Magical History Tour: Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

Hello hello! Today we are journeying to Miami, Florida, to Vizcaya Museum & Gardens. Built from 1914 to 1921, the estate was the winter residence of American industrialist James Deering (1859-1925). It was opened to the public in 1952, after its purchase from Deering's nieces by Dade County in 1951.

For Your Click-Through Pleasure:

Intro: 0:00
The Villa on the Bay: 1:23
The Fantastical Four: The Owner: 3:34
The Fantastical Four: The Designer: 4:51
The Fantastical Four: The Architect: 6:34
The Fantastical Four: The Landscape Architect: 9:27
On the Outside (The Gardens)...: 12:06
… Looking In (The House): 17:53
Death and Taxes: 26:10
Taking Her Talents to South Beach: 30:06
Encore: 32:20

Essential Reading:

Harwood, Kathryn Chapman. "The Lives of Vizcaya: Annals of a Great House." Banyan Books, Inc.: Miami. 1985.

Rybczynski, Witold and Laurie Olin. "Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers." University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia. 2007.

Historic Images:

Documentation of Historic and Existing Conditions with Recommendations for Conservation Planning: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida
http://www.conlab.org/acl/vizc/report...

Video Footage:

Virtual Tour produced by HULLFILM
https://tour.virtualvizcaya.org/

Introduction to Vizcaya's Swimming Pool
   • Tour of Vizcaya's Swimming Pool  

Vizcaya Night Timelapse
   • Vizcaya Night Timelapse  

Music:
Prelude No. 21 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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(Intro Song)

Midday Dance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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(The Fantastical Four: The Owner)

Divertissement by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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(The Fantastical Four: The Designer)

Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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(On the Outside)

Prelude No. 20 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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(The Pool)

Bad Ideas Distressed by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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(Chanler's Screen)