Guide
The South Beach Beach Guide: Which Block, Which Flag, Which Tower
Featured
This beach was built by the Army Corps between 1975 and 1982. Knowing that explains the width, the dune line and the long walk to the water.
7 min read
Julian Marsh
Architecture & Design Editor
Beat: Free Things to Do, Things to Do, Art Deco District
Julian walks the district for a living and can tell a 1930s deco hotel from its Mediterranean-revival neighbour at forty paces. He writes the buildings: eyebrow awnings, porthole windows, terrazzo floors, the 1979 National Register listing, and Barbara Capitman's decade of standing in front of demolition crews. He will also tell you which lobbies you are allowed to walk into.
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Long-form
Guides by Julian Marsh
Reported guides to South Beach, each with its own publication and last-updated date.
Guide
A Self-Guided Art Deco Walking Tour of South Beach, Building by Building
FeaturedNineteen stops, about two miles, roughly two hours. Addresses, architects and dates, plus the woman who lay down in front of the bulldozers and lost.
8 min read
News desk
News under Julian Marsh's byline
Shorter, dated pieces about what is changing in South Beach.
How this was written. News published under Julian Marsh's byline was drafted by machine from primary sources — operator notices, government and municipal releases, published schedules — and every factual claim in it was matched to one of those sources before it published. A South Beach Guide editor can change or pull any of it. Our editorial standards.
Seasonal
Orchestral Concerts Are Projected Onto a Wall in Soundscape Park, Free, Most of the Season
FeaturedBring a blanket. A 7,000-square-foot wall, a full orchestra inside, and a lawn full of people who paid nothing for the best seat on the island.
Festival
Art Deco Weekend Closes Ocean Drive Every January, and It Is Free
FeaturedThree days when the street belongs to the buildings again. Free, organised by the people who saved them, and running since the late 1970s.