Miami Beach Fontainebleau and Tiki - General Tiki

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Fri, Aug 9, 2002 12:43 PM Great picture! When I was in Miami Beach last winter I bought the autobiography of Morris Lapidus. Fascinating reading and some amazing pictures of his early store designs and later his larger buildings, many of which were in Miami Beach. The outsides of the Fountainbleau and Eden Rock hotels are still pretty much the same but the insides have been drastically altered. They even put walls inside the grand lobby of the Fountainbleu to create a separate area. Morris Lapidus was often criticized in his day for such bold designs, so it is good to see him getting some recognition at last. He died at 98 years old in January 2001. Here's a good article on the man: http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0101/ml.htm I love the movie "The Bellboy" with Jerry Lewis that is almost entirely set in the Fountainbleu. Another of my favorite Miami movies is "A Hole in the Head" starring Frank Sinatra (1959). The beginning scene that shows late 50s Miami Beach from the air is priceless! Plus the co-star is Carolyn Jones, who is one of the swinginest beatnik-type chicks of the 50s and later played Morticia on the Adam's Family.

Great picture! When I was in Miami Beach last winter I bought the autobiography of Morris Lapidus. Fascinating reading and some amazing pictures of his early store designs and later his larger buildings, many of which were in Miami Beach. The outsides of the Fountainbleau and Eden Rock hotels are still pretty much the same but the insides have been drastically altered. They even put walls inside the grand lobby of the Fountainbleu to create a separate area. Morris Lapidus was often criticized in his day for such bold designs, so it is good to see him getting some recognition at last. He died at 98 years old in January 2001. Here's a good article on the man:
http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0101/ml.htm

I love the movie "The Bellboy" with Jerry Lewis that is almost entirely set in the Fountainbleu. Another of my favorite Miami movies is "A Hole in the Head" starring Frank Sinatra (1959). The beginning scene that shows late 50s Miami Beach from the air is priceless! Plus the co-star is Carolyn Jones, who is one of the swinginest beatnik-type chicks of the 50s and later played Morticia on the Adam's Family.

Post #5443 by thejab on Fri, Aug 9, 2002 12:43 PM