Lincoln Theatre
- Architect
- Thomas W. Lamb
- Year
- 1936
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Miami, FL
- Collection
- ocean drive deco
The Lincoln Theatre opened in 1936 on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, designed in Art Deco style by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the era's most sought-after cinema and theater architects. It operated as a movie theater into the 1980s before a long second life as a concert hall for the New World Symphony.
the style
Lamb designed the theater in Art Deco, the style he was already known for from his movie palaces elsewhere, giving Lincoln Road a purpose-built Deco cinema at the height of Miami Beach's Deco boom.
More on Art Decothe architect
Thomas W. Lamb was among the most prolific theater and cinema architects of his era, and the Lincoln Theatre reflects the same purpose-built movie-palace approach that made his practice sought after nationally.
significance
The theater's fortunes shifted repeatedly: it closed as a cinema in the 1980s, sat vacant, then was bought by the New World Symphony in 1990 and given a multimillion-dollar renovation. The symphony moved to Frank Gehry's larger New World Center in 2011, and in 2010 developer Clifford Stein bought the Lincoln Theatre to convert it to retail, with H&M signed as first tenant in January 2012. In 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter listed it among Florida Architecture: 100 Years, 100 Places.
nearby
- New World Center
- Albion Hotel
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- Cadet Hotel
- San Juan Hotel
- The Gale Hotel