IF WALLS COULD TALK .........

Can you imagine the hanky panky that went on in this fucking place.....can you imagine the amount  of  cocainia that went up hookers noses  /asses/vags/nostrils/clits/tits/coffee tables /bell ends.......it was the seventies........ and every monkey and their proverbial uncle ....... was in miami in the  seventies ......... doing all sorts of  seventies  shit .......i would love to have been a fly on that fucking wall/chandelier/bathtub/mirror/toilet tank top/wallpaper /bedrooms ceiling ........must have been  fucking mayhem  !!!!!!!! ...what a shame  now it will be gentrified.....by rich white cunts with money......cuban mob with money .....foreign bastards with money ......and will build another fucking eyesore........and fill it with new age  new loudmouth  money ..........fucking assholes in their  cars  and bimbos...........that's okay i guess  ....miami beach is a  fucking filthy dirty overpriced  flood  shithole of  humanity at its best day.....and the flooding is   catching up with al the damage the fuckers are doing .....some of that shit  is  going to get  banged in a few years .......don't matter how much money you have  ....if the ocean wants to claim your place .........it will ...it's happening right now ,.......and look at Champlain towers ......a prime   example  of stupidity...... over cheapness..... and greed and ignorance  ........and look what happened .....the place took a fucking shit of epic proportions when a building is  in disrepair .....and needs  shit   done ........?.......you need to get shit done.....and this poor place fell into disrepair .......and had to go  ....can you imagine  if they looked after this  beautiful cocaine ....celebrity  soaked landmark ......be a great place to have hung out.....now it will be replaced by a  gaudy /mirrored ....sleek/ tall /overpriced/concrete/swarthy condominium .....filled with  ignorant mostly  ghastly nuevo riche....money grabbing   passive income or  celebrity  fuckwits.....demanding .....domineering ....inhabiting  .....overflowing into dining places and parking .......its the same all over america downtown is being  slaughtered  ......and gentrified ....by rich conglomerates with endless bags of money .....foreigners and Americans  ....who really do not  care about American .....as it disappears ......and the  people who help these fuckers  realize their dreams are the lower  rungs of  humanity .....who have no choice ....but to  grovel for a paycheck ......or else?

macho fools fighting  over violations caused the demise of  such a historical place ......like lots of  others .....or maybe that was the plan........

The historic Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach was imploded. Watch the video

Aaron Leibowitz

Sun, November 13, 2022 at 9:26 AM

The 17-story tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach was successfully imploded just after 8 a.m. Sunday.

The oceanfront building at 6701 Collins Ave. crumbled to the ground in a matter of seconds after a series of thundering booms, marking the end of the road for a hotel that famously hosted the Beatles in 1964 and fell into disrepair in recent years.

A crowd of people who gathered on the beach to watch the implosion near 64th Street cheered as the building fell, then quickly was sent scrambling as a large cloud of dust moved south. Crowds also gathered across the street on Indian Creek Drive to see the building’s demise.

The implosion seemed to set off a smoke alarm in at least one nearby building.

A spokesperson for the city of Miami Beach confirmed there were no immediate issues from the implosion.

Steven Cheshire, a South Beach resident, brought his six-year-old daughter to the beach to watch the event.

“A building blowing up on the beach,” Cheshire said when asked why he was there. “And the Beatles played here on Ed Sullivan. There’s historical significance.”

The 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach is imploded Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, around 8 a.m.

An “exclusion zone” was established Sunday morning between Collins Avenue and Harding Avenue, from 65th Street to 70th Street. People were not allowed outside in this area.

Traffic on Collins Avenue was closed at 65th Street and diverted to Indian Creek Drive. Roads were expected to reopen around 10 a.m.

Structures directly adjacent to the Deauville were vacated during the implosion.

People in the area were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to prevent dust from entering homes and other buildings. There was expected to be a “significant amount of dust” in the area immediately surrounding the demolition site, according to contractor BG Group LLC.

BG Group oversaw the implosion along with Maryland-based Controlled Demolitions Inc. The same two firms handled the successful implosion of the still-standing portion of Champlain Towers South in Surfside after the catastrophic building collapse last June that killed 98 people.

