1951 Marie Antoinette Apartments Hotel Fort Lauderdale Florida

1951 vintage postcard. The “swank” Marie Antoinette apartment hotel located at 2222 N. Atlantic Boulevard opened the last week in January 1948. The 27-unit building was lauded as one of the few in Fort Lauderdale offering complete hotel service—and an elevator.

Of French Colonial design, the Marie Antoinette hotel was distinctive for its two large picture windows, 13 feet by nine feet. The windows provided an ocean view from two “studio apartments” each with a two-story living room and a bedroom with a balcony. All units in the hotel boasted wall-to-wall carpeting, one papered wall, jalousie windows—and a fireplace. Imported marble graced the stairways and handrails. Apartment refrigerators stocked with food greeted guests as well as stationary printed with their names.

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