1675-4 Flamingo Hotel , tliti titi RENIIES \
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��';Sale of Hotel �;
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1 1939
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i F� n Flamirkgo Reopens Today .�...,.._
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- r . - For 20th Season With IS Comp ete
Sa:lne Manager
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Flamingo Bought The F -m1n o ~ 'ill formally
season today with a ._
C By Cleveland Man open for thE' a double an•
gala dinner cl'lebrating
of the 10-story Flamingos% th#'- twentieth anniver-
i niversary—
sary of its opEe"ation and of its man-
hote1. st large luxury hotel built € atio s S. Krom.
in Miami Beach, was completed I dement bye
Monday. la occasion will
However, the gala The hotel was purchased by be vastly diffeiq►:nt from the day 20
years ago w•heri the Flamingo, first
Gordon Macklin, Cleveland hotel;
j operator, from the Carl G. Fisher of the Carl G.F ,her hotels,opened
Corporation for $1,SOQ,000. M for its first seas.' on the sparsely
.�.�. A.:
�;; settled strand of nian•made sol.
After completing the transac-
tion with Frederic H. Humpage, (Inaot in existence then have been
1 president of the Fisher corpora- ]iotel and itbase���
dded to the big virtually
TM(_, -; tion, Macklin announced the ap- acres of ground, land
former
generalt John Stubblefield, then, have been tI'opicaly
former manager of Har- yscaped. were dinner
�. - . old Clark properties, as general Three couples kt4 ening
�_ guests at the hotels& first opmanagD. The hotel kill reopenday, will be present: for dinner at r-�
about Dec. 1. ' the Flamingo again today. They
i are Mr. and Mrs. C. N�'• Cha:e, jr.,
Fifteen acres of bayfront prop-; - bis. and Mrs. Thomas J. Pancoast
erty adjoining the hotel near 15th and Mr. and Mrs. Artltiiur Pancoast.
• 1 Doubted His Wisdom
st. are included in the sale. TheL When these guests 'arrived they
hotel •
also has 11 guest cottages were greeted by aim G.
"� and docks for seagoing yachts. It) i Fisher and Krom. Tonight when`'� the hotel manager thegrtate
his Carl
has accommodations for 300 guests
x and dormitories for 200 employes. he will recall how Miami business
end-
men doubted the wisdom a s
_ ` � When the i0•s, it hotel was inp millions on developing jungle
completed in 1930 it Florida,the sec- by the sea,connected with the mai wooden�-
ond tallest building in Flac- land by only a narrow
cording to Humpage.The only tall- bridge• hotel
er building was •
in Jacksonville. Advance reservations at the been
are far heavier than they home bee
for many years,-Kromrted
Tuesday. About 70 per cent of
he
hotel's regular patrons already
have booked accommodations, he
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,said. More than 30 yachts are ex•
' petted to be moored at the hotel's I
docks.
During the summer more than
$30,000 was spent on improvements
0
- in preparation for the season,Brom
{a.. added. he improvements i
n-
ela redecoration
and repairs for
the 11 guest cottages, the main
Ilobby, ballroom, dining room and
guest rooms. The golf putting
course, pool, tens conurts and sun
baths also were renovated.