Lincoln Theatre

Lincoln Theatre in 2011
Location	541 Lincoln Road Miami Beach, Florida
Construction
Opened	1936
Architect	Thomas W. Lamb

25°47′27″N 80°08′02″W / 25.7907777°N 80.133969°W / 25.7907777; -80.133969

The Lincoln Theatre on Lincoln Road in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida was a movie theater and later a concert hall. It was designed in art deco style by noted cinema and theater designer Thomas W. Lamb and opened in 1936. It functioned as a cinema until the 1980s, then sat vacant for several years, then was used for performances of the New World Symphony, which bought it in 1990. The symphony carried out a multimillion-dollar renovation.^[1][2]

The symphony moved to the new and much larger Frank Gehry-designed New World Center in 2011, and already before that in February 2010, Clifford Stein purchased the building to turn into retail shops.^[3] In January 2012, H&M was signed as the first tenant. As of February 2012 the property was in the process of being converted to retail, with much of the interior gutted.^[4] On April 18, 2012, the American Institute of Architects's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as Lincoln Theater.^[5]

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• "Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach to Become Retail Shops", Miami Herald, February 9, 2010