Miami Beach

Take stroll through Miami Beach landmarks, see people walking down Lenox Avenue and window shop in retro retail shops with this photo collection of street scenes from decades past.

1/27/1963: Collins Avenue.
3/5/1957: Miami Beach.
9/15/1946; Palm trees and bench improve Dade Blvd. bus stops.
Undated: No matter where the vacationer stays in Miami Beach, a municipally-maintained oceanfront park provides a nearby place for sunning and swimming throughout the year.
Undated: One of the South's exclusive shopping areas, the sunset strip section of Miami Beach, has undergone a $25,000 improvement program.
1/24/1965, Bill Kuenzel/Miami Herald Staff: Lights are Geared for Vehicle Traffic at Miami Beach Intersection...bus pedestrian should have special signals, president complains.
11/18/1951: Pride And Joy of Miami Beach is its new auditorium, fully air conditioned and considered one of the finest convention halls in the country. It is adjacent to major hotels and shopping centers and is the scene of many musical and drama attractions.
11/7/1940: Richards Department Store on Lincoln Road.
Miami Beach July 4th. A highlight today on Miami Beach was the dedication of the new South Shore Friendship Comer at 2nd and Washington Ave. which was built by the city for the elder folks so they might get together in recreational activities such as shuffleboard and checkers chess. Attending the ceremonies were Ass't.City Mgr. Morris Lipp, Councilmen Harold Spaet, Harold Shapiro and Bernard Frank. Also in attendance was Louis Shafkin from the Planning Board.
9/13/1946: 10th Street, Miami Beach.
Undated: Lincoln Road.
1924: Community Theater on Lincoln Road.
6/20/1943: Miami Beach.
Undated: Collins Avenue. Forecast of the biggest winter season yet has sent transportation lines that service Florida scurrying to increase equipment and schedules. Resort hotels like these at Miami Beach will be the targets of the Sunshine State invasion. Latest airline innovation is "air bus" service with a 26 per cent reduction from lowest daytime air coach fares.
3/17/1957, Doug Kennedy/Miami Herald Staff: 1400 Block of Lenox Ave.
11/1/1957: Pier Park in Miami Beach.
7/30/1952: Miami Beach.
Undated: Miami Beach Municipal Golf Course.
Undated: 13th Street and Washington Avenue.
3/6/1951: A Long-Term Lease has recently been signed on the above building, just completed at 7120 Collins ave. Miami Beach, by Henry Sprintz Stores, Inc. operators of women's apparel stores in Greater Miami, who have opened another Helen Brooks store at the new location, in addition to the Helen brooks store at 721 Lincoln Road. The lease was handled by the office of B.E. Bronston and Associates, Realtors.
4/10/1947: NEW LINCOLN CORP, FIVE-STORY BUILDING WITH ITS STRAIGHT LINES ADDS proof of expanding importance of Lincoln Road, decorated with royal and coconut palms, as a retail artery at Miami Beach. The new structure, shown on the left, was started in March of last year as a one-story building, but in July permit for four additional floors was issued, the permits calling for a -total construction cost of $250,000. There is a frontage of 75 feet on Lincoln Road and 170 feet on Washington ave., providing ground space for 10 stores. Offices occupy the upper floors. The flamingo theater building, immediately east of the larger building, was put up by Lincoln Enterprises, the permit calling for a construction cost of $150,000, on a site 115 feet by 170 feet, which space includes the new Lincoln cafeteria. Ihe theater seats 600.
12/18/1957, Doug Kennedy/Miami Herald Staff: Construction of the Deauville Beach Resort.
10/10/1960: 'Average Man's Block on Beach,
8/24/1972: Miami Beach.
3/5/1980, Mary Lou Foy/Miami Herald Staff: Early A.M. exercise Class at Park in Ocean and 2nd.
Undated: Miami Beach.
6/17/1954, Bill Kuenzel/Miami Herald Staff: Jefferson Avenue.
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