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Miami Beach
Ideal: Ideal for beaches, nightlife, photography, city walks, and tropical holidays.
Much of the area is not a natural island: from 1913 mangrove swamp was cleared and filled with sand dredged from the bay. The Art Deco district holds nearly eight hundred buildings from the 1930s and 40s — the densest Art Deco cluster in the world; when developers wanted to demolish it in the 1970s, Barbara Capitman's campaign saved them. The famous pastels are not original: structures started white and beige and were repainted in the 1980s with designer Leonard Horowitz's palette.
Quick facts
- Built
- 26 March 1915
- Area
- 39.4 km²
- Elevation
- 1 m
Facts from Wikidata, photos from Wikimedia Commons.
Why go?
- To live Florida's most famous beach atmosphere
- For Art Deco buildings, seaside walks, and tropical city energy
- To combine sea, nightlife, and restaurants in one area
Travel tip
Mornings are calmer on the beach; switch to Ocean Drive in the evening for lit-up Art Deco streets.
