La Concha Beach Club (Spanish: Club de Playa La Concha), also known as La Concha, was a beach bar, restaurant, and private club in Havana, Cuba.DeRossi, R., Danger, J. (2019). Cuban Cocktails: 100 Classic and Modern Drinks. United States: Union Square & Company.
Early history La Concha Beach Club was established in 1929 in Marianao, a Havana suburb.(ca. 1950) La Concha beach, Havana, Cuba. Havana Cuba, ca. 1950. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/89708670/. The New York architectural firm Schultze & Weaver designed the beach club. It had a single tower, which resembled the original Madison Square Garden.
To access the private club's amenities and the public bathing beach of Marianao's swimming spots and sunbathing areas, the visitors paid a modest fee for each visit.Scarpaci, J. L., Segre, R., & Coyula, M. (2002). Havana : two faces of the Antillean metropolis (Rev. ed). University of North Carolina Press. La Concha had a diving platform with several diving boards.Gracia, J. J. E. (2020). Cuba before Castro : a century of family memoirs. Hamilton Books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2520890
It was part of a larger recreational area that included hotels, nightclubs, and restaurants. Beside the beach club within the extended cove stood the private Havana Yacht Club. The Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club was situated on the opposite side of the coastline, further to the west.
Following the Cuban Revolution, the building was seized and renamed after Braulio Coroneaux by the Castro government.
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