How to Celebrate Historic Preservation Month in May

Read Time: 4 minsMay is Historic Preservation Month in the United States, organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Here are our top picks for celebrating locally this month. Follow our events […]

Nancy Liebman: “Beach Needs Preservation Expert” on the Planning Board (1986)

Read Time: 2 minsBefore Miami Beach fully embraced its turnaround in the 1980s and 1990s, developers and preservationists alike had to come together to form a progressive and innovative plan for the future of the city. Part of this involved finding the best approach to planning and approvals within the district – a challenge given its status as the first 20th-century urban district in the United States listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Our Drive, Ocean Drive: Campaign of 1986

Our Drive Ocean DriveRead 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.

Video: Lea Nickless // Deco Deep Dive // Art Deco Weekend 2024

Lea NicklessRead Time: < 1 minOn Saturday, January 13, 2024, Lea Nickless presented her lecture “Deco Deep Dive” at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum. Lecture Description The Wolfsonian–FIU is a treasure trove of materials from the period 1850–1950, gathered from near […]

Video: Rosa Lowinger // Dwell Time // Art Deco Weekend 2024

Rosa LowingerRead Time: < 1 minOn Saturday, January 13, 2024, Rosa Lowinger presented her lecture “Dwell Time” at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum.  Lecture Description Based on her just-published memoir, Dwell Time, conservator Rosa Lowinger discusses preserving modern tropical buildings in Miami […]

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.