Everglades Hotel
| Everglades Hotel | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | 244 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Florida, United States |
| Opening | 1927 |
| Closed | 2004 |
| Demolished | January 23, 2005 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 376 |
| Number of restaurants | 3 |
History
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion with: more details of the hotel's history. You can help by adding to it. (March 2024) |
Construction of the hotel was completed just before the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, which flooded the lobby.[1]
Television station WTVJ (channel 4, now 6) originally had its transmitter atop the hotel when it signed on the air in 1949.[citation needed]
In September 1957, Miami real estate developer Vaughan Connelly bought the hotel for $2 million ($21.7 million in 2023).[2] He subsequently took out a mortgage on the property from the Teamsters Union, who foreclosed on the mortgage and acquired the property in 1960.[3] By April 1963, Connelly was bankrupt.[4] In May 1964, Connelly testified in court that he was required to pay 10% of the amount he borrowed from the Teamsters, then led by Jimmy Hoffa, as under-the-table commissions.[5] Hoffa was convicted of fraud for his involvement with loans and kickbacks, including for the Everglades Hotel.[6]
The building was demolished on January 23, 2005, to make room for new construction. The new hotel was originally named Everglades on the Bay; it was later renamed Vizcayne.
References
[edit]- ^ The Loizeaux Group, LLC (January 23, 2005). "The Everglades - Forever Gone". Controlled Demolition, Inc. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ Hesser, Charles (January 16, 1959). "Hoffa Moving In On Miami". The Miami News. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hotel Sold to Union on Courthouse Steps". Evening World Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. AP. September 28, 1960. p. 13. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Business Property To Pay Settlement". Fort Lauderdale News. April 8, 1963. p. 16A. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miamian: Teamster Loan Cost $300,000". The Miami News. AP. May 16, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Sidlo, Steve (December 7, 1978). "Landmark Everglades Hotel Sold". The Miami News. p. 1D. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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