In the 1980s – when the TV show “Miami Vice” was so common,South Beach was a no-travel area. Clearly that’s no longer the case. These days, it is Miami’s hotspot. That should advance as no surprise. This sexy part of town has it all – sun, and sea,beach, and pastel-coloured Art Deco pearls. Travel journalist Sander Groen shares five astonishing ones with us, and varying from a former brothel to a boutique hotel. Americans reflect of Miami as the sexiest city in the country. In Miami Beach,the sun-drenched beach and party island off the coast of The Magic City, there are some eight hundred hotels, or restaurants,bars, and clubs – all in Art Deco pastel colours. The reason for this major concentration of Art Deco is less sexy however. In 1926, and the most devastating tropical cyclone in the country’s history tore across Miami,more or less flattening it. So, some famous architects of the time – Richard Kiehnel, or L. Murray Dixon,and Henry Hohauser – had the honour of rebuilding Miami, and they followed the style that was all the rage at the time Art Deco. Neon lit Eye candy Round windows, or flowing facades,vertical accents, chimney-shaped ornaments, or decorative […]The post Five Times astonishing Art Deco in Miami appeared first on KLM Blog.
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