The 5 most amazing ART DECO renovations

1040 Lincoln Road

South Beach ��

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With its unmistakable movie marquee and streamlined, geometric architecture rising behind it, The Colony is one of the last original buildings on Lincoln Road. It debuted as Paramount Pictures in 1938 and underwent a 6,5-million-dollar restoration 80 years later. Since 2016, it has been the home of nonprofit professional theater group Miami New Drama.

940 Ocean Drive

South Beach ��

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3500 Pan American Drive

Coconut Grove ➇

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Architect Anton Skislewicz designed this emblematic structure in 1936. Formerly pastel, it is now a magnificent blue-andorange façade, with the enormous neon sign that spells out the name of the hotel fronting the parapet, and vertical lines shooting out from the sides of the frieze.

This was Pan American Airlines’ airport for the famous flying seaplanes. The 1934 building featured interior murals and a stunning, curved canopy. Many of the art deco elements were hidden with a bland redo in 1954 when it became City Hall, but it was restored to its former self in 2003.