The Fontainebleau Miami Beach (also known as Fontainebleau Hotel ) is one of the most historically and architecturally significant hotels in Miami Beach, Florida. Opened in 1954 and designed by Morris Lapidus, it is arguably the most luxurious hotel in Miami Beach, and is considered the most important building of Lapidus's career. In 2007, Fontainebleau Hotel was ranked ninety-three on the American Institute of Architects' "Favorite American Architecture" list. On April 18, 2012, AIA's Florida Chapter placed Fontainebleau first on the Florida Architecture list: 100 Years. 100 Places .
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach is located on the seafront of Collins Avenue in the heart of Millionaire's Row and is currently owned by Fontainebleau Resorts. In front of the Atlantic Ocean, this 1.50-room resort features two new towers, 12 restaurants and bars. a 40,000-square-foot spa (3,700 m 2 ) with mineral-rich water treatments, a swimming pool and a seafront pool featuring a free-form pool formed as a reinterpretation of the Lapidus design signature.
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History
Lapidus once wrote, "If you make the stage and it's magnificent, everyone who enters will play their part." The hotel was built by hotelier Ben Novack at Harvey Firestone estate. Novack owns and operates the hotel until its bankruptcy in 1977.
Fontainebleau is famous for his victory in the decision of Florida District Court Decision 1959, Fontainebleau Hotel Corp v. Forty-Five Fifty Five, Inc. 114 So. 2d 357, where Fontainebleau Hotel successfully appealed an order by neighboring Eden Roc Hotel, to prevent the construction of an extension blocking sunlight into the Eden Roc pool. The Court rejected Eden Roc's claim for a sun-lit convenience, which underpins Fontainebleau's vertical proprietary rights to build on his land. It is stated that the doctrine of "ancient lights" has been unanimously rejected in the United States.
In the 1970s, a suite at the hotel was used by Black Tuna Gang members to run their operations. This is told in the 2011 documentary film Square Grouper , which follows the development of marijuana smuggling trade in the mid to late 1970s. It was at this point that large quantities of the drug were sent to southeast Florida; the film states that more than ninety percent of the dark demand of the United States is being met through such channels.
In 1978, Stephen Muss bought Fontainebleau Hotel for $ 27 million that saved him from bankruptcy. He injected an extra $ 100 million into the hotel for repairs and hired the Hilton company to run it. In 2005, the Mus Organization sold Fontainebleau to Turnberry Associates for $ 165 million.
The hotel closed most of its properties in 2006, although one building remained open to hotel guests, and its furniture was available for sale. The hotel is expanded and the new condominium building reopened in November 2008.
On December 22, 2008, Fontainebleau was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
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Movies, television and music history
The swimming pool featured in the 1959 movie A Hole in the Head . Tony Manetta (played by Frank Sinatra) attends a party there for businessman and friend Jerry Marks (Keenan Wynn). Miami Mayor Robert King High has a cameo during the gala. Sinatra recorded specifically on March 26, 1960, during his regular TV series sponsored by Timex for ABC, to welcome back Elvis Presley from his two-year military service in Germany, which aired on May 12, 1960.
This hotel is the setting for the 1960 comedy Jerry Lewis, The Bellboy .
Fontainebleau is depicted in the 1960-1962 television series, Surfside 6, about two detectives living and working in a houseboat moored directly across the street from the hotel. Cha Cha O'Brien's supporting character is an entertainer working in The Boom Boom Room at the hotel. Just a photo shoot of the hotel used; the series was filmed entirely in Warner Bros studios in Burbank, California.
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach was featured in the 1964 movie James Gold, particularly in the aerial shoots that followed the opening credits and accompanied the song of big-band composer John Barry "Into Miami". This is the hotel where Jill Masterton (played by Shirley Eaton) was killed by a cruel Oddjob (Harold Sakata).
Fontainebleau is one of the main settings for the 1988 comedy sequel Police Academy 5: The Miami Beach assignment , with the movie characters who lived there during the movie and many of the movie scenes that were filmed there.
The Fontainebleau is seen on The Sopranos in season 4 (2002) episode "Calling All Cars".
The hotel is repeatedly referred to by Allan Sherman in his 1962 comedy "The Streets of Miami". The Fontainebleau is the title song title written by Neil Young and performed by Stills-Young Band on their 1976 album Long May You Run , which was recorded at the hotel.
Fontainebleau acted as an unspecified location for the hugely popular scene in 1983 Scarface where Steven Bauer, describing Manolo, the second main role of the film after Tony Montana, was slapped in the face after trying to win a girl. through sticking his tongue at him.
It was also featured in the 1992 Whitney Houston film The Bodyguard and the final action film of Sylvester Stallone/Sharon Stone The Specialist .
Remodeling
The large re-opening of Fontainebleau on November 18, 2008 marks the end of a two-year, $ 1 billion transformation. Particular care is taken to preserve many original design elements, including "Ladder to Mana" (formally called "floating ladders"). The elaborate hotel re-opening celebrations include hosting the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show.
Restaurants and nightclubs in the complex include:
- Stripsteak by Michael Mina. (Formerly FB Steakhouse, and Originally named "Gotham Steak")
- Scarpetta (Italy)
- Hakkasan (Cantonese)
- La CÃÆ'Â'te (two-level pool bar and grille)
- Sushi Knife
- Vida (Pan American)
- Fresh (Snacks & Gelato)
- [[SFX Entertainment LIV Nightclub, a.k.a. '54 previously was Tropigala Lounge)
- Bleau Bar
- Glow Bar
- Michael Mina Pizza & amp; Burger (formerly Arcadia)
- Chez Bon Bon (pastry and chocolate, previous Solo)
pronunciation
The local pronunciation of the hotel name is Anglicized "fountain blue" rather than normal French pronunciation.
References
External links
- Fontainebleau Resort - Miami Beach website
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