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The Miami Beach Architectural District (also known as Old Miami Beach Historic District and the more popular term Miami Art Deco District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on May 14, 1979) located in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida.
Napier, New Zealand, another notable Art Deco city, is architecturally comparable to Miami Beach as it was rebuilt in the Ziggurat Art Deco style after being destroyed by an earthquake in 1931. [9] By 1940, the beach had a population of 28,000. After the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Army Air Corps took command over Miami Beach.
The Miami City Ballet, a ballet company founded in 1985, is housed in a 63,000 sq ft (5,900 m 2) building near Miami Beach's Bass Museum of Art. The Miami Beach Festival of the Arts is an annual outdoor art festival that was begun in 1974.
Buyers, used to new, sleek, glassy New York towers, will feel more connected to old Miami in the newly renovated historic Art Deco district. Billionaire's Beach will also include the first Bulgari ...
Miami Beach City Commissioner Alex Fernandez said at Monday’s hearing that the city has worked cooperatively with owners of historic buildings to revitalize Art Deco gems, pointing to a $500 ...
A prime example is a vacant six-floor apartment building on Collins Avenue built in the Art Deco style in 1947. 13th Floor Investments, a Miami-based developer of residential and commercial ...
The City of Miami Cemetery, one of Miami's oldest cemeteries, is also located in the district, as well as the historic Women's Club, and some of Miami's oldest churches and synagogues. The Arts & Entertainment District is served by the Omni Loop branch of the Metromover and by the Metrorail via Metromover at Government Center.
Every December, the international art world descends on Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach, a glittering showcase of contemporary and modern art and a celebration of global creativity. Running from ...