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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 9 b&w photos |  12 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Pan American Airways System Terminal Building, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL
CALL NUMBER:
HABS FLA,13-MIAM,2-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 9 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Delano & Aldrich
Gelhaus, Fred J.
Vaviloff, M. M.
NOTE:
Survey number HABS FL-363
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-38).
Building/structure dates: 1934 initial construction
Significance: At the time of its construction in 1933, the Pan American Airways System Terminal Building at Dinner Key was the largest and most modern marine air terminal in the world. Said to be one of the best planned terminal buildings constructed for either land or marine airports, it was noted for its innovative layout plan for traffic handling and for its scientific design. This design allowed for the simultaneous handling of four airliners, a feature not previously found in air terminals. Often described as the "Air Gateway Between the Americas," Dinner Key was the nation's busiest commercial seaplane terminal. The facilities at Dinner Key were the first constructed exclusively for commercial passenger seaplane service and served as a model for those that followed in Rio de Janeiro, New York and San Francisco. The construction of the seaplane base also marked the first time the Congressional Rivers and Harbor Committee approved an appropriation expressly for dredging a navigable channel for airline activity. In addition, the development of Dinner Key marked the first time in aviation history that an airline was granted eminent domain to reserve its rights to the land, thus setting a precedent for land granting procedures for airlines.
SUBJECTS:
FLORIDA----Miami
OTHER TITLE:
Miami City Hall
Marina Building
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0301
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Main elevation
2. Main elevation,photographed at an angle
3. Main elevation,central pavilion
4. Detail,showing Pan Am motif along stringcourse
5. Detail,showing Pan Am motif between main doors
6. Approach road and terminal,c. 1934
7. Main elevation,c. 1934
8. Elevated view showing rear and side of terminal,c. 1934
9. Interior,c. 1940
CONTROL #:
FL0301
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