Located at 26th Street and Collins Avenue, the Algiers Hotel was a prominent and glamorous fixture in Miami Beach in the '50s and '60s.

Built in 1951 by noted architect Morris Lapidus (1902-2001), it was designed in Miami Modern style (nicknamed MiMo), a distinctive architectural movement noted for its bold colors, playful forms and sleek lines.

Lapidus, a former retail interior designer, also worked his magic on other mid-century Miami hotels including the Fontainebleau, the Eden Roc and the Americana in Bal Harbor.

The Algiers was a ‘honeymoon hotel’ where newly-marrieds from all over America came to relax after wedding festivities were over. An enormous property, the hotel had a Scheherezade Room, a Terrace dining room, a Caravan Lounge, an Aladdin Room and a coffee shop. Its icon was an elaborately mustachioed character called Sinbad.

At night, the Algiers was elaborately illuminated in a ‘fantasy of lights.’

Architect Alan Lapidus, who worked with his father for 18 years, said his father knew how to make properties dazzling and create scenes that delighted guests. ‘His theory was, if you create the stage setting and it's grand, everyone who enters will play their part,’ he said.

The Algiers was demolished in 1980 to make way for condos.

This charming and inventive 1965 menu features a fork, knife and spoon as cheerful chefs and was created for the restaurant and sandwich shop.