wiki wednesday

It's time for Wiki Wednesday!

1. Go to wikipedia.
2. Click on "random article" on the left-hand sidebar.
3. Post it.

I think this is my first building. I'd stay here, no problem.

The Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel is a U.S. luxury hotel opened in Coral Gables, Florida in 1926, by John McEntee Bowman and George Merrick as part of the Biltmore hotel chain. The Schultze and Weaver-designed building is a National Historic Landmark.

It served as a hospital during World War II and as a VA Hospital and campus of the University of Miami medical school until 1968. It became a hotel again in 1987 managed by the Seaway Hotels Corporation.

There are some reports that claim this hotel to be "haunted".

When completed, it was the tallest building in Florida, surpassing the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. It was surpassed in 1928 by the Dade County Courthouse, also in Downtown Miami.

At one time the pool was the largest pool in the world and among the many attractions was swimming instructor (and later Tarzan actor) Johnny Weissmuller.

The hotel has been used as a setting for the movie Bad Boys and television programs like CSI: Miami and Miami Vice.

Photo credit: wikipedia.