Alice in Locks

Alice in Locks. For those who are not from Dade County, The Locks is another name for Opa-locka. Hence the name "Alice in Locks." Also, like Alice in Chains.

Video footage is at  Opa-locka City Hall.

History of Opa-locka Architecture:

Opa-locka has the largest collection of Moorish architecture in the Western hemisphere. The city was incorporated in 1926 as an "Arabian Fantasy'' based on the book 1001 Arabian Tales. Developer Glen Curtiss built 105 buildings with an array of domes, minarets and outside staircases between 1925-28 during Florida's land boom, which came to an end after the 1926 hurricane destroyed much of the city. Before he quit, Curtiss had built a self-contained city with a hotel, zoo park, golf course, archery club and swimming pool, airport and train station in the place the Tequesta Indians called Opatishawockalocka. (Curtiss shortened the name.) Much of the property Curtiss built was later deeded to the County.

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