Hotels on South Beach

Hotels in South Beach are often needed by tourists and other visitors to South Beach who require a place to stay for a vacation. Some may want to stay at luxury hotels or cheap hotels. Some may want to stay at large hotels or small hotels. Some may want to stay at well known hotels. Some may want to stay at hotels that are near or in South Beach. Some may want to stay at well known hotels with good access to scenery. Some may want to stay at hotels that at classic in design or new in design.

South Beach is the section of Miami Beach, Florida that encompasses the southernmost 23 blocks of an island separating the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. This area was the first section of Miami Beach to be developed, starting in the 1910s, thanks to the development efforts of Carl G. Fisher, the Lummus Brothers, John S. Collins, and others. The area has gone through numerous man-made and natural changes over the years, including a booming regional economy, increased tourism, and the 1926 hurricane, which destroyed much of the area.

South Beach started as farmland. In 1870, Henry and Charles Lum purchased 165 acres for coconut farming, and his daughter Taylor named it "South Beach". Charles Lum built the first house on the beach in 1886. In 1894.

South Beach is traversed by numerical streets which run east-west, starting with First Street and the largely pedestrianized Lincoln Road (between 16th and 17th). It also has 13 principal Roads and Avenues running north-south, which, from the Biscayne Bay side, are Bay Road, West Avenue, Alton Road, Lenox Avenue, Michigan Avenue, Jefferson Avenue, Meridian Avenue, Euclid Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Drexel Avenue, Washington Avenue, Collins Avenue (Florida State Road A1A), and Ocean Drive. There are three smaller avenues (that do not run the entire length of the beach) in the Collins Park area, named Park, Liberty, and James. Most locals agree that South Beach's northern boundary runs along Dade Boulevard from Lincoln Road on the bay side of the island, and heads east-north-east until it connects with 23rd Street, which forms the northern boundary on the ocean side.

There are several residential neighborhoods in South Beach. The old stereotype of South Beach as a run-down retirement mecca for seniors is exploited in the Hollywood movie, "The Crew" which starred Richard Dreyfuss and Burt Reynolds. In its early existence, black people (African Americans and West Indians), many of whom helped build many of the original Art Deco buildings were not permitted to live on South Beach, or any part of Miami Beach for that matter. Also, during segregation, Jewish people were subjected to Jim Crow laws, and therefore they were not allowed to live north of Fifth Street, thus the area became known as SoFi (South of Fifth.) Many synagoges and yiddish theatres were built in the area during that time. Presently, the same area (SoFi) boasts many of the most affluent and exclusive condominium buildings ever to be built on Miami Beach. The glittering glass towers of the area include the large resort-like condominium buildings such as Portofino Tower and sister buildings such as ICON (spearheaded by designer Philippe Starck), Murano at Portofino, Murano Grande at Portofino, The Apogee, and The Continuum buildings (I and II). Now, it also encompasses the area from the Atlantic ocean east to Biscayne Bay on the west, and from Fifth Street to the South Pointe Park. Although mostly residential, the area has some light commercial (mainly restaurants, a few hotels and the Miami Beach Marina complex).

Miami Beach is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city was incorporated on 26 March 1915. Miami Beach has been one of America's pre-eminent beach resorts for almost a century. The city is often referred to under the umbrella term of "Miami," despite being a distinct municipality, making Miami and Miami Beach two separate cities.

Neighborhoods ; Bayshore, Sunset Islands I & II, Sunset Islands III & IV, Sunset Harbour, The Townhomes at Sunset Harbour, Biscayne Point, Stillwater Drive Neighborhood, City Center, Collins Park, Fisher Island (A small portion of the island), Flamingo/Lummus, Flamingo Park, Flamingo Park West, North Ocean Drive Area, South Beach, La Gorce, Allison Island, Aqua Allison Island, La Gorce Island, La Gorce Pine Tree, Lower North Bay Road Neighborhood, Middle North Bay Road Neighborhood, Nautilus, Alton Road Neighborhood, Lakeview/Surprise Lake, Orchard Park, North Shore, Little Buenos Aires, Normandy Fountain, Park View Island, Normandy Isles, Normandie Sud, Normandy Shores, Oceanfront, South Pointe, SoFi (South of Fifth), Star Island, Palm Island, & Hibiscus Island, Venetian Islands, including Belle Isle, Biscayne Island, Di Lido Island, Rivo Alto Island, San Marco Island, San Marino Island, West Avenue/Bay Road, Lincoln West

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