The La Salle Building
Summer 2018
In 1923, Coral Gables founder George Merrick set up shop in a building that still stands at the intersection of Aragon Avenue and Le Jeune Road. Here, he headquartered his construction company, and here he and artist Denman Fink – the man who designed City Hall and the Venetian Pool – drew up plans for the city. It was also the city’s first gas station.


In 1925
- The first motel (aka motorist’s hotel) opens in California
- F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is published
- The Mount Rushmore National Monument is dedicated
- The Scopes Monkey Trial on teaching evolution is held in Tennessee
- The Chrysler Corporation is founded