The Hotel @ 800
Gilbert M. Fein
Praver & Schulman Corporation
Ocean drive hotel, Miami Modern.
Continuous balconies uniting all units of same story at second and third floor levels in east elevation; Floor slab of balconies are prolonged to the side elevations where they become eyebrows; Bulky stucco railings are molded in geometric diamond pattern openings; Metal hand rail added on top of stucco railings; Railings overhang in northern part of elevation on all levels
Yes.
Bliss Engineers (Engineer); Original site structure was an apartment building's parking garage (1925-1957)
Schulman, Goldsmith & Fichtenbaum (original)
Designated at Local level : Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue District, 1986
Architecture
Community Planning and Development
Associated Files:
This is a 3-story domestic building in the Miami Modern style built in 1958. The structural system is concrete block stucco. The foundation is spread footing. Exterior walls are stucco and pre-cast concrete. The building has a flat roof. Double sliding doors stand as openings for the hotel units in front elevation (2nd and 3rd stories); Openings on ground floor are in large glass double-doors from roof to floor; Openings on ground floor of building side in glass and are broken down geometrically; 2nd and 3rd story openings in side elevation consist of triple horizontal-sliding windows. Open South porch on ground floor level; Open north porch is elevated (access through steps); Railings of upper floors also shaping porch space; Both porch spaces covered by slab of 2nd story floor. Wall openings in glass and glass double door in lobby; Terrazzo flooring in lobby interior and on porch; Green coffered wooden ceilings in interior of the building opening towards the North porch; Elaborately crafted wooden bar furnishing (classical in style, marble countertops).
* Date source: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
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