Demolition crews began tearing down the lower portion of the Deauville building in September. Officials first completed asbestos removal from the hotel, which allowed demolition of the building’s pool, pool deck, ballrooms and lobby to begin.

The Deauville had been shuttered since an electrical fire in 2017.

On Tuesday, Miami Beach voters rejected a ballot question to change zoning regulations at the site to allow Miami Dolphins owner and billionaire developer Stephen Ross to build a luxury condo and hotel tower there. Ross had a deal to purchase the property that was contingent on the referendum’s passage.

The city of Miami Beach had sparred in court for years with the Deauville’s owners, the Meruelo family, over millions of dollars in code violations before the city ultimately issued a demolition order earlier this year.

Now, the building’s implosion leaves a hole in the skyline in North Beach, with the future of the site uncertain.

Less than an hour after the implosion, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber sent an email to residents that addressed Tuesday’s election results. He warned that, if the lot sits vacant, “it will only be a magnet for vagrancy and crime and will continue to arrest the economic growth of North Beach for decades.”

Gelber wrote that Ross “may still be interested” in developing the site.

“In any case, we need to go back to the drawing board and find a better option for its future,” he said.

Some residents have argued Ross or another developer should be able to work within existing zoning regulations to build something new at the site, while also paying homage to the Deauville’s history.

“Of course the developers want to build as much as possible,” said Cheshire, the South Beach resident, noting that he voted against the ballot question. “But you can still build a great big project here.”

The historic Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach was imploded. Watch the video

Aaron Leibowitz

Sun, November 13, 2022 at 9:26 AM

The 17-story tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach was successfully imploded just after 8 a.m. Sunday.

The oceanfront building at 6701 Collins Ave. crumbled to the ground in a matter of seconds after a series of thundering booms, marking the end of the road for a hotel that famously hosted the Beatles in 1964 and fell into disrepair in recent years.

A crowd of people who gathered on the beach to watch the implosion near 64th Street cheered as the building fell, then quickly was sent scrambling as a large cloud of dust moved south. Crowds also gathered across the street on Indian Creek Drive to see the building’s demise.

The implosion seemed to set off a smoke alarm in at least one nearby building.

A spokesperson for the city of Miami Beach confirmed there were no immediate issues from the implosion.

Steven Cheshire, a South Beach resident, brought his six-year-old daughter to the beach to watch the event.

“A building blowing up on the beach,” Cheshire said when asked why he was there. “And the Beatles played here on Ed Sullivan. There’s historical significance.”

The 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach is imploded Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, around 8 a.m.

An “exclusion zone” was established Sunday morning between Collins Avenue and Harding Avenue, from 65th Street to 70th Street. People were not allowed outside in this area.

Traffic on Collins Avenue was closed at 65th Street and diverted to Indian Creek Drive. Roads were expected to reopen around 10 a.m.

Structures directly adjacent to the Deauville were vacated during the implosion.

People in the area were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to prevent dust from entering homes and other buildings. There was expected to be a “significant amount of dust” in the area immediately surrounding the demolition site, according to contractor BG Group LLC.

BG Group oversaw the implosion along with Maryland-based Controlled Demolitions Inc. The same two firms handled the successful implosion of the still-standing portion of Champlain Towers South in Surfside after the catastrophic building collapse last June that killed 98 people.

Demolition crews began tearing down the lower portion of the Deauville building in September. Officials first completed asbestos removal from the hotel, which allowed demolition of the building’s pool, pool deck, ballrooms and lobby to begin.

The Deauville had been shuttered since an electrical fire in 2017.

On Tuesday, Miami Beach voters rejected a ballot question to change zoning regulations at the site to allow Miami Dolphins owner and billionaire developer Stephen Ross to build a luxury condo and hotel tower there. Ross had a deal to purchase the property that was contingent on the referendum’s passage.

The city of Miami Beach had sparred in court for years with the Deauville’s owners, the Meruelo family, over millions of dollars in code violations before the city ultimately issued a demolition order earlier this year.

Now, the building’s implosion leaves a hole in the skyline in North Beach, with the future of the site uncertain.

Less than an hour after the implosion, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber sent an email to residents that addressed Tuesday’s election results. He warned that, if the lot sits vacant, “it will only be a magnet for vagrancy and crime and will continue to arrest the economic growth of North Beach for decades.”

