Nineties South Beach Glamour

The News Cafe wears a wide, striped awning that stretches across the sidewalk, marking the corner of Ocean Drive and Ninth Street. Mark Soyka opened these doors in nineteen eighty-eight, back when South Beach was a quiet stretch of…

The Irene Marie building sits low to the ground with a distinct, weathered blue facade that stands out against the brighter, renovated structures nearby. Irene Marie Kling, a former fashion model, opened this agency in the eighties and…

The three-story Mediterranean Revival mansion on Ocean Drive wears a mosaic of millions of tiles across its courtyard, featuring a medallion of the face of Medusa. Built in nineteen thirty by architect Alden Freeman, the house mimics the…

The Marlin Hotel wears a coat of seafoam green and white paint, with rounded corners and horizontal porthole windows that mimic the sleek lines of a luxury ocean liner. Built in nineteen thirty-nine, the structure stands as a classic…

The red neon sign spelling out the name in cursive against the stucco wall marks Mac's Club Deuce. This bar occupies a quiet corner of South Beach that feels frozen in the nineteen sixties. Inside, the cigarette smoke has long since…

The two story structure of fourteen thirty-nine Washington Avenue features a distinct horizontal banding pattern and curved corner windows characteristic of the Streamline Moderne style. Built in nineteen thirty-nine, the building served…

The Warsaw Ballroom features a distinctive, neon-lit facade that marks the entrance to what was once the center of Miami Beach nightlife. Originally built as a silent movie theater in the nineteen twenties, the building transformed into a…

The Delano sits behind a row of swaying palms, distinguished by its stark white facade and the vertical fins that slice across its streamlined balconies. Built in nineteen forty-seven by Robert Swartburg, the hotel once served as a base…