Name: Eden Roc Miami Beach
Address: 1201 Collins Avenue, Miami, FL, 33139, US

The story

The hotel feud that created Miami Beach's infamous 'spite wall' and forced Harry Belafonte to break the color line.

Everything that was here

1955–present · still open
Eden Roc Miami BeachHotel
The hotel feud that created Miami Beach's infamous 'spite wall' and forced Harry Belafonte to break the color line.
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1954–present · still open
Fontainebleau Miami BeachHotel
Frank Sinatra's living room, the site of Sinatra and Elvis's only duet, and home to the James Bond 'Goldfinger' pool scene.
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1930–present · still open
The Surf ClubPrivate Club
This Prohibition-era club served liquor on the beach, once featured ice tables at parties, and brought in elephants for galas.
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1957–2017
Deauville Beach ResortHotel
The Beatles performed here for 70 million viewers, and JFK spoke four days before his assassination—then it sat abandoned until implosion.
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1957–2017
Hotel DeauvilleHotel
The Beatles filmed their second Ed Sullivan Show appearance here, drawing 70 million viewers and changing American music forever.
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1954–2008
Wolfie Cohen's Rascal HouseRestaurant
The Jewish deli that fed New York snowbirds for 54 years—Pan Am served their cheesecake at 30,000 feet.
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1947–2001
Wolfie's RestaurantRestaurant
Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, and mob financier Meyer Lansky all shared pastrami at this legendary Jewish deli referenced in The Golden Girls.
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1939–1988
The Senator HotelHotel
The Art Deco martyr whose destruction sparked Miami Beach's preservation movement—replaced by a parking lot.
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1939–1981
New Yorker HotelHotel
Preservationists lay down in front of bulldozers to save this Art Deco masterpiece, but the destruction sparked Miami Beach's historic preservation movement.
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