Noteworthy Sights in Miami Beach — huffingtonpost.com

Text and photography by Lee F. Mindel for Architectural Digest. Bal Harbour's classically styled Admiralty apartments. As Miami Beach prepares for its centennial celebrations this year, I thought it would be interesting to revisit some of the noteworthy buildings and landmarks that make this such a unique destination. And who better to tour the city with than artist Michele Oka Doner and art collector and Wolfsonian Museum founder Micky Wolfson. Doner and Wolfson--their fathers were each mayors of Miami Beach (Wolfson's in the 1940s; Doner's in the '50s)--coauthored a magical book about the city, Miami Beach: Blueprint of an Eden (Feierabend Unique Books, 2005), and joined me recently for some architectural sightseeing.

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