The Everglades Hotel was a historic hotel located in
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It ...
,
Florida
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. At 23 floors, it was once the largest hotel in the city. The construction was completed just before the
Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, which flooded the lobby.
Television station
WTVJ
WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (ch ...
(channel 4, now 6) originally had its transmitter atop the hotel when it signed on the air in 1949.
The building was demolished on January 23, 2005, to make room for a new building. Originally named "Everglades on the Bay" in its honor, the new building was later renamed
Vizcayne.
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Video of implosion
1926 establishments in Florida
2004 disestablishments in Florida
Hotel buildings completed in 1926
History of Miami
Hotels in Miami
Demolished hotels in Florida
Hotels established in 1926
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Demolished buildings and structures in Miami
Buildings and structures demolished by controlled implosion
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