Gelber wrote that Ross “may still be interested” in developing the site.

“In any case, we need to go back to the drawing board and find a better option for its future,” he said.

Some residents have argued Ross or another developer should be able to work within existing zoning regulations to build something new at the site, while also paying homage to the Deauville’s history.

“Of course the developers want to build as much as possible,” said Cheshire, the South Beach resident, noting that he voted against the ballot question. “But you can still build a great big project here.”

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  On Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 Miami Beach's 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort implodes sending dust full of debris into the oceanside luxury buildings. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

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  A Miami Beach police officer keeps on-lookers away from a cloud of dust, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. The once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday has been imploded. The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell into itself Sunday after a series of explosions were set off. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

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  Debris removal is operational shortly after the Deauville Beach Resort implosion, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. The once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday has been imploded. The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell into itself Sunday after a series of explosions were set off. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

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Sun, November 13, 2022 at 11:49 AM

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday was imploded Sunday after falling into disrepair and abandonment in recent years.

The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell into itself after a series of explosions were set off, sending up a large cloud of dust. The hotel was built in 1957 and Kennedy spoke there to the Young Democrats Convention in 1961.

The Beatles performed there in 1964, recording six songs for “The Ed Sullivan Show,” drawing an estimated television audience of 70 million people. Celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones and Sammy Davis Jr. performed there.

Authorities Demolish Historic Miami Beachfront Hotel Deemed Unsafe

A historic Miami Beach hotel that hosted the likes of President John F Kennedy, Frank Sinatra and The Beatles was demolished on Sunday morning, November 13, after authorities deemed it unsafe.According to local news reports, the hotel, built in 1957, was closed after an electrical fire in 2017.Local news reported contractors spent weeks prepping the site by drilling more than 1,200 holes in the building.Footage taken by David Vergel shows the moment of the planned implosion on Sunday.The hotel hosted the Beatles in 1964 when they broadcast their first performance on The Ed Sullivan Show from Deauville’s Napoleon Ballroom. Credit: David Vergel via Storyful

The property fell into disrepair over the years and was closed in 2017 after an electrical fire. Miami Beach officials and the family that owned the hotel sparred over millions of dollars in fines for various code violations.

It is unclear what will now happen with the lot.

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, a billionaire New York developer, wanted to buy the property and build a 350-foot-tall (107-meter-tall) hotel and condo tower, but that plan is in limbo. The area has a 200-foot (61-meter) height limit and a city ballot measure that would have allowed the construction failed Tuesday.

City officials say Ross may still be interested in purchasing the lot if an alternate plan can be worked out.

The historic Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach was imploded. Watch the video

Aaron Leibowitz

Sun, November 13, 2022 at 9:26 AM

The 17-story tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach was successfully imploded just after 8 a.m. Sunday.

The oceanfront building at 6701 Collins Ave. crumbled to the ground in a matter of seconds after a series of thundering booms, marking the end of the road for a hotel that famously hosted the Beatles in 1964 and fell into disrepair in recent years.

A crowd of people who gathered on the beach to watch the implosion near 64th Street cheered as the building fell, then quickly was sent scrambling as a large cloud of dust moved south. Crowds also gathered across the street on Indian Creek Drive to see the building’s demise.

The implosion seemed to set off a smoke alarm in at least one nearby building.

A spokesperson for the city of Miami Beach confirmed there were no immediate issues from the implosion.

Steven Cheshire, a South Beach resident, brought his six-year-old daughter to the beach to watch the event.

“A building blowing up on the beach,” Cheshire said when asked why he was there. “And the Beatles played here on Ed Sullivan. There’s historical significance.”

The 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach is imploded Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, around 8 a.m.

An “exclusion zone” was established Sunday morning between Collins Avenue and Harding Avenue, from 65th Street to 70th Street. People were not allowed outside in this area.

Traffic on Collins Avenue was closed at 65th Street and diverted to Indian Creek Drive. Roads were expected to reopen around 10 a.m.

Structures directly adjacent to the Deauville were vacated during the implosion.

People in the area were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to prevent dust from entering homes and other buildings. There was expected to be a “significant amount of dust” in the area immediately surrounding the demolition site, according to contractor BG Group LLC.

