![McAllister Hotel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/McAllister_Hotel.jpg)
The McAllister Hotel was a ten-story
high-rise hotel
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in
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,
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. It opened on December 31, 1919, and until 1925, was the
tallest building in Miami. It was demolished in 1988, and the site is now the home to
50 Biscayne built in 2007 at . The McAllister Hotel is considered one of Miami's first skyscrapers and was a city icon until its demolition. It was designed by
Walter De Garmo. The architect was Frank Valentine Newell.
Newell, Frank Valentine , Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada
Dictionary of Architects in Canada
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Hotel buildings completed in 1917
Buildings and structures demolished in 1988
Demolished hotels in Florida
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