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The Man Who Built Miami Beach

Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers.

Aired 07/14/2015 | Rating NR

WLRN History

The Man Who Built Miami Beach

Special | 14m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers.

Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers, but it was one of them - a colorful industrialist with a knack for publicity named Carl Fisher - who was most responsible for transforming a swampy jungle into the glamorous tourist resort of today. The film chronicles this metamorphosis through the story of its forgotten protagonist.

Aired 07/14/2015 | Rating NR

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WLRN History

The Man Who Built Miami Beach

Special | 14m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers, but it was one of them - a colorful industrialist with a knack for publicity named Carl Fisher - who was most responsible for transforming a swampy jungle into the glamorous tourist resort of today. The film chronicles this metamorphosis through the story of its forgotten protagonist.

Aired 07/14/2015 | Rating NR

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