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<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="partial-list-of-mimo-buildings">Partial list of MiMo buildings</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Bay_Harbor_Islands,_Florida/QzFKVEbs">Bay Harbor Islands, Florida</a> </p> <ul><li>Coral Sea Towers (Carlos B. Schoeppl, 1956) - 10300 W Bay Harbor Drive, Bay Harbor Islands</li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Doral,_Florida/jUMSECya">Doral</a> </p> <ul><li>Pepsi-Cola Bottling Pavilion (Daverman & Associates c: 1965) – 7777 NW 41st Street</li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Miami/L5FsgQcb">Miami</a> </p> <ul><li>Biscayne Plaza Shopping Center (Robert Fitch Smith, 1953) – 7900 Biscayne Boulevard</li> <li>Dupont Plaza Center (Petersen & Shuflin, 1957) – 300 Biscayne Boulevard Way (demolished in 2004 to give way to the <a href="/facts/EPIC_Miami_Residences_and_Hotel/SP6LBtjl">EPIC Miami Residences and Hotel</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Gold Dust, 7700 Biscayne Blvd</li> <li>Miami Herald (Naess & Murphy, 1960) – One Herald Plaza (Demolished Aug 2014 – Feb 2015)</li> <li>New Yorker Boutique Hotel (Norman Giller, 1953) – 6500 Biscayne Boulevard</li> <li>Shalimar Motel (Edwin Reeder, 1950) – 6200 Biscayne Boulevard</li> <li>Sinbad Motel (1953) – 6150 Biscayne Boulevard</li> <li>South Pacific Motel (1953) – 6300 Biscayne Boulevard</li> <li>Temple Menorah</li> <li>Thunderbird Motel (Norman Giller, 1955) – 18401 Collins Avenue</li> <li>Union Planters Bank (Francis Hoffman, 1958) – 1133 Normandy Drive</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vagabond_Motel/hw3dAzKQ">Vagabond Motel</a> (<a href="/facts/Robert_Swartburg/NKKkxsHW">Robert Swartburg</a>, 1953) – 7301 Biscayne Boulevard<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> (Reopened as the Vagabond Hotel in 2013)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Miami_Beach/QjUbXTID">Miami Beach</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/The_Creek_South_Beach/smR9hKxS">The Creek South Beach</a> Motel (Originally Ankara Motel) (Reiff & Feldman, 1954) – 2360 Collins Avenue</li> <li>Crystal House (<a href="/facts/Morris_Lapidus/h7rcn06H">Morris Lapidus</a>, 1960) – 5055 Collins Avenue</li> <li>Deco Palm Apartments (Gilbert Fein, 1958) – 6930 Rue Versailles</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hotel_Deauville_(Miami)/nDsKsop6">Deauville Beach Resort</a>, (demolished in 2022)</li> <li>Imperial House (Melvin Grossman, 1963) – 5255 Collins Avenue</li> <li>International Inn (Melvin Grossman, 1956) – 2301 Normandy Drive, Normandy Isle</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jackie_Gleason/86VIsUy3">Jackie Gleason</a> House (<a href="/facts/Lester_Avery/zIEabYIs">Lester Avery</a>, 1959) – 2232 Alton Road</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lincoln_Road/8fcy5SUv">Lincoln Road</a> Mall (Morris Lapidus, 1960)</li> <li>Miami Beach Bandshell (1961 by Norman Giller and Associates) 7275 Collins Ave - North Beach, Miami Beach</li> <li>King Cole Condominium (Melvin Grossman, 1961) – 900 Bay Dr.</li> <li>Royal York Hotel (1950), 5875 Collins Avenue (demolished prior to 2004)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Miami_Design_District/m4TbCIX9">Miami Design District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Googie_architecture/gM6nLbl1">Googie architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Midtown_Miami/I6ttswuK">Midtown Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Upper_Eastside,_Miami,_Florida/8e4IRaXb">Upper Eastside</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wildwoods_Shore_Resort_Historic_District/2JVJBBXP">Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Normandy_Isles_Historic_District/y7CAY7qL">Normandy Isles Historic District</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikivoyage has a travel guide for <i>MiMo Boulevard</i>. <ul><li><a href="http://miamimodern.net/2008/12/13/vagabond-motel-mimo-on-biscayne-boulevard/">Vagabond Motel (Robert Swartburg, 1953)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mimoboulevard.org/">MiMo Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.southbeach-usa.com/features/features1/mimo/mimo.htm">Miami Beach USA</a> Article on MiMO Architecture with photos.</li> <li><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=12500133">Wides-Munoz, Laura (AP), <i>Offbeat Miami: the Miami Modern District or MiMo</i>, on ABC News Travel</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Behind South Florida's MiMo Design Scene," by William H. Arthur. Archived 2021-01-21 at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved March 29, 2015 <a href="http://whaiv.us/behind-south-floridas-mimo-design-scene" target="_blank">http://whaiv.us/behind-south-floridas-mimo-design-scene</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>District neighborhood, detailed profile <a href="http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/MiMo-Miami-FL.html" target="_blank">http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/MiMo-Miami-FL.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Mayor Manny Diaz & Commissioner Johnny Winton To Personally Complete The Demolition Of Dupont Plaza Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine – Retrieved January 13, 2007 <a href="http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/cms/mayor/1269.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/cms/mayor/1269.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed by Eric P Nash & Randall Robinson Jr (2004) <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Vagabond Motel at Florida Architecture: 100 Years, 100 Places <a href="http://www.aiaflatop100.org/building.cfm?idsBuilding=65" target="_blank">http://www.aiaflatop100.org/building.cfm?idsBuilding=65</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>The Vagabond Hotel <a href="http://www.thevagabondhotel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thevagabondhotel.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Kleinberg, Howard (December 2005). "Hotel Openings". Miami Beach City Clerk. p. 8. Retrieved March 1, 2021. <a href="http://docmgmt.miamibeachfl.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=59476&page=1&cr=1" target="_blank">http://docmgmt.miamibeachfl.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=59476&page=1&cr=1</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Goodnough, Abby (May 16, 2004). "Push to Make Old Buildings Cool Again in Miami Beach". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2021. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/us/push-to-make-old-buildings-cool-again-in-miami-beach.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/us/push-to-make-old-buildings-cool-again-in-miami-beach.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>