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The most iconic neighborhood in Greater Miami, South Beach encompasses the region
south of 21st St in the city of Miami Beach, though hoteliers have been known to push that
up as high as 40th St and on our maps it is below 23rd St. Collins Ave, the main artery, is
famous for its long string of art-deco hotels. The chic outdoor cafes and restaurants of
Ocean Dr overlook the wide Atlantic shorefront, while pedestrian-only Lincoln Rd Mall is
a shopper's heaven. Anything south of 5th St is called 'SoFi.'
Art Deco Historic District NEIGHBORHOOD
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South Beach's heart is its Art Deco Historic District, from 18th St and south along Ocean
Dr and Collins Ave. It's ironic that in a city built on speculative real estate, the main en-
gine of urban renewal was the preservation of a unique architectural heritage. See, all
those beautiful hotels, with their tropical-Americana facades, scream 'Miami.' They
screamed it so loud when they were preserved they gave this city a brand, and this neigh-
borhood a new lease on life. Back in the day, South Beach was a ghetto of vagrants, drug-
gies and retirees. Then it became one of the largest areas in the USA on the National Re-
gister of Historic Places, and then it attracted models, photographers, hoteliers, chefs
and…well, today it's a pastel medina of cruisers, Euro-fashionistas, the occasionally
glimpsed celebrity and tourists from Middle America.
 
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