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Attraction · Historic site
Art Deco Historic District
Roughly 800 protected buildings in twenty-odd blocks, and a visual grammar you can learn in about ten minutes.
Attraction · Museum
Art Deco Welcome Center
The preservation league's own building, and the ten minutes that make the next two hours of walking make sense.
Attraction · Historic site
Breakwater Hotel
The blue-and-white pylon at 940 Ocean Drive whose neon sign is the single most photographed object on the strip after dark.
Page · Things to Do
Things to Do in South Beach
Things to do in South Beach, Miami Beach: the three avenues, 800 Art Deco buildings, the numbered lifeguard stands and what each hour is good for.
Page · Attractions
South Beach Attractions
South Beach attractions by address: Ocean Drive's deco hotels, Lummus Park, Lincoln Road, the Wolfsonian, the Bass and the parks at both ends.
Page · Art Deco District
Art Deco Historic District
South Beach's Art Deco district holds about 800 preserved buildings in 23 blocks. How to read a facade, which lobbies you can enter, and where to walk it.
Guide · Guide
A Self-Guided Art Deco Walking Tour of South Beach, Building by Building
Nineteen stops, about two miles, roughly two hours. Addresses, architects and dates, plus the woman who lay down in front of the bulldozers and lost.
Guide · Guide
One Day in South Beach, Hour by Hour and Block by Block
Everything here is within a mile and a half, so the plan is about hours rather than distances. Get the direction of the light right and the day builds itself.