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The district
The district in South Beach contains 960 historic buildings
The Miami Beach Architectural District was designated a historic district on May 14, 1979. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Sixth Street, Alton Road, and the Collins Canal and Dade Boulevard. It contains 960 historic buildings.
960historic buildings in the district
Art Deco
It holds the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world
The district holds the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world, in styles such as Streamline, Tropical and Med-deco. Most were built between the Great Depression and the early 1940s.
After 1926
Art Deco arrived after a real estate downturn and the hurricane of 1926
The style reached Miami Beach after the real estate market took a downturn in 1925 and the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 left 25,000 people homeless. Before it, buildings were mostly Mediterranean Revival, and many from the 1920s remain.
25,000people left homeless across the greater Miami region in 1926
Ocean Drive
Hotels on Ocean Drive reflect the Moderne style of the world fairs of the 1930s
Hotels on Ocean Drive run from 5th to 15th Streets and front onto Lummus Park. Many reflect the Moderne style shown at the Chicago World's Fair of 1933 and the New York World's Fair of 1939. They include the Tides of 1936 and the Carlyle of 1941.
Day 1, midday
It comes after Lummus Park. Then Lincoln Road Mall.
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