THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HONORS BARBARA BAER CAPITMAN WITH MEMORIAL IN LUMMUS PARK
There will be a public unveiling of the Barbara Baer Capitman Memorial at the 39th Annual Art Deco Weekend
After five years of planning, permitting and fund-raising, Miami Design Preservation League's (MDPL) memorial to its founder, Barbara Baer Capitman (1920-1990) will be completed in time for a public dedication at the 39th annual Art Deco Weekend festival. The public dedication will be on Saturday, January 16th at 4pm in Lummus Park at 13th street.
Barbara Baer Capitman made an enormous contribution to the quality of life in South Florida in founding MDPL in 1976 and leading the battle to protect and preserve the Art Deco District. Miami's cultural development and tourism revival of the last decades flowed from her vision and efforts. Her efforts spurred a national and international movement for the preservation of 20th century design and architecture.
The BBC Memorial features a bronze bust from a sculpture of Capitman by her mother, the artist Myrtle Bachrach Baer, completed in 1939 when Barbara was 19. Designed by ArquitectonicaGeo, the memorial is set in Lummus Park at 13th Street across Ocean Drive from the Cardozo Hotel, the Art Deco District's first restored hotel and an early center for MDPL's preservation efforts.
Please join the Miami Design Preservation League as they honor Barbara Baer Capitman on January 16, 2016 at 4pm in Lummus Park and 13th Street in Miami Beach, Fl.
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