Granada Entrance
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Material Information

Title:
Granada Entrance
Series Title:
Coral Gables Virtual Historic City
Creator:
City of Coral Gables
Publisher:
Florida International University
Publication Date:

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Coral Gables
Historic sites
Arches
Genre:
sound recordings
Spatial Coverage:
Coral Gables
Coordinates:
25.7636688734097 x -80.2755705952873

Notes

Scope and Content:
Eight welcoming entrances to Coral Gables were planned in the early 1920's. The construction of the impressive Granada entrance was completed in 1922 and is one of only four of the originally planned entrances to be built. The oolitic limestone was hand-cut into blocks to use in the creation of a 40-foot-high arched structure. Denman Fink and Frank Button designed pergolas on both sides, which include wing walls with sitting ledges. The old-world design of the Granada entrance, located at the intersection of Granada Boulevard and Southwest Eighth Street, was based on vintage entrances of Spain. Architects Phineas Paist and Walter De Garmo worked with Fink and Button on the Granada entrance.
General Note:
Audio from the Coral Gables Virtual Tour describing the history of the Granada Entrance.

Record Information

Source Institution:
City of Coral Gables
Holding Location:
City of Coral Gables
Rights Management:
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