What is Coral Gables’s nickname?

 

(Biltmore Hotel, ca 1927, credit: Manley Brower, HistoryMiami)

In 1925 George Merrick started planning a community south of Miami.  As one of America’s first planned communities it incorporated Mediterranean Revival style architecture with a South Florida way of life.  The vibrant community of Coral Gables soon grew under the shadow of the show stopping Biltmore Hotel.

 

A. The City Beautiful