Art Deco does wonders for Miami Beach

The Boston Globe | January 10, 1993| | Copyright

MIAMI BEACH -- Originally from Lisbon Falls, Maine, Phil Roy settled in Miami Beach in 1976, more or less accidently. "I was on vacation and saw a sign that said `Miami Beach Next Left' and just followed it," he recalls, "And I'm still here."

Today, as senior desk clerk at the Winterhaven, a small hotel on Ocean Drive in the heart of South Miami Beach's Art Deco District, Roy frequently uses the French he learned growing up in a New England mill town with a large French-Canadian population. Also, the smattering of German picked up during a stint with the US Army in Europe and the fairly ...

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