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Ocean drive hotel, Art Deco. Late Art Deco structure; Five horizontal decorative bar-shaped elements; Tower extending in height above roof line on southern side of East elevation and creating 4th story space; Long concrete covering above main floor and wrapping around south side of elevation; Neon hotel sign just above concrete covering; Asymmetrical in composition on facade facing East; Terrazzo floor design; Decorative sculptural panels below the roofline on the east and south elevations; Three-part stacked cantilevered ledge ornaments parapet; Corner, wrap-around windows and eyebrows; Three-part stacked eyebrow for ornamentation at southeast corner
This is a 3-story domestic building in the Art Deco style built in 1941. The structural system is concrete block. The foundation is spread footing. Exterior walls are stucco. The building has a flat with parapet roof and unspecified dormers. 4 decorative panels just below recessed roof cornice line Windows are replacement aluminum single-hung sashes. SHS; Metal casement; Paired; Corrugated stucco moldings underneath window panes on tower; Continuous eyebrows over whole 2nd and 3rd story windows; Eyebrows of corner windows of tower are unattached to the eyebrows extending towards northern side There is a single-story, wrap-around open porch characterized by a flat roof clad in stuccoed with rectangular stuccoed posts. Porch facing East is incised into main building structure; Porch facing South is open, colored terrazo flooring with title of building inlaid; 3 massive columns supporting concrete covering; Balustrade delimitating porch area are thick stucco casts with block pattern hinting the same patterns found in the five bar-shaped decorative elements above third story eyebrow Three steps lead to entrance lobby; Racing tracks carved in upper portion of wall (3) and ceiling (2); Decorative moldings on top of openings of main lobby wall composed of 6 horizontally aligned roundels; Black marble-like entrance desk; Colored and patterned terrazzo flooring.
Avalon Hotel, 700 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, SoBe, Florida, U.S.A. / Architect: Albert Anis / Completed: 1941 / Style: Late Art Deco
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