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congregation is LGBT friendly and welcomes outside visitors; sermons are at 10:30am on
Sunday and 6pm nightly.
New World Center
BUILDING
4pm Tue & Thu, noon Fri & Sat)
Miami has a penchant for sumptuous performing-arts venues and the New World Center is
certainly competing with the Arsht Center for most impressive concert hall in the city.
Designed by Frank Gehry, the Center rises majestically out of a manicured lawn just above
Lincoln Rd, looking somewhat like a tissue box from the year 3000 with a glass facade;
note the 'fluttering' stone waves that pop out of the exterior. The grounds form a 2½-acre
public park; performances inside the center are projected to those outside via a 7000-sq-ft
projection wall (like you're in the classiest drive-in movie theater in the universe). Inside,
the folded layers of white walls feel somewhere between organic and origami. Tours are
led by docents; call ahead to book, as space is limited.
Ocean Drive
ROAD
This is the great cruising strip of Miami; an endless parade of classic cars, testosterone-
sweating young men, peacocklike young women, street performers, vendors, those guys
who yell unintelligible crap at everyone, celebrities pretending to be tourists, tourists who
want to play celebrity, beautiful people, ugly people, people people and the best ribbon of
art-deco preservation on the beach. Say 'Miami.' That image in your head? Probably
Ocean Dr.
South Pointe Park
PARK
The very southern tip of Miami Beach has been converted into a lovely park, replete with
manicured grass for lounging; views over a remarkably teal and fresh ocean; a restaurant;
a refreshment stand; warm, scrubbed-stone walkways; and lots of folks who want to enjoy
the great weather and views sans the South Beach strutting. That said, we saw two model
photo shoots here in under an hour, so it's not all casual relaxation.
