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The Opa-locka Company administration building is a historic site in Opa-locka, Florida. It is located at 777 Sharazad Boulevard. On March 22, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This property is part of the Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area, a multiple-property submission to the National Register. It is a boarded ...
Opa-locka was founded in 1926 by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, who had retired to become a real estate developer during the nascent Florida land boom.The city's unique "Arabian" or "Moorish" architectural theme was executed by American architect Bernhardt E. Muller, who had designed several Mediterranean and Spanish-style homes in nearby Miami in 1923. [8]
City Hall (1926) in Opa Locka, Florida, also known as the Opa-Locka Company Administration Building, was designed by Bernhardt E. Muller. The building was inspired by "The Talking Bird," a tale in the Arabian Nights .
And we build wealth through creative placemaking — using arts and culture to write the future stories of places like Opa-locka, a city of 16,000 10 miles north of the city of Miami. Opa-locka is ...
Construction to start on Opa-locka development, boosting jobs in the city
Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss retired from aircraft development and manufacturing in the 1920s and became a real estate developer in Florida. In 1926, he founded the city of Opa-locka, naming it Opa-tisha-woka-locka (quickly shortened to Opa-locka), a Native American name that translates into the high land north of the little river with a camping place.
A small primarily Black community in North Miami-Dade, Opa-locka’s main issues include public safety, infrastructure and the need for transparency amid the current state financial oversight ...
The Harry Hurt Building is a historic site in Opa-locka, Florida. It is located at 490 Opa-locka Boulevard, on the corner of Ali-Baba Avenue. On March 22, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This property is part of the Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.