Florida Architecture: 1st Place - Fontainebleau Miami Beach

AIA Florida: "The wait is finally over, and the results of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places. are in!  "We are elated that so many Floridians took the time to learn about the beautiful structures in their communities,"  said Donald Yoshino, FAIA and Chairman of AIA Florida's 100th Anniversary Committee. "We intend to keep the conversation front and center as we celebrate 100 years and encourage students across the state to consider a career in architecture -- placing their own unique signature on our state's skyline."

Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.
Top Five Buildings (by popular vote)
1st Place - Fontainebleau Miami Beach (Miami Beach)
2nd Place - Mandi's Chapel (Live Oak)
3rd Place - Baughman Center at the University of Florida (Gainesville)
4th Place - University of North Florida Student Union (Jacksonville)
5th Place - Mar-a-Lago National Historic Landmark (Palm Beach)"

Fontainebleau Hotel named best building in Florida
MiamiHerald.com
MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF Philip Goldfarb, president and COO of the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, speaks to his guests after the hotel was declared winner of the American Institute of Architects' top buildings in Florida Wednesday, ...

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Voters: Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel best building in Florida
MiamiHerald.com
The Florida chapter of the American Institute of Architects declared Miami Beach'sFontainebleau Hotel the winner of a month-long public competition to pick the best building in the state, from a list of 100 nominated by the group.

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Miami Beach joins Olympic launch party
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Former Olympic gold medalist Lennox Lewis was on South Beach to help launch festivities leading up to the London Games. 17 Sep-2 Oct 1988: Lennox Lewis of Canada celebrates after receiving the gold medal for the Super Heavyweight bout against Riddick ...

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Miami Beach sinking in a vast swamp of dishonesty
MiamiHerald.com
By Fred Grimm In places other than Miami Beach City Hall, human resource officers are not encouraged by certain notations in employee personnel files. Petty larceny, for instance. Or arrests for cocaine possession. Two busts on coke charges are not ...

Jack Penrod's Proclamation Ceremony at Nikki Beach Miami
Sacramento Bee
As a tribute to Mr. Penrod's undeniably important role in changing the face of South Beach forever, the City of Miami Beach and Miami Dade County, officially named Tuesday, April 17, 2012, "Jack Penrod Day." Amongst the guests on Tuesday evening were ...

Miami Beach Counts Down 100 Days To Go Until London Games
NBC 6 Miami
By Justin Finch A total of 100 bikers paraded down Ocean Drive to kick off the '100 Days to Go' campaign til the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The local countdown event was sponsored by the Miami British Consulate General, 100 similar events got ...

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend
Miami New Times (blog)
Forget that Top 40 crap, this is house music. So put your hands up for Miami and check out this weekend's best club parties on South Beach. DallasK. Thursday, April 19 at 11 pm, LIV (4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach). Visit livmiami.com.

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JoJo: Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade!
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JoJo plays up the prints as she performs on stage during the 2012 Miami BeachGay Pride Parade on Sunday afternoon (April 15) in Miami, Fla. The 21-year-old musician joined the Pussycat Dolls for the annual celebration, who's mission is to bring ...

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Fontainebleau Hotel Voted Best Building In Florida In American Institute of ...
Huffington Post
The people have spoken -- 2.8 million of them in fact -- and the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach was voted the best building in the state in a competition hosted by the Florida division of the American Institute of Architecture.

Aqua Girl '12 Miami Beach May 2-6
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Now celebrating its 13th year Aqua Girl is a week long women who love women event in Miami's South Beach area that provides women from all over the world a safe place to mingle, network & have a fabulous time. The event which takes place May 2nd ...

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South Beach Group plans new hotel on Miami Beach
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Here's some good news for Miami Beach fans. South Beach Group hotels owner, Alan Lieberman, is expanding his boutique hotel empire to Mid-Beach – the area known as “Fontainebleau and Eden Roc territory” in Miami Beach. “Mid-Beach is just as gorgeous as ...

Five People Detained After Miami Beach SWAT Standoff
CBS Local
MIAMI BEACH (CBS4 ) – After a standoff with the SWAT team, Miami Beach Police are interviewing people they call “persons of interest” in the murder of Robert Lakatos, 16. Police say they were trying to talk to two people, but those people ran and ...

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PHOTOS: Ocean Drive Heats Up At Miami Beach Pride Parade
Queerty
On Sunday, South Beach's vibrant LGBT community came out for the fourth annual Miami BeachGay Pride parade along Ocean Drive. “[Miami Beach] always been inviting, respectful and inclusive as well as a great environment where we can be ourselves.

Deals and doings
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Café Prima Pasta, 414 71st St., Miami Beach, celebrates National Garlic Day on Thursday with three $4.19 specials: bruschetta, calamaretti fritti and spinach sauté. Select cocktails and glasses of pinot noir will be offered at the same price; ...

Kone Temaki Sake Lounge Serves Fat Sushi Rolls In South Beach
Miami New Times (blog)
By Lee Klein Thu., Apr. 19 2012 at 8:36 AM Technically speaking, Kone Temaki Sake Lounge does not serve fat sushi rolls/ But as the name suggests, it specializes in temaki, or sushi cones. Temaki looks like an ice cream cone, but is a little smaller ...

Miami Beach Celebrates Gay Pride!
Passport Magazine (blog)
On April 15th, 40000 people came out to celebrate Gay Pride in Miami Beach. The parade took place along Ocean Drive with the beach and palm trees on one side and beautiful art deco hotels on the other. The crowd was an enthusiastic mix of men and women ...

Lords' Brian Gorman to also work with company providing news content for Out ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
Brian Gorman, a founder of Lords South Beach hotel, has taken on an additional role: He's working with a new company called Grand Editorial, which will provide news content for Out magazine and Out.com. Out, owned by Here Media, has laid off its entire ...

Gay chamber to honor Ikea, Steve Haas, Miami Beach Visitor & Convention ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
“Through his South Beach Insurance agency, he has insured many of the area's LGBT events and activities. Personally, he has volunteered countless hours of his time and expertise chairing the City of Miami Beach's LGBT Business Enhancement Committee and ...

Gadinsky | Echion USA | Walgreens | Miami Beach
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Gadinsky Real Estate and Echion USA have completed two new Walgreens pharmacies inMiami Beach.
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Indulge Your Assistants on Administrative Professionals Day at ...
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Give your administrative professional the VIP treatment they deserve on Wednesday, April 25th during Administrative Professionals' Day at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Recognize and show everlasting appreciation to one of the most ...
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Where: 1601 Collins Ave., Miami Beach (305-604-1601). Two-night, double-occupancy stay ($499 per person) required. SPIN Sweatstock and Record Store Day What: Celebrate Sweat's seventh anniversary (and the day dedicated to indie ...
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I live in here, and Miami Beach has hundreds of pretty + good food restaurants. This is ... The real point going here is to experience the south beach scene.
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The charges include four Miami Beach code compliance officers (Willie E. Grant, ... cash payments from a South Beach nightclub, according to the charges and a ...
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