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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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...I ever took on the beach in front of the Sheraton Bal Harbour, which,
alas, is no more. It was blown up this past year to make room
for...condos.

It was a terrific hotel for many years, great location, great beach,
nice rooms.

Well, the beach is still there, and it lives on, as the screen
background on my Mac:

http://tinyurl.com/2pafz9


Yes...those are boats way way way in the background.


Was that the Americana hotel before the name change?


Yes, it was, I believe. But more than the name changed. Over the years,
tens of millions were spent upgrading and improving it.


Did they keep the huge terrarium in the lobby, and the iguanas wandering
around the pool area?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
...I ever took on the beach in front of the Sheraton Bal Harbour, which,
alas, is no more. It was blown up this past year to make room
for...condos.

It was a terrific hotel for many years, great location, great beach,
nice rooms.

Well, the beach is still there, and it lives on, as the screen
background on my Mac:

http://tinyurl.com/2pafz9


Yes...those are boats way way way in the background.

Was that the Americana hotel before the name change?

Yes, it was, I believe. But more than the name changed. Over the years,
tens of millions were spent upgrading and improving it.


Did they keep the huge terrarium in the lobby, and the iguanas wandering
around the pool area?




Indeed, there was a huge terrarium in the lobby, along with a piano bar.
As for the lizards, they're just about everywhere in Florida.

Here are some photos from a web site. There's a photo in there that
shows a different angle of the one I posted, but on what looks like a
crummy day.

"HK" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
...I ever took on the beach in front of the Sheraton Bal Harbour,
which, alas, is no more. It was blown up this past year to make room
for...condos.

It was a terrific hotel for many years, great location, great beach,
nice rooms.

Well, the beach is still there, and it lives on, as the screen
background on my Mac:

http://tinyurl.com/2pafz9


Yes...those are boats way way way in the background.

Was that the Americana hotel before the name change?

Yes, it was, I believe. But more than the name changed. Over the years,
tens of millions were spent upgrading and improving it.


Did they keep the huge terrarium in the lobby, and the iguanas wandering
around the pool area?


Indeed, there was a huge terrarium in the lobby, along with a piano bar.
As for the lizards, they're just about everywhere in Florida.

Here are some photos from a web site. There's a photo in there that shows
a different angle of the one I posted, but on what looks like a crummy
day.


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