Brightline is being built and opened in stages. The first section of the train's route, from Miami to West Palm Beach, was adapted from a previously existing right-of-way and opened in 2018. That segment now includes stops in Miami, Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and West Palm Beach. But the addition of the Orlando leg…
Hotelier Ben Novack (pictured on the left in the undated photo above, with his wife, Bernice, to the right) wanted his Fontainebleau, built on the former Miami Beach property of rubber tire magnate Harvey Firestone, to be a "magnificent beacon, radiating a seductive modern glamour that harmonized with Hollywood, popular music, consumer culture, and the…