Why Take the Miami Art Deco Walking Tour?

WHY TAKE THIS TOUR? 
It's your trip, and this is your tour! There are many benefits to having your own personal tour guide:


1. Value. ADT offers the best value for a two hour plus tour with many value-added features.
      - More access to buildings and locations than any other tour
      - Exclusivity
      - Memorable souvenir
      - A tour guide/concierge/personal friend all in one

2.  VIP TREATMENT! This is a small group tour with personal attention (maximum 6 people) where you can freely talk with the guide and ask any questions and get exclusive access to select Art Deco buildings not permitted to other groups. (Private tours also available, please contact us directly).

3. Options. You're not limited to one time frame as offered by large group tours. Miami Art Deco tours is  a boutique tour service that offers the walking tours more than once a day. 10am, 1pm and 5pm.

4. Something for everyone. Whether you enjoy history, architecture and design or have kids with short attention spans, ADT guides are versatile, engaging and keep your attention throughout the duration. Teenagers and young adults love the tour. 

5. Be in all the photos! No matter the size of your group, ADT is ready to act as photographer so everyone is in the picture!

6. Memorable souvenir. A popular benefit is the "tour after the tour". ADT will email you the highlights of the tour with photos so you don't forget those fascinating details and all the stops with dates, years and more! 

7. Your own concierge! Book a tour and your guide will go beyond and answer any questions about restaurants, other activities and so much more.

8. Feel good to support a small business and philanthropists! ADT is proud to provide jobs during the recession and survive against bigger competitors.  We love our job and want to continue highlighting our backyard beyond the beaches. In addition our team is fully engaged in the community and gives back by volunteering our time and talent from mentoring children, to helping the homeless and animal welfare.

By the end of the tour, you'll enjoy the full flavor of Miami Beach, it's colorful history and beautiful architecture. 

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Leslie Hotel Reopens In South Beach

One of the smallest boutique hotels on Ocean Drive, the quaint Leslie Hotel catches your eye with its rectilinear Deco angles and columns and songbird yellow paint.

Our team had the privilege to meet with the managing director, Juan Pablo and learn about their four year journey to renovate and reopen this darling hotel.

The process is arduous as owners must follow guidelines, procedures from the Historic Preservation Board and city laws. At times there were no laws to dictate new additions such as music and rooftop pools.

The hotel was purposefully repainted in bright yellow. The sun fades it quickly.

Leslie Hotel front facade

Architects Rodrigo Carrion and Julien Bergier from DN'A handled both architectural revisions and designing the interiors. Rodrigo was also the lead architect for renovations at Hotel Victor a couple of hotels south on Ocean Drive.

Julien Bergier , Juan Pablo D'Onofrio, Rodrigo Carrion 

 John E. Stevens and Christine Michaels from Miami's Art Deco Walking Tours attended the Lively Libations at the Leslie Hotel and enjoyed a private tour of the property.

John E. Stevens and Christine Michaels

Normally a pool is dropped in with a helicopter but there was no landing strip for the helicopter. The closest landing site would be too far. So a crane was alternative solution. Ocean Drive, in front of the hotel, had to be closed for the day as the skeletal foundation was dropped in. 

The introduction of a rooftop pool brought weight and structural issues.  The structure had to be reinforced  by attaching two set of columns to the existing columns and braced with steel.  Contrary to concrete pools for in the ground the pool is made of stainless steel. The hotel followed cruiselines in their innovative approach to include pools at lighter weights. 

Below are photos depicting the loading of the pool with a crane from Ocean drive, above the air and onto the rooftop.