SOUTH BEACH
South Beach, also nicknamed SoBe, is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Beach. Other names are The Blue & Pink, The Beach, The American Riviera, The Sun and Fun Capital of the World. In the 1930’s, an architectural revolution arrived bringing Art Deco and Nautical Moderne architecture. “Until the 1980’s Miami Beach was a peculiar mix of criminals, Cubans, and little old ladies.” While many of the Art Deco buildings were lost to developers, an area of almost one square mile was saved as a cohesive unit by a group of activists.
