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When
Stanley
Cohen
decided
to
become
a
full-time
resident
of
Florida,
he
had
no
trouble
deciding
on
a
place
at
the
Point
in
Aventura.
In
addition
to
being
a
young
building,
the
amenities
at
the
residence
are
superb,
says
Cohen:
He’s
got
the
use
of
a
spa,
three
pools
and
four
tennis
courts
at
his
disposal.
The
building
is
centrally
located
between
South
Beach
and
Fort
Lauderdale.
But
most
of
all,
there
is
the
breathtaking
view.
Cohen’s
unit
is
on
the
23rd
floor
of
the
building
and
has
a
wrap-around
balcony
that
stretches
the
entire
length
of
the
apartment.
Upon
entering
the
unit,
guests
are
greeted
by
glass
doors
that
look
out
onto
the
blue
Atlantic
until
the
point
where
the
ocean
meets
the
sky.
The
marble-tiled
terrace
provides
a
vantage
point
for
the
beautiful
homes
of
Golden
Beach,
the
northern
most
point
of
Miami
Beach.
“The
nice
thing
about
it
is
that
Golden
Beach
is
zoned
for
private
homes
so
I
will
never
lose
my
view,”
Cohen
explains.
“There’s
no
way
they
can
put
high
rises
there.”
When
Cohen
bought
the
apartment,
it
was
nothing
but
dry
wall,
cement
floors,
and
a
basic
kitchen
plan,
giving
him
a
lot
of
freedom
to
shape
his
new
home.
Working
with
local
designer
Alain
Miranda,
Cohen
has
created
a
showcase
residence
with
the
finest
materials.
The
use
of
exquisite
and
rare
wood
is
an
important
aspect
of
the
unit.
Cohen
installed
gleaming
cherry
wood
floors
throughout
the
apartment.
A
built
in
wall
unit
in
the
living
room
is
crafted
in
birds
eye
maple
and
Mahogany.
The
doors
throughout
the
social
area
of
the
apartment
are
veneered
in
a
two-toned
stripped
Mahogany,
showcasing
the
owner’s
affinity
for
fine
detail.
A
combination
of
art
deco
and
an
almost
nautical
look
work
to
give
a
clean,
modern
appeal
to
the
interiors.
It
radiates
rich
colors
and
bold
shapes.
A
warm
and
tasteful
mustard
color
on
the
walls
of
the
entrance
and
living
room
warm
the
place
up.
“When
I
moved
down
from
New
York
at
the
end
of
September,
I
was
combining
what
I
had
from
my
New
York
apartment,
which
was
very
art
deco,
with
what
I
was
buying
for
here,”
Cohen
says.
“So
everything
is
a
hodge-podge.”
The
kitchen
and
dining
room
area
are
sleek
and
modern.
Cohen
loves
to
give
dinner
parties,
and
is
able
to
seat
12.
When
remodeling
the
apartment,
he
opened
up
the
kitchen
into
the
formal
dining
room
to
deliver
that
fantastic
ocean
view
and
give
the
area
the
feel
of
a
yacht.
Cohen’s
luxurious
home
is
filled
with
beautiful
objects
he’s
collected
over
the
years.
All
the
artifacts
have
a
story
behind
them.
The
twisted
glass
candlesticks
on
Cohen’s
dining
room
table
are
a
perfect
example.
“They
were
originally
a
gift
from
me
to
my
parents
when
I
graduated
from
medical
school.
I
gave
them
a
gift
because
they
put
me
through
school,”
Cohen
says.
“My
father
passed
away
in
’97
and
my
mother
now
lives
in
an
assisted
living
facility.
She
gave
them
back
to
me
so
they
have
special
remembrance.”
Other
objects
also
remind
Cohen
of
family.
In
one
of
two
glass
étagère
cases
in
the
foyer
is
a
bowl
his
aunt
hand
painted
in
the
twenties.
In
the
other
case
is
a
1920s
vase
that
his
grandmother
kept
on
her
dining
room
table.
A
lot
of
the
other
objects
Cohen
has
bought
at
flea
markets
over
the
years,
or
from
his
travels
to
Europe,
especially
the
Czech
Republic,
which
is
known
for
colorful
hand
blown
glass.
Because
the
apartment
has
a
lot
of
sharp
edges,
angles,
and
rectangles
to
it,
Cohen
tried
to
use
objects
in
the
foyer
with
curved
edges
to
soften
all
the
angles
in
the
apartment.
When
he
was
still
a
New
York
resident,
Cohen
owned
a
home
in
Key
West,
which
he
has
since
sold.
Though
he
loves
Key
West
and
its
precious
ocean
views,
Cohen
says
it’s
too
far
removed
for
him.
In
his
new
home
in
the
sky,
he
has
been
able
to
retain
the
resort
feel,
while
being
located
both
to
Fort
Lauderdale
and
Miami.
And
he
still
gets
to
have
a
stunning
ocean
view.
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