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FEB-1968 © 1968 Dave Kleylein

1968 - the Fountainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach

Miami Beach, Florida


Thank you to former Miamian Dave Kleylein (William Jennings Bryan Elementary, North Miami Junior High, North Miami High, and Norland High Class of 1962) for contributing this image.


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Tony Z 25-Apr-2015 16:04
I remember as a small boy wanting to see where Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb worked from so we visited Surfside 6, of course it was nothing like the Show. That was 54 years ago, I loved our trips to Miami beach yearly from the 50's on to the 60's.
ben(jy)-not Nemser! 27-Oct-2014 02:28
my mother was the ice skating teacher at the hotel..
Nancy Mangone McLean 15-Feb-2014 17:30
My best friend's father was a concert pianist back in the 70s, and we would go there with him when he did shows at night and run all around the hotel and go play in the area where the pinball machines were. They had the best game room and then we would go to a snack bar for a burger and fries. We thought we were so cool because we were there till like two in the morning when his shows were over.
Dan Kolber 13-Feb-2010 02:44
Jader,
Your memory is better than mine; you are right - it was Surfside 6.
Guest 13-Jul-2009 20:39
There was also a ice skating rink under the pool
Jader 12-Dec-2008 14:28
The tv show was Surfside 6 not 77 Sunset Strip, that show was in Cali.
Dan Kolber 01-Apr-2008 15:01
In the summer of 1972 I was a 19 year old volunteer for the Democratic Host Committee of the Democratic National Committee that was hosting the last political convention in US history that actually nominated the candidate at the convention (until maybe now). Our offices were rooms in the Fountainbleau and I would chauffeur Larry O'Brien, Chair of the DNC around when he came into town. I remember a memo from headquarters telling us their headquarters at the Watergate had been burlarized the night before and we should lock our offices at night. I also remember when the houseboat from the tv show 77 Sunset Strip was moored across the street.
charlis02-Mar-2008 21:42
What a shame that the famous "painted wall" on the south end of the property was torn down, and the famous pool with under ground viewing of the swimmers are both gone. The pool was replaced by a lagoon type pool. Morris is rolling over in his grave! I know this for a fact, I know his niece!