" The Miami Biltmore hotel is actually in the heart of Coral Gables but when it was built George Barrick the developer called at the Miami built market that was a much better byline and he wanted all the publicity you'd get. To lure of the rich and famous of the land to come down here visit Coral Gables and may be built house on his property. It didn't work but in any case the hotel remains the resplendent jewel of the crown of all his creations in right now let's get together with Stephanie Hoff Meister who's gonna give us the tour."

" This whole place is concrete right concrete and steel frame and and actually. Right after the hurricane in 1926 the hotel studs standing -- and -- shelter for some of the local people were homeless. And the same thing happened in 1990s hill after hurricane Andrew that's wonderful I've got to ask about bird cages in the -- about it. If these birdcage is actually bring back some of the original feeling at the hotel back in the early twenties went birdcage is the songbird sentencing throughout the hotel. And these hurricane just bring back some of that tropical feeling. The architecture of the hotel is Mediterranean right if Mediterranean revival a combination of -- Italian and Morris influences and spend."

" Plus beds and yet. Are these wooden beams."

" These are hand painted plaster to resemble bullets and then over here we've got to the romanesque. Capital on the column and then leader Bob football start yes they are the original architects Schultze and Weaver. Actually never visited here. But he's studying the arts and architecture style looked at a lot of pictures they looked at a lot of pictures -- marvelous job as a beautiful body can we -- sure I'll take up to Everglades suite which is also known as the Al Capone sweet scrape. This and is called the Everglades suite because these beautiful hand painted ceilings but -- ugly scenes. Yeah look at that --"

" What a wonderful room is the most beautiful ceiling you can imagine they were hand painted by -- cents."

" Now what does it nicknamed the Al Capone -- thick and -- home because when he is to stay here at that felt like this was asleep like to stay at -- And also there's rumor -- it -- that -- attic inkster fat loss that was murdered appear wrote during this speaking the eighth blown away. -- notes many famous people in stable element but this week's news a -- infections -- think I've been in your -- to stay here as the Internet has made acting debuts in that Iraq."

" Really. This is what they called cooking a stone. Which is a type coral colony that -- down in the keys. And wherever you see the little circles like that it's brain -- and back over the mantelpiece up here you can see a matched pair cut out. Cross sections of the brain coral. And this is on the planet carving work I've ever seen I think a lot of the artist that did this came up your from the Bahamas as it and the sound of splashing water at such a neat feature in a -- porch -- actually it's something the board's -- space yes is this an original found."

" No actually this plant was that in the eighties during that the major renovation. Originally in the twenty this is like dancing took place at a very large wedding dance flack really. And now it's when Obama's popular places in the hotel this is where we have. The best fronts in Miami and actually setting up what right now that -- the dimensions of the court -- this courtyard is tiny foot square in the the Kong's rice 35 feet high. They are actually steel. They're steel columns. Which case they are casing concrete and beam declaration that look at a paint shark up there. It is actually if -- of the original hand painted wooden beams what about the pilot that real Spanish tile yes Bob this is original Spanish tile imported from Spain. And it has weathered -- nineteenth when it's that it has. Beautiful that is very quick connect I'd like to show evening largest hotel on the continent he -- for a."

" This couple is 600000. Gallons I'm only 22000 square feet minutes."

" Has this been heavily restored to mean something like that can be very labor intensive to keep it is labor intensive it has been sort of maintained over the years and this."

" Flashing feature with a waterborne. This flashing feature back in the early days used to -- high diving board and a half -- wise Mueller won the gold medal in his diving championships here Tarzan before his big -- in Hollywood. And was actually a swimming instructor they'll want no kidding. Now Stephanie what's that building over there other than Bob is our country cup complex and that's what a grand ballroom is located we look at these acts or. --"

" Stephanie that statuary is really beautiful by the pool they are their original to the hotel but this glass kind of threat level walking underneath. His just recently been billed as part of the beatification package President Clinton hosted the summit of the Americas at -- don't look at the Villa Park. All the president of the Western Hemisphere came here. To attempt to receptions dinners and this is built in preparation for that analogy the ballroom tour."

" Stephanie that would like a renaissance palazzo in Italy it's incredible."

" Yes it went modeled after that -- palette. But actually different to what area opened a year prior to the hotel's opening and served as an amenity -- development company up sales tool yet."

" Thank you cut to the off court the father seemed to be all flat and that came cooking that's done -- beautiful it's an original fountain."

" And it is an -- that we hear from him."

" Stephanie this is an enormous room."

" This is our largest all -- this is what we -- biggest talent you can hold this 600 people. Boy what are the dimensions the 140 by forty feet and the ceilings that 36 feet high. Has -- always been used as a bottom -- excellent most interesting parts of the art history is that it was a veteran's hospital after an Award to. Until the mid sixties so how did they use this room this with the laboratory. You can imagine the ceilings -- had dropped ceilings evident there was a linoleum on the floor. It was typical setup for the scientists now when did April hospital out in 1968 and then eat the hotels that they promised twenty years while. So we took this dropped ceilings off look with a treasure. Discovered now is it plasterers at all what this is state county pine. It's hand painted in its actually its original design is infested condition now we had to do with clean up."

" I believe you and that southern yellow pine or Dade county pine is truly impervious to termites and everything. Now what about the lighting fixtures. "

" He actually replicates the original were missing but we at photographs. And accompanying Los Angeles built these forests at a cost of 12000 dollars."

" Really but they did an incredible job their gorgeous."

" What is most interesting features about this country -- complex it's it's at a thirty degree angle to the hotel to their views from the terrace spectacular. Yeah."

" So the ballroom building is at a thirty degree angle to the hotel but it also at an angle to this building over here well what if this."

" This is our clubhouse and beyond is the golf course of course it gives it the sense of European. Soundscape well exactly and this is the top. Yes this is seeing the I was speaking at Bob this is that you rob michalak. It's a copy of the the cathedral in Seville yes it's 315 feet high and at that exact copy of the throughout the Karen can he Phyllis bell."