Miami Beach Hotel That Hosted the Beatles Is Demolished
Miami Beach Hotel That Hosted the Beatles Is Demolished
A massive part of Miami that many call home was a destination for the music world. Built on oceanfront land with the Atlantic Ocean as its backdrop, Miami Beach hosted a bevy of legendary bands over the years, from The Beatles to U2. The hotel that served as the base of operations for The Beatles in 1965 to 1968, the legendary Palm Restaurant, has just been torn down.
For nearly nine decades, the Beach Hotel on Bayshore Boulevard has been a spot called “America’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Hotel.” Located in Miami Beach at the corner of Ocean and Collins Street, the hotel was built in 1947 by the Traveler’s Motel Company. The hotel was originally known as the Cimarron Motel and was built at a cost of $150,000. The structure was named in honor of the historic Indian tribe known for their hospitality, as well as for the legendary Cimarron Ranch, once a ranch in Oklahoma. But the name was changed to reflect the location of the hotel in the area’s history of music, which was called “Bayshore.”
The hotel had a history going back to the early 1930s. The first time the hotel was mentioned in the Miami Herald was in 1934 when the Miami Herald featured a story about a young girl on vacation at a hotel in Miami Beach. The hotel was said to be “one of the finest” luxury hotels in Miami.
The hotel’s history was interrupted from 1941 to 1947 during World War II, when the hotel became a military base. The base was used as a refueling station for ships carrying supplies to the war effort. The hotel’s first notable guest was the legendary band the Ink Spots, who stayed on in the hotel from 1942 to 1945. The Hotel was the site where the singer Frank Sinatra and his wife,
