Visionaries Create Destinations
#BocaRaton Original Camino Real Plans
#addisonmizner had visions
“the world’s most beautiful boulevard” w/ a bridge arched Venetian canal 7,000+ palm trees.
160’ to 220’ wide inspired by Rio de Janiero’s famous Botafogo.”
#Bocaraton #architecture #luxury
Architect Addison Mizner’s dining room in The Cloister (The Boca Raton/Hotel), design inspiration was a 15th century Catalonian hospital with gothic arches and wrought iron chandeliers. It had been recently known as the cathedral dining room.
#Bocaraton #addisonmizner #architecture #interiordesign
A Chemla Tunisian tile w/ a Moroccan motif from 1920’s Mizner Industries
(Addison) Mizner Industries supplied tiles & other architectural embellishments for the Addison Mizner Architecture of the time
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Addison Mizner regarding Boca Raton: “The world’s most architecturally beautiful playground”
#bocaraton #addisonmizner #architecture #realestate
Boca Raton Fun Fact:
Did you know The Architect, Addison Mizner, in his vision of Boca Raton planned to build a moorish castle for himself located on an island in Lake Boca Raton?
#Bocaraton #addisonmizner #palmbeach #beaches #luxury
#OTD 99 years ago today, on February 6th, 1926, The Ritz Carlton Cloister Inn opened for the first time. #TheBocaRaton #AddisonMizner
Addison Mizner’s monkey, Johnnie Brown, sits on his shoulder pictured here. Architect, Addison Mizner, gave Boca Raton it’s architectural anchor, charm and allure, which is priceless. #addisonmizner #Bocaraton #johnniebrown
