Miami Beach of the North
- Date Range
- 1929 – 1929
- Title
- Miami Beach of the North
- What occurred
- In 1926, Carl G. Fisher purchased a chunk of land in Montauk from the US government after being sold as surplus government property at the end of WW1. He planned on creating an urban Montauk which could serve as “the Miami Beach of the North” where people could travel to the city and save a day's worth of travel. He built the Montauk Improvement Building, which is still the town's tallest occupied structure, the Montauk Manor hotel, and dredged Lake Montauk and opened it to the public. Fisher eventually lost his fortune during the Stock market crash of 1929 and these plans did not pan out.
- Location
- 236 Edgemere St, Montauk, NY 11954
- Image Citation
- Carl Fisher.” Archive.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2021.
- Student name(s)
- Patrick Barry