Bower, Matti interview
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Material Information

Title:
Bower, Matti interview
Alternate title:
Matti Bower interview Miami Beach Visual Memoir
Creator:
Miami Design Preservation League
Close-Up Productions
Publisher:
Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority (MBVCA)
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
01:21:40

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
Mayors--United States--Florida--Miami Beach
City council members--United States--Florida--Miami Beach
Genre:
Video Recordings
Spatial Coverage:
North and Central America -- United States -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami Beach
Coordinates:
25.780279 x -80.130347

Notes

Scope and Content:
Interviewed shortly after being re-elected for 3rd term as Miami Beach Mayor. She was one of the founders of the Miami Design Preservation League. She talks about the development of the Beach: the impact of the Mariel exodus from Cuba, the preservation of South Beach with specific mention of Friedlandʼs Bakery, the Carlyle and Cardozo Hotels. She talks about her community activism from her start with the PTA, through historic preservation to seeking office as a MB Commissioner. She talks about Barbara Capitman and Leonard Horowitz, the Miami Beach Development Corporation, UNIDAD and getting Hispanics involved in civic life, the formation of MDPL and the Art Deco District.
Biographical:
Date of Birth: 04-04-1939
General Note:
(Location) Miami Beach Welcome Center, 10th and Ocean Blvd

Record Information

Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FI14010406

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