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Miami - Whether you're into sports, sunshine or salsa, Miami sizzles all year long with exciting entertainment venues and attractions, world-class hotels and restaurants, great beaches and a nightlife that never sleeps. While South Beach, full of chic nightclubs and pastel-hued buildings, gets all the press, other sections of Miami are offer culture, recreation and more. Explore the Art Deco District or take the kids to the zoo. At night chill out at any of the area's cool bars and nightclubs.
Art Deco District
Art Deco is a type of architecture that was
considered very modern back in the 1920s. Art Deco made it's debut in
1925 and has fascinated people all over the world. Fans of the style
think that art deco is beautiful and amazing. It is made up of a few
hotels and apartment buildings that are built in the way that hotels
were built back in the days very historic, antiques. These buildings are situated along a barrier
of
beach. There are shopping areas here or you can just walk along the sidewalk and be amazed by these structures
that take you back in time. The buildings are a memorial of
pre-war historic modernism
with characteristic rounded corners and magnificent ornamentation of the
buildings.
The historic "Art Deco" district of South Beach, in
Miami, Florida, is arguably one of the most successful urban restoration
projects in the history of American architecture. The buildings have now
been restored to fit the modern look of the 20th century. You can walk
out to the white sandy beach and watch as the waves wash up on the shore.
Cruise ships dock at the port. Art Deco creates a sense of freedom
just by looking at the buildings; they are beautiful buildings lined up
against each other where people go skating, walking their dogs, or are just
trying to get a tan. Inside these magnificent buildings they are
decorated with beautiful furniture that was made from rare woods and
veneers to the highest possible standards and was affordable for the
wealthy people.
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Art Deco District MIAMI BEACH
The Art Deco district of Miami Beach occupies a
compact one-square mile area roughly between Lincoln Road, Sixth Street,
Ocean Drive and Alton Road. It is a showcase for this early twentieth
century art movement and contains dozens of restored buildings with that
characteristic architecture. To help find your way around, visit the Miami
Design Preservation League's Welcome Center on 1001 Ocean Drive (305)
672-2014. Pick up the league's audiocassette for a self-guided
introduction to the Art Deco Historic District. The South Beach section,
where fashion designer Gianni Versace lived and died, is one of the
trendiest neighborhoods in the world.
One of the most famous furniture designers of the
Art Deco period was Jacques-Emile Ruhlman, whose company, Ruhlman and
Laurent, was to become one of the most famous interior design companies
in France. He held his first exhibition in 1913 at the Salon d'Automne
where he achieved a name for luxurious furniture of great style. British
furniture designers, like Heal, son and Gordon Russel, had less
interpretation of art deco more suited to the British market.