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Foundation on behalf of famed movie director, Steven Spielberg. After the Sunny Isles Beach Pollee Department's presentation of the colors, Rabbi Meyer Abramowitz and Cantor Cesar Belenlskl, gave the invocation and led Hatikvah23. After the emotionally stirring words of Ms. Kenigsberg, she commended the City of Sunny Isles Beach for Its unprecedented acknowledgment of history's witnesses. She said, in part, I commend and laud the City of Sunny Isles Beach for this wonderful and special gesture in recognition of this group, who despite of their tragic and painful past, have not become embittered or filled with hate. Though perhaps the survivors did not feel as if they were heroes, their courage, by living through the inconceivable, and despite of it, conducting their lives filled with service, generosity and love, eclipsed human understanding. In recognition of that courage, the City of Sunny Isles Beach presented each person present with a medallion; a pendant on a red, white and blue ribbon, a symbol of gratitude. This amazing tribute, organized by selfless individuals In the community, was a once-In-a- lifetime event. III. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: TEMPLE B'NAI ZION DESCRIPTION Present and Original Aopearance: The Temple B'Nai Zion is located on 178111 street in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The main elevation faces north, with the building situated slightiy at an angle on a five-sided corner lot bounded by 178th Street to the north, Atlantic Boulevard to the east, 178th Drive to the northwest, 177th Drive to the southeast . Exterior Description: Even though the church is a modern building the architect referenced centuries-old design elements and interpreted them in a modern way. In this case buttresses have been used to support the weight of the roof. although they are not typical of the buttresses found in traditional medieval cathedrals. In those 12th and 13th century cathedrals 'flying buttresses" extended from a high point near the roof to the ground. Throughout Florida, other Christian churches were building structures of similar design for their congregations, each one with a roof modeled after Northem Renaissance engraver's Albrecht Durer's praying hands, clasped together as if reaching heavenward. One such structure is the First Christian Church in Melbourne Florida (Fig. 14) designed by Nils M. Schweizer In 1961. The church 23 . City pays Tribute to Its Survivors.' The Miami Herold, NeIghbors Beach, I April 2004, p.l 12