The story
Designed to resemble an Art Deco ocean liner complete with porthole windows and a smokestack tower, this Henry Hohauser masterpiece pioneered the 'Nautical Moderne' style.
Everything that was here
- 1938–present · still open
Essex House HotelHotel
Designed to resemble an Art Deco ocean liner complete with porthole windows and a smokestack tower, this Henry Hohauser masterpiece pioneered the 'Nautical Moderne' style.
See the map in 1939 → - 1947–2020
Delano HotelHotel
The 14-story Art Deco tower that Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck transformed into the birthplace of the modern boutique hotel.
See the map in 1948 → - 1954–2008
Wolfie Cohen's Rascal HouseRestaurant
Golden Girls referenced it constantly, mobster Meyer Lansky ate here, and free rolls were legendary.
See the map in 1955 → - 1939–1988
The Senator HotelHotel
The Art Deco hotel whose demolition for a parking lot cemented preservation laws protecting Miami Beach's historic architecture.
See the map in 1940 → - 1939–1988
Senator HotelHotel
The Art Deco gem whose destruction sparked Miami Beach's modern preservation movement and inspired stronger local landmark laws.
See the map in 1940 → - 1939–1981
The New Yorker HotelHotel
The Art Deco masterpiece whose tragic demolition sparked Miami Beach's historic preservation movement.
See the map in 1940 → - 1939–1981
New Yorker HotelHotel
The bulldozing of this Henry Hohauser masterpiece sparked the Art Deco preservation movement and remains immortalized in the Miami Design Preservation League's logo.
See the map in 1940 → - 1940–1975
Hoffman's CafeteriaRestaurant
The Art Deco cafeteria that became an Army mess hall in WWII, then a legendary gay dance club, proving 'debauchery saved Art Deco.'
See the map in 1941 →
Nearby history
Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House
Castaways Motel & Wreck Bar
DuPuis Medical Office and Drugstore
Eden Roc Hotel
The Nautilus Hotel
El Chico Club
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