Place to sleep: Best Western Atlantic Beach Resort, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
BW Atlantic Beach Resort
Here is the a ocean view from our penthouse Miami Beach hotel room. We stayed at what is now the Best Western Atlantic Beach Resort, but it used to be called The Lucerne, an International Modern jewel designed in 1958 by Fontainebleau architect Morris Lapidus.
About this place:
The Best Western Atlantic Beach Resort used to be called The Lucerne Hotel, an International Modern jewel designed in 1958 by architect Morris Lapidus. Lapidus was partially responsible for the resurgence of Miami Beach in the 1950s when he created the Fontainebleau, Eden Roc and then transformed Lincoln Road into a pedestrian mall in 1960.
While this hotel may have changed names and owners over the years, it has managed to retain most of its overall charm. Though, as with most of the buildings from this era, we don't appreciate it because the impact has been dulled over time and what once looked like the design of the future, now looks retro.
Most of the decor and furnishings have been "updated" but if you search, you can find a few lingering clues to its once luxurious past.
4101 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida, US
Discovered by Lance Rothstein
on 6 February 2008.
643 views.
