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Don Boyd | all galleries >> Memories of Old Hialeah, Old Miami and Old South Florida Photo Galleries - largest non-Facebook collection on the internet >> OPA-LOCKA and adjacent areas Historical Photos Gallery - All Years - click on image to view > 1920's - "Oriental (sic) Architecture At Opaloca (sic)"
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1920's Courtesy of Alvin Lederer

1920's - "Oriental (sic) Architecture At Opaloca (sic)"

777 Sharazad Boulevard, Opa-locka, Florida


Thank you to Alvin Lederer for contributing this great old image of Opa-locka's city hall complete with minarets. The caption writer erred in the architecture - it is Moorish and did not spell the city name correctly.

There is a very interesting article about Opa-locka at http://jjd.pbase.com/image/97088341


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Jawad Shah 01-Dec-2017 16:56
And also this is not "Oriental" architecture. This is more Mughal Empire type architecture with the minarets & domes. Looks very much like a mosque.
Janet Armstrong Kliven 24-Mar-2013 02:58
This town that I was raised in back in the 40's-50's was neither Oriental or Moorish. It was based on a dream of the builder, Glenn Curtiss, the story of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. He had a partner name of James Bright. Curtiss's home in Hialeah was also the design of Arabian Nights.
Guest 14-Dec-2011 17:44
In 1965 there was a library upstairs in this building. It is funny how you take things for granted when you are young. I used to ride my bike there and check out books. Sue Rockwell
Guest 04-Dec-2010 22:41
Thanks for the memories. Born and raised in Opa-locka. Wow, what a place it was back then. I remember it well.