Zemo, Dona interview

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Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
North and Central America -- United States -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami Beach
Art deco (Architecture)
Genre:: Video Recordings
Spatial Coverage:: United States -- Florida -- Miami Beach
Coordinates:: 25.8116481 x -80.1927944

Scope and Content:: Dona Zemo formed an attachment to Miami Beach as a child, visiting most winters since she was 4 years old. She loved the swaying palm trees, the beach, the people dressed up in glamorous clothes for a night out on the town. Miami Beach, in her eyes, was high style. In 1981, she left her settled life in Connecticut, enticed by the renaissance of the Art Deco district started by Barbara Capitman, and went to work for Andrew Capitman, marketing South Beach's restored Deco hotels to Broadway producers, actors, performers, artists, and design-conscious entrepreneurs. She coined the term "SoBe," after SoHo in New York City, thinking it sounded more hip than South Beach. And it stuck. Dona talked to us about the exciting rebirth of South Beach in the early 80's and Barbara Capitman's vision of a cafe society by the sea. ( English )