Miami Beach and South Beach's Art Deco Historic District

In 1979 Miami Beach's Art Deco Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Art Deco District is the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the world and is comprised of hundreds of hotels, apartments and other structures erected between 1923 and 1943. Mediterranean, Streamline Modern and Art Deco are all represented in the District. The Historic District is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the East, Lenox Court on the West, 6th Street on the South and Dade Boulevard along the Collins Canal to the North. The movement to preserve the Art Deco District's architectural heritage was led by former interior designer Barbara Capitman, who now has a street in the District named in her honor.

South Beach is one of the most popular areas of Miami Beach. Topless sunbathing is tolerated on the beaches in this area.

Lincoln Road is nationally known spot for great outdoor dining, bike riding, and, shopping.

Miami Beach is one of the top 30 destinations in the United States for gay tourism. Miami Beach and environs is home to a number of growing Orthodox Jewish communties with a network of well-established and growing synagogues and yeshivas. It is also a magnet for throusands of Jewish retirees and people who own second homes when the cold winter sets in to the north. They range from the Modern Orthodox to the Haredi and Hasidic - including many rebbes who vacation there during the North American winter. There are a number of kosher restaurants and even kollels for post-graduate Talmudic scholars.