Fontainebleau Miami Beach
| Fontainebleau Miami Beach | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 View from Collins Avenue |
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| location | Miami Beach , Miami-Dade County , Florida | ||
| Coordinates | 25 ° 49 '5 " N , 80 ° 7' 22.7" W | ||
| Built | 1954 | ||
| architect | Morris Lapidus | ||
| NRHP number | 08001318 | ||
| The NRHP added | December 22, 2008 | ||
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach or Fontainebleau Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in Miami Beach . Considered one of the most important buildings in Florida , it was designed by Morris Lapidus and opened in 1954. On December 22, 2008, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach was entered on the National Register of Historic Places .
In the 1950s and 1960s, the hotel was the epitome of luxury and glamorous life. Some scenes from the James Bond film Goldfinger were filmed here; It was also used as a film set for the films Two Strong As A Bear and Police Academy 5 - Mission Miami Beach . Frank Sinatra , Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis have made guest appearances. In 1977 the 72-year-old high- wire artist Karl Wallenda crossed a 200-meter-long rope to the neighboring Hotel Eden Roc more than 50 meters above the ground.
The hotel was renovated in 2008 for over a billion US dollars and added two buildings.
Web links
- Hotel's website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fontainebleau Hotel in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 7, 2017.
- ↑ The Flying Wallendas. Chicago Tribune , September 25, 2014, accessed September 6, 2017 .