A couple of years ago, I put up a post in which I talked about my time working for Florida National Bank, and the two locations where I was headquartered. As I mentioned in the post, I was somewhat frustrated that there were not more photos online of interior of the Alfred I. Dupont Building in Miami. Here is how I described my office area:
Our offices were located on the very private third floor of the Alfred I. Dupont building, a skyscraper filled with art deco ornamentation completed in 1939 and located in the heart of downtown Miami. The boss lady's office looked like something an ambassador would have been highly pleased with: marble walls and floors, expensive oriental rugs, art deco floor lamps, heavy yet beautifully ornate wooden furniture, and a private bathroom with shower. The senior worker bee had a smaller, but similarly ornate office and I...well, my office was the original Florida National Bank of Miami boardroom. My "desk" was a massive table of polished granite with stout and highly decorative bronze legs; I had heard that the table was so large, that it had to be lifted by crane and placed in the room before the exterior walls were constructed. The rooms had windows that could be opened to let in fresh air and the sounds of the very active street below.
Well, one additional photo has cropped up: a picture of the elevator doors on our little floor.
Class!
Nice!
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