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CENTURY
Until late Proterozioc times,the
Earth's land masses had been
drifting around the globe as two
supercontinents.Then,about 700
million years ago,Laurasia,(North
America,Europe and Asia),began
breaking apart, forming ocean
basins and their accompanying
stretches of beach. Couple this
geological metamorphosis with
decidedly favourable climatic Chan-
ges since the end of the last Ice
Age,and one can well understand
the rise, during the Art Deco pe-
i riod, of Miami Beach"s Ocean +.;r-_'�
Drive.
In the 1920's the formal machine �^
aesthetics of Le Courbusier, Mies
van der Rohe, the Bauhaus, the
- Constructivists and De Stijl irre-
vocably blew apart classical archi-
t.n • I tectural tradition.When these radi-
cal styles from the cosmopolitan
north were transplanted to the
shores of the breezy south, they
i took on a distinctively tropical tone. ,T
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the Deco genre on Miami Beach
i • was Henry Hohauser, and it was
he who,in 1939,drew the plans for
Century Hotel,a building general-
e ii ly considered to be among his most
I c1 r. : I. successful and delightful designs.
`� J a The "Forties and the 'Fifties were
',` + ;=s, ' heady times for Ocean Drive and
, Century Hotel, but the 'Sixties
Mar i i• were witness to the cracks that
-- -1-----. s._ were beginning to spread across
---- the pastels... by the 'Seventies it
t_ �1 'I 1, f, was plain to see that the facades of
` ' ""''41 the hotels along Ocean Drive were,in fact, precisely that. Finally, in ' 'i .
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In 1985, Miami Beach was redis-
covered.The fading community of
s : elderly tourists and unfortunate
Marielitos was rebuilt into a vibrant
mecca for both the matt-black &
- sushi and the crystals & health- PHOTOGRAPHIC
food sets.
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Century was purchased in 1988
• k by David Colby and Wilhelm Mo-
- Century is geared to accomodate
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4`A The Manipulator Magazines. and offers a comprehensive in-
1 Together with architect Les Beilin- house production service: x Insu-
•,,,,.:. « son,it has been impeccably restor- rance * Permits * Racks, Irons &
4.: ed to reflect the integrity of the Boards*Steamers Light Boxes
3, 'Forties,and shamelessly furnish- Courier service*Mobile phones*
,E., „; ed, in collaboration with Ron Arad Fax * Wardrobe rooms * Rooftop
-, w� {kl of London, to quarter the nomads photo deck * Multi-lingual front
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suite, cable TV, touch-tone 'pho-
nes...and art.All suites are equip-
ed with fax-and answering-machi-
I° nes and VCRs. The room tariff in-
cludes a New Age breakfast,after-
noon tea or coffee, invites to par-
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of imported, New York chef,Philip
Foglietta. Typically, after a long,
lazy breakfast dictated more by
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across the arched terrace than by
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"' -• Foglietta's Rolex-the crystals are
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lit _ beat,Motown wail as the joint trans-
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.- bistro,serving tanner's sandwiches
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disappeared,deposed by the tight
black dresses,the smoky jazz,the
eclectic fare and the tasty waiters
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Preservation League's Annual
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Century Hotel: 140 Ocean Drive,
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FACADES with South Florida's remarkable
light and sub-tropical climate,turn
Built on the swampy woodlands Miami's architecture into as photo-
genic an opportunity as an option
skirting Florida's famous Evergla- on Cindy Crawford and the excel-
des, today's Greater Miami com- lent, competetive airline connec-
prises a vast and diverse urban tions,the plethora of freelance ta-
landscape: eccentric remnants of lent in situ and favourable exchan-
crazy ideas; romantic monuments ge rates make Miami a good deal
to overblown egos; white ele- less expensive!
phants; technological triumphs;
modern marvels...an architectural
madness stamped with the bold A description of some of Miami's
dreams and the brave memories of more photographically sexy parts
Miami's past and present pioneers. now follows:
Miami is as old as the century. In To the north of Miami,we find the
1896 when the Florida East Coast dreams of 1001 nights in the Arab
'I Railway Express pulled in for the -styled town of Opa-locka - the
very first time,the trainload of new Baghdad of South Florida. Foun-
residents found themselves in a ded in 1926 by the inventor and
tent city strung out along the newly aviator Glenn H. Curtiss, the buil-
cleared Miami Avenue.Pretty soon, dings along Ali-Baba Avenue,
Miami became a playground for Caliph Street, Sultan Avenue and
developers and architects from all Sesame Street still provide a strong
over the world. The cityscape, hint of old Arabia. Mosques and
grown up as a result of these minarets abound,adorning every-
games, is one gigantic movie-set thing from the train station to the
that makes MGM's Hollywood Opa-locka Hotel to the local cine-
studio look like a back lot; a world ma.The town's empty streets and
of exotic backdrops that makes a decaying buildings create an at-
trip to Epcot feel like a visit to a mosphere straight out of a Wim
theme park. The variety, coupled Wenders movie.
