A new hotel in the Miami Beach area called Julia, so when that was called the prophetess of the city of Miami.
With its facade in the Art Deco style, its Mediterranean revival design and its walls decorated with artwork, the new Julia Hotel has 29 rooms. The name of the hotel pays homage to the "old Miami" and Julia Tuttle, the owner of the orange plantations of 1890.
The hotel, which opened August 10 at 336 Collins Ave., bears the name of a woman who is considered "the mother of Miami."
His lobby was designed in a way that would look like her family room, "wherever she was having fun with the railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, who held the first railroad in Miami."
Designed by an architect from Seattle and interior designer Stephen Busto, the lobby has rocking chairs and couches with colorful Turkish pillows. There is also a mantle with a bust covered with sea shells, reminiscent of the late pioneer.
The walls of the lobby are covered with artwork and portraits that offer a storyline of Tuttle's life in Miami. The paintings are half-dipped or partially covered. The idea is to allow hotel guests to fill in the blanks and understand what they want.
It could be Julia, it could be a friend or a member of the Julia family, but no one knows, because there are no subtitles, so that visitors are asked a question.
The hotel was built on the basis of the former Lido hotel since 1932 and has retained its original Spanish tile.
The owners of the hotel, the Swedish brothers Jesper and Gustav Arnoldsson, wanted to pay a bit of tribute to Miami Beach.
Tuttle was an American businessman who bought 644 acres of swamp and was a key investor in the development of the Magic City. She is credited with influencing Flagler to lead his railroad to Miami. One of the great bridges from Miami to Miami Beach is also named after Julia Tuttle.
In the hotel staircases and walls are painted in shades, such as coral, and the Scarlet Bird is used in the branding of the hotel.
There are five two-storeyed rooms, named after long-legged birds. In each of these rooms are paper butterflies hanging from the ceiling in shades of blue, green and pink.
Single-level rooms are named after Flagler.
Julia Hotel is a "gateway between the old and the new."
Prices start at $ 189.