enlarged to six feet tall and been turned into production
will close. four feet in diameter. suites for filmmakers.The TV
"No Back Talk"Roney sold show CSI:Miami booked spore
rer, the hotel in 1932. A couple of for months. Video music prO-
sales later, in 1942, it was ductions for Jennifer Lopez,
bought by hotelier J. Meyer Britney Spears and reggae
Schine. Schine Enterprises singer Shaggy also visited.
managed to maintain some of The resort was the site of
the hotel's early luster and the Ms.Latina World pageant,
opulence but in 1965 the corn- the Ford Model of the =I-
pany
rpany sold the Roney to two pageant and Fashion Weelalf
vices. New Yorkers, one of whom the Americas.
was hotel tycoon Harry Among the famous faces
Helmsley.In 1966,the property seen recently at the Roney
was leased by beach hotelier were Mariah Carey, Nick
k, .r,na• rh,-,i:.,:„rHarry Mufson, who soon Carter (formerly of the Back-
h.r, �r„hkin••i be.r)ro srxure` Q brought in the wrecking ball street Boys)and actor Edward
and had the fading,building James Olmos. i