BG Group oversaw the implosion along with Maryland-based Controlled Demolitions Inc. The same two firms handled the successful implosion of the still-standing portion of Champlain Towers South in Surfside after the catastrophic building collapse last June that killed 98 people.

Demolition crews began tearing down the lower portion of the Deauville building in September. Officials first completed asbestos removal from the hotel, which allowed demolition of the building’s pool, pool deck, ballrooms and lobby to begin.

The Deauville had been shuttered since an electrical fire in 2017.

On Tuesday, Miami Beach voters rejected a ballot question to change zoning regulations at the site to allow Miami Dolphins owner and billionaire developer Stephen Ross to build a luxury condo and hotel tower there. Ross had a deal to purchase the property that was contingent on the referendum’s passage.

The city of Miami Beach had sparred in court for years with the Deauville’s owners, the Meruelo family, over millions of dollars in code violations before the city ultimately issued a demolition order earlier this year.

Now, the building’s implosion leaves a hole in the skyline in North Beach, with the future of the site uncertain.

Less than an hour after the implosion, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber sent an email to residents that addressed Tuesday’s election results. He warned that, if the lot sits vacant, “it will only be a magnet for vagrancy and crime and will continue to arrest the economic growth of North Beach for decades.”

Gelber wrote that Ross “may still be interested” in developing the site.

“In any case, we need to go back to the drawing board and find a better option for its future,” he said.

Some residents have argued Ross or another developer should be able to work within existing zoning regulations to build something new at the site, while also paying homage to the Deauville’s history.

“Of course the developers want to build as much as possible,” said Cheshire, the South Beach resident, noting that he voted against the ballot question. “But you can still build a great big project here.”

The historic Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach was imploded. Watch the video

Aaron Leibowitz

Sun, November 13, 2022 at 9:26 AM

The 17-story tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach was successfully imploded just after 8 a.m. Sunday.

The oceanfront building at 6701 Collins Ave. crumbled to the ground in a matter of seconds after a series of thundering booms, marking the end of the road for a hotel that famously hosted the Beatles in 1964 and fell into disrepair in recent years.

A crowd of people who gathered on the beach to watch the implosion near 64th Street cheered as the building fell, then quickly was sent scrambling as a large cloud of dust moved south. Crowds also gathered across the street on Indian Creek Drive to see the building’s demise.

The implosion seemed to set off a smoke alarm in at least one nearby building.

A spokesperson for the city of Miami Beach confirmed there were no immediate issues from the implosion.

Steven Cheshire, a South Beach resident, brought his six-year-old daughter to the beach to watch the event.

“A building blowing up on the beach,” Cheshire said when asked why he was there. “And the Beatles played here on Ed Sullivan. There’s historical significance.”

The 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach is imploded Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, around 8 a.m.

An “exclusion zone” was established Sunday morning between Collins Avenue and Harding Avenue, from 65th Street to 70th Street. People were not allowed outside in this area.

Traffic on Collins Avenue was closed at 65th Street and diverted to Indian Creek Drive. Roads were expected to reopen around 10 a.m.

Structures directly adjacent to the Deauville were vacated during the implosion.

People in the area were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to prevent dust from entering homes and other buildings. There was expected to be a “significant amount of dust” in the area immediately surrounding the demolition site, according to contractor BG Group LLC.

BG Group oversaw the implosion along with Maryland-based Controlled Demolitions Inc. The same two firms handled the successful implosion of the still-standing portion of Champlain Towers South in Surfside after the catastrophic building collapse last June that killed 98 people.

Demolition crews began tearing down the lower portion of the Deauville building in September. Officials first completed asbestos removal from the hotel, which allowed demolition of the building’s pool, pool deck, ballrooms and lobby to begin.

The Deauville had been shuttered since an electrical fire in 2017.

On Tuesday, Miami Beach voters rejected a ballot question to change zoning regulations at the site to allow Miami Dolphins owner and billionaire developer Stephen Ross to build a luxury condo and hotel tower there. Ross had a deal to purchase the property that was contingent on the referendum’s passage.

