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.
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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 Deauville — the historic Miami Beach hotel where The Beatles performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" — was DEMOLISHED this morning after owners deliberately neglected the property for years so they can redevelop it #BecauseMiami pic.twitter.com/vY7VdurYha
— Because Miami (@BecauseMiami) November 13, 2022
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.
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.
The implosion led to a huge cloud of smoke blowing south, sending people scrambling on the beach. Seems to have set off a smoke alarm in one nearby building. pic.twitter.com/oiXMARrkRr
— Aaron Leibowitz (@aaron_leib) November 13, 2022
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.
It’s not normal to implode an old building in a populated area without first taking precautions for the cloud of toxic dust it will create.
just like his head
If JFK slept there so did marlyn Monroe!
Interesting. That hotel went down the same way the Twin Towers did on 9/11. That leads one to draw the conclusion that the Towers we’re also pre-rigged with explosives. That might answer why people that were there said they heard explosions BEFORE the alleged (unmarked) planes flew into the buildings. Oh, you trust whatever your beloved government tells you? The same honest trustable Bush family that swore to the world that Iraq had WMD’s? Wake up you disposable mask wearers!