The Art Deco District was designated in 1979 |
The area contains over 950 historic buildings |
Always amazing at night with the neon lights |
The area takes in over 5,700 acres |
South Beach is nicknamed SoBe |
Population may surprise you.......just under 40,000 |
A hurricane in 1926 destroyed most of the area |
Atlantic Ocean here and the Biscayne Bay to the left of South Beach |
South Beach started as farmland in the 1870s, then in the early 1900s some local businessmen acquired the land to build single family homes |
Once the bridge was constructed to connect it to the mainland .......the land boom began! |
After the Pearl Harbor attack the Army Air Corps took command over Miami Beach |
To protect the Art Deco buildings from developers a group of activists formed a register of Historic Places |
One of the colorful Lifeguard Stations part of Lummus Park |
Ocean Drive is the street you want to be seen on in SoBe lol |
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