The city of Miami Beach had sparred in court for years with the Deauville’s owners, the Meruelo family, over millions of dollars in code violations before the city ultimately issued a demolition order earlier this year.

Now, the building’s implosion leaves a hole in the skyline in North Beach, with the future of the site uncertain.

Less than an hour after the implosion, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber sent an email to residents that addressed Tuesday’s election results. He warned that, if the lot sits vacant, “it will only be a magnet for vagrancy and crime and will continue to arrest the economic growth of North Beach for decades.”

Gelber wrote that Ross “may still be interested” in developing the site.

“In any case, we need to go back to the drawing board and find a better option for its future,” he said.

Some residents have argued Ross or another developer should be able to work within existing zoning regulations to build something new at the site, while also paying homage to the Deauville’s history.

“Of course the developers want to build as much as possible,” said Cheshire, the South Beach resident, noting that he voted against the ballot question. “But you can still build a great big project here.”

The historic Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach was imploded. Watch the video

Aaron Leibowitz

Sun, November 13, 2022 at 9:26 AM

The 17-story tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach was successfully imploded just after 8 a.m. Sunday.

The oceanfront building at 6701 Collins Ave. crumbled to the ground in a matter of seconds after a series of thundering booms, marking the end of the road for a hotel that famously hosted the Beatles in 1964 and fell into disrepair in recent years.

A crowd of people who gathered on the beach to watch the implosion near 64th Street cheered as the building fell, then quickly was sent scrambling as a large cloud of dust moved south. Crowds also gathered across the street on Indian Creek Drive to see the building’s demise.

The implosion seemed to set off a smoke alarm in at least one nearby building.

A spokesperson for the city of Miami Beach confirmed there were no immediate issues from the implosion.

Steven Cheshire, a South Beach resident, brought his six-year-old daughter to the beach to watch the event.

“A building blowing up on the beach,” Cheshire said when asked why he was there. “And the Beatles played here on Ed Sullivan. There’s historical significance.”

The 17-story hotel tower of the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach is imploded Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, around 8 a.m.

An “exclusion zone” was established Sunday morning between Collins Avenue and Harding Avenue, from 65th Street to 70th Street. People were not allowed outside in this area.

Traffic on Collins Avenue was closed at 65th Street and diverted to Indian Creek Drive. Roads were expected to reopen around 10 a.m.

Structures directly adjacent to the Deauville were vacated during the implosion.

People in the area were advised to keep their windows and doors closed to prevent dust from entering homes and other buildings. There was expected to be a “significant amount of dust” in the area immediately surrounding the demolition site, according to contractor BG Group LLC.

BG Group oversaw the implosion along with Maryland-based Controlled Demolitions Inc. The same two firms handled the successful implosion of the still-standing portion of Champlain Towers South in Surfside after the catastrophic building collapse last June that killed 98 people.

Demolition crews began tearing down the lower portion of the Deauville building in September. Officials first completed asbestos removal from the hotel, which allowed demolition of the building’s pool, pool deck, ballrooms and lobby to begin.

The Deauville had been shuttered since an electrical fire in 2017.

On Tuesday, Miami Beach voters rejected a ballot question to change zoning regulations at the site to allow Miami Dolphins owner and billionaire developer Stephen Ross to build a luxury condo and hotel tower there. Ross had a deal to purchase the property that was contingent on the referendum’s passage.

The city of Miami Beach had sparred in court for years with the Deauville’s owners, the Meruelo family, over millions of dollars in code violations before the city ultimately issued a demolition order earlier this year.

Now, the building’s implosion leaves a hole in the skyline in North Beach, with the future of the site uncertain.

Less than an hour after the implosion, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber sent an email to residents that addressed Tuesday’s election results. He warned that, if the lot sits vacant, “it will only be a magnet for vagrancy and crime and will continue to arrest the economic growth of North Beach for decades.”

Gelber wrote that Ross “may still be interested” in developing the site.

“In any case, we need to go back to the drawing board and find a better option for its future,” he said.

Some residents have argued Ross or another developer should be able to work within existing zoning regulations to build something new at the site, while also paying homage to the Deauville’s history.

“Of course the developers want to build as much as possible,” said Cheshire, the South Beach resident, noting that he voted against the ballot question. “But you can still build a great big project here.”