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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Deco-ding Miami Beach


They are big, usually pink and Miami Beach has A LOT of them? You guessed it… Art Deco buildings!  Ocean Drive’s most famous Art Deco buildings have been featured in thousands of suntan oil soaked postcards sent around the world. However, most local Miami Beach folk seem to care less about the architecture around them than they do about seeing LMFAO perform live in “concert.”  This is obviously a crying shame. So people, next time you are driving around Pennsylvania, Euclid or Jefferson avenues, stop your car, remove your knockoff ray-bans, avoid a near Miami-like accident, and soak in the splendor that surrounds you.

Here are a few of my favorite underappreciated edifices –
















Check out the Miami Design Preservation League, the principal Miami Beach Art Deco advocacy group. And if you have too much free time on your hands, may I suggest an Art Deco Walking tour ... be sure to bring a scathing sunburn, fanny pack and tropical button down shirt!

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