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MIAMI
Little Haiti lies between Opa-Loc- ging Miami.A city of plazas,es- Mediterranean style revival in ar- Also in the Gables, hidden behind
ka and downtown Miami. Here re- planades and fountains, filled chitecture and several new buil- one of the area"s pastel stucco
fugees have reconstructed a world with buildings and homes inspi- dings offer interesting photo op- walls, is the Venetian Pool, with
where French language and Creo- red by a heritage of Mediterra- portunities.In this remarkable area, its vine covered loggias,shady por-
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people were forced to flee. became Coral Gables.Perhaps the the warping humidity and the mer- cading waterfalls that spill into a
most significant building here is ciless termites be damned! Soo- free-form lagoon complete with
West of Miami, near the Miami the Biltmore Hotel, where New ner or later, most everything ends coral rock caves and a palm-frin-
International Airport, there are York architects Schultz and up an empty,eroded shell,waiting ged island. Esther Williams,John-
Pueblo Indian houses which,with Wever's homage to Seville's Gi- to be inhabited by the next idea. ny Weismuller and three genera-
careful cropping, could pass for raldatowerandtheswimmingpool, Delightful architectural anachro- tions of Gables residents have
Mexico. Driving south-east from which is the largest in the world, nisms abound here; a whole di- enjoyed swimming in these clear,
the airport, Coral Gables offers a are of particular interest. Coral strict with a heavy French influen- cool waters.
chic imitation of a Mediterranean Gable's city hall is also outstan- ce which could easily pass for so-
town. In the summer of 1921, ding as are many of the area's mewhere outside of Nancy; a Continuing eastwards,one comes
George Merrick had a dream in private homes-contact your loca- mosque here, a Gothic church to well-to-do Coconut Grove with
which he envisioned "a perfectly tion scout for details. Encouraged there; a medievel castle or a Chi- its magnificent colonial-style man-
designed city as an answer to the by current postmodern tastes, nese temple.Keep your eyes pee- sions, each seemingly esconced
uncontrolled sprawl of an emer- Coral Gables is witnessing a led! in its very own landscaped tropical
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the largest palm gardens in the Overtown, the Bahamian district peak, employed about half the organ,ancienttapestriesandwhole
world. where 19th century wooden hou- workforce in the Miami area. Dee- foyers and salons ripped out of
ses of a distinctively Caribbean ring also brought his stone cutters Italian villas. To complete his
nature similar to those in Key West, from Italy and his gardeners from Venetian fantasy he built gondolas
Hardly anyone speaks English in abound. Scotland.He scoured Europe with and the requisite canals, raised
Little Havanna. The best Cuban his decorators, shipping an Adam out of the swamps on the Miami
food and Latin nightclubs are on On the coast, between Coconut library from England, Second shoreline.The house and gardens
Calle Ocho(Eighth Street),a strip Grove and Downtown Miami, lies Century Roman urns, thousand- are world class, undoubtedly the
ripped right out of Batista"s Havan- Villa Vizcaya,the magnificent win- year-old Moorish carpets, Lady finest - and campest - house in
na at its decadent best. ter estate of James Deering. Con- Hamilton's bed,entire Renaissan- America.
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V' , `j to register the potential of shooting
F on a yacht or launch in the bay.The
mit4 world's largest concentration of
cruise ships are docked in the Port
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' District was the catalyst that turn-
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II Straight men, "no steroids!" graphy, and it's not hard to see Couple, Coconut Grove
why.This unique concentration of
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tectural styles gleaned from the disappointments. Concealed be-
Tr four corners of the Earth and from hind the lobbies are the Shoe-box
e.`'' every period of man's history: constructions which prevailed du-
s. Mayan reliefs jostle with Greek ring Miami Beach's architectural
• > columns, Spanish baroque mer- boom-time;standardised modules,
ges into ice-cold Bauhaus and rooms which repeat over and over
�''s widespread sreamlining adds a from floor to floor and from building
poignant,aerodynamic feel to this to building. But no matter, the oc-
• hurricane zone. cupants know their lines and play
'� < ; their parts well. This is a fantasy
,:' ,, ' •:.- The elaborate facades on Ocean world, a masquerade, where,just
QE' Drive are as cleverly made-up as by checking into the set,you get a
`,;�, the faces of the beautiful women bit-part in what has become a
' �;, ' and men scurrying along the bou- smash hit...a comic-tragedy which
`y\ : �:- ~` levard dashing from castings to looks set to run and run!
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