Our Drive Ocean Drive

Our Drive, Ocean Drive: Campaign of 1986

Read Time: 3 minsThe year was 1986 — Miami Beach was a tropical paradise that had fallen on hard times, and it was in the early stages of a citizen-led revitalization effort to spearhead economic development and improvements in the neighborhood.
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How the Arts Helped Influence the Resurgence of Lincoln Road in the 1980s

Read Time: 5 minsMiami Beach’s Lincoln Road Mall is one of the most popular shopping destinations in the world – a pedestrian promenade dotted with historic buildings from the 1920s-1960s. It stretches for about a mile between Washington Avenue and Alton Road. The outdoor shopping mall is a top stop for fashion, shopping, dining, markets, art galleries, and people-watching.
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Kay Family and the Clevelander Hotel

The Kay Family and the Clevelander Hotel

Read Time: 4 minsAccording to a 1986 Miami Herald article, in the 1980s developer Gerry Sanchez purchased numerous hotels along Ocean Drive. Mr. Sanchez was superstitious – and since he was 45 years old, the price he’d sell a property for would have to include the numbers 4 and 5: “For everything I sell, I have to make 45 cents or $4.50 or $45 or $4,500 or $45,000 or $450,000. I’m superstitious because that’s my age.” $450,000 is the profit he made while selling the Clevelander to the Kay Family for $1.65 million, after owning the property for four months.
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The Museum Plays

The Museum Plays

Read Time: < 1 minMiami New Drama and The Rubell Museum have teamed up to create an exhibit that’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before! Six playwrights were commissioned
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