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Miami Beach’s Savoy Hotel dates to the 1930s and survived decades on Ocean Drive; Florida laws could now allow most of it and the neighboring Arlington to be demolished for a 38-story, 480-foot tower

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Miami Beach’s Savoy Hotel dates to the 1930s and survived decades on Ocean Drive; Florida laws could now allow most of it and the neighboring Arlington to be demolished for a 38-story, 480-foot tower

Photo credit: State Archives of Florida/FloridaMemory.com The Savoy Hotel has stood on Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive since 1937, a low-rise Art Deco landmark in a neighbourhood defined by that style. Now, a plan filed by Allied Partners would demolish most of the Savoy and the neighbouring Arlington Hotel to make way for a 38-story, 480-foot … Read more

A Detroit couple bought a vacant 1925 bank and neighboring bar for $66,000; 13 years later, one old bank vault is a den and another is a wine cellar

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A Detroit couple bought a vacant 1925 bank and neighboring bar for $66,000; 13 years later, one old bank vault is a den and another is a wine cellar

Michael and Lynne carried out much of the renovation themselves. (Pictures: Homes.com) A former bank building in Detroit, Michigan that sat vacant for about a decade has been turned into a two-bedroom home after a couple spent years restoring it by hand. The unusual property, built in 1925, is now on the market for $1.3 … Read more