This historic Miami hotel has just been torn down

It once hosted the Beatles, Frank Sinatra and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach is no more. This hotel along the beaches of the Florida city has been reduced to ashes (literally) after sitting empty for five years. The facility had been empty of its residents since 2017 after an electrical fire. But no customers have walked through its doors since.

Its owners, the Meruelo family, even found themselves in a legal battle with the city, which asked them to undertake renovations. They eventually relented, forced to recognize the danger of the abandoned structure and its potential for collapse. The topic was made more thorny by the June 2021 collapse in Surfside (a city located in the northeastern suburbs of Miami), killing 98 people and injuring many more.

Heartbreak

Despite everything, this demolition feels like a real heartbreaker.All the people here will tell you about the memory associated with DeauvilleDaniel Ciraldo, executive director of the Miami Design Preservation League, a local architectural preservation association, said in a column. The New York Times . “It was difficult to witness the explosion of the building” he added.

Deauville Beach Resort opened its doors in 1957. It was built with architecture typical of architecture.Miami Modern“. In 1964, he hosted a Beatles concert on The Ed Sullivan Show Live, a television program watched by millions. Celebrities who have been hosted for one or more nights include the singer Frank Sinatra or the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

The identity of the building that will replace the hotel is not yet known. By: Miami Herald: Miami Dolphins American football club owner Steven M. Ross tried to buy the land. The plan to build two towers, one consisting of a hotel and the other a luxury residence, was met with criticism by Miami residents, who rejected it in early November.