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Film

The Last Resort

The South Beach enclave of Miami Beach was home to a vibrant community of Jewish retirees and Holocaust survivors from the 1960s to the 1970s. Resembling a transplanted shtetl, it was mainly populated by former garment workers from New York City who were lured there by the warm weather and the relatively low cost of […]

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Travel

Miami Beach’s Art Deco District Is Impressive

As I strolled along Ocean Drive, in the heart of Miami Beach’s gentrified Art Deco Historic District, I was struck by the sheer beauty of its pastel-colored buildings. They’re in South Beach, the first neighborhood in Miami Beach to be developed. Stretching for 18 blocks, the district is listed in the U.S. National Register of […]