Hendrickson says the hotel was 7 blocks from the railroad terminal with a view of Biscayne Bay but gives no address. The image above I found on a postcard auction site and the reverse of the card says its located "Facing beautiful Bayfront Park. Here's a seagull's eye view of Bayfront Park today:
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There's no sign of the Miami Colonial; likely it was elbowed aside by the forest of high-rises that line Biscayne Boulevard across the street from Bayfront Park. (And from this view, Bayfront Park does look beautiful, doesn't it?)
I'm not opposed to high-rises. They're beautiful in their own way, monuments to the ambition of the human race. But would it have killed developers to leave this lovely old hotel?
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It's too late for the past but wouldn't it be wonderful to have a Google Earth glimpse of urban development? I'm fascinated with "then and now" photographs of urban space. I have a book on Berlin and one on Madison, WI. The photographer finds an old urban photo and then tries go stand in the exact spot and get the spatial update.
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