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aps this book should have been published 5 0 ,-- •� ,, i i' ilif �i
in a loose leaf binder.In that way,there would be an r
opportunity to place addenda to the story of Miami 'r � ' ' �`"� ..as ' � Elm
Beach. As I churned through the last pages of the 1' ,, -- 4 • _;
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manuscript, it was quite evident that the promises, J ""` llCGC, AIL LOUNGE - +�. ..
dreams and hopes I had closed with soon would tum a`'rauaAM,r
into actualimils
ty,or smoke.All histories are antiquated _
beginning with the day after the last sentence is '
written but at the pace with which things are ►
occurring in Miami Beach, I'm not certain you can ' •,
make it through the first 24 hours without dramatic " ., v •
change. �.
Too close to deadline did the Miami Beach ..:---- =/.
City Commission choose Loew's Hotels/Forest City 4. i
Ratner as their unanimous first choice for " `"""�`" `" `'� "`' .
negotiations to build the long-awaited 830-room
convention hotel. At the same time, they also
agreed to negotiations with an African-American/
Sheraton Hotel partnership to build another hotel
alongside as promised in the agreement to end a The Sterling Building, 1946. (S ) V
black tourism boycott. Both proposals included C ,' , �_
restoration of the historic Art Deco hotels on the �S .23'•' i iii
site—a far cry from traditional Miami Beach tentativeness, buts that is far from the truteeling of
political thinking. � �� �
There is a remarkable amount of permanen• Arles «
A week later, the corn i . .--77-7"e ected Cobb to Miami Beach. Evidence, please, that two rab,is
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Theaters/LincolnRoaDevelop ent Group as their served their Miami Beach congregations for almost 666cu/ZO
first choice to build a • aj. league-sized motion a half-century each,that the venerable Lincoln . d
picture theater, a small -gitimate theater, artist Colony theaters continue to serve the cultural neo ds S y
housing and a retail a -a b- ind Lincoln Road at of the community, that Wolfie's still is dishing p
Lenox Avenue. corned beef sandwiches and that many of the hot:ls
Almost anonymously, Pacific International constructed during the Depression not only sti I
Equities—originally a Canadian-based company— exist but now are an indispensable part of the city .
is in the midst of constructing condominiums, lure as a tourist center.
townhouses and apartments at three 'ami Beach One can lament that the Fifth Street Gym
locations. Pf-U--Ti4-(1,GU5k Sour{ h was torn down,as was the Senator Hotel, but there
Pending are petition initiatives that could remains permanence in people and institutions.
place casino gambling in Miami Beach.Other major Judy Drucker,the Sol Hurok of Miami Beach, '
incentives—giant apartment houses—are on the has led the Concert Association of Florida at the topq
drawing boards,or being float d as trial balloons in of the city's cultural calendar since 1966. The Bass el PJP
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the pages of the communis s daily and weekly Art Museum sta . a si:nificant repository of art %.5 sp .
newspapers. and t• - -o ocaust Memoria is an ominous reminder "�
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