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Miami Beach
Miami Beach is more than a picture-perfect tourist playground
of sandy beaches, azure blue ocean and glitzy hotels. The
seven-mile-long barrier island is home to some 93,000 people,
with nearly 50 percent of them Hispanic. Spanish is heard
everywhere and the atmosphere is definitely exotic. It's
quite a change from 1920, when there were just 644 permanent
residents on the island.
Since then, Miami Beach has gone through boom, bust and
boom, culminating in its present incarnation as a thriving
community where people live, work and play. South Beach,
just two square miles at the southern tip of he barrier
island, has rhythm all its own, played out against a back
drop of colorful, whimsical Art Deco-style hotels and apartment
buildings. Home here may mean a condominium in a shiny new
waterfront tower in SoFi-south of Fifth Street ; a loft
in a lovingly-restored historic building or a mansion on
one of the islands in Biscayne Bay .
South Beach lifestyle centers on being within easy access
of Downtown Miami across the MacArthur Causeway or working
close to home in one of the Beach's impressive new office
buildings. With the vibe of Ocean Drive, Washington Avenue
and Lincoln Road in your "backyard," you can stroll
to fine restaurants and bistros or enjoy snacks at any hour
in always-open eateries; find cultural diversion in the
neighborhood's are galleries, museums and theaters; stay
up all night at hip dance clubs and posh watering holes;
or take time out to shop the designer-name stores and boutiques
on Collins Avenue and the eclectic shops on Lincoln Road.
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