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January 21, 1942. "Mangel's, 130 E. Flagler Street, Miami, Florida. Exterior, night. Ross-Frankel Inc., client; Morris Lapidus, architect." Note the ghost pedestrians. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
Morris Lapidus also designed the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach - once the most glamorous of Miami Beach's hotels - which opened in 1954 (and recently re-opened in 2008 after extensive restorations).
The glow framing the large second-story window comes from the store name mounted vertically in neon lights.
To talk to whomever thought an awning was just what they needed. Amazing how it just destroys the simplicity of the original design.
I could beam myself up into that picture! That store window is fabulous!
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