Find the unexpected - the largest collection of Moorish architecture in the Western hemisphere - in this city originally called Opatishawockalocka by the Tequesta Indians. In the 1920s developer Glen Curtiss shortened the name to Opa-Locka and built an Arabian Nights-style fantasy city of buildings with an array of domes and elaborate minarets in brightly painted colors (20 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places). City Hall and the Logan Building (formerly the Opa-Locka Hotel) in Opa-Locka, Florida have been renovated. Opa-Locka has its own airport.
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Find the unexpected - the largest collection of Moorish architecture in the Western hemisphere - in this city originally called Opatishawockalocka by the Tequesta Indians. In the 1920s developer Glen Curtiss shortened the name to Opa-Locka and built an Arabian Nights-style fantasy city of buildings with an array of domes and elaborate minarets in brightly painted colors (20 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places). City Hall and the Logan Building (formerly the Opa-Locka Hotel) in Opa-Locka, Florida have been renovated. Opa-Locka has its own airport. 