From a RUclips channel I saw parts of residential area in SOFI. Loved some of the art deco residential and buildings and that area. Like to conversion myself residing there in my later years. Surprised that they still kept that area the same.
So pleased to see the saxony hotel in the still shot at 19 mins, i stayed there for 2 weeks in the summer of 1980, it was one of the first years of a big influx of package holidays to miami from england. I see it is now quite a high class hotel with another brand name.
Iam currently in training with a fine company as a South Beach tour guide . I want to thank you so much for this very informative video of the history and rise of South Beach. Angelo Gucciardo
If you would like a lot of history from someone who stayed in these hotels as a child in the middle and last 1960s and continued as a teenager and young man, write to me. I have stories, pictures, and in fact, when family friend's friends bought one of the top hotels in the 1990s, they used my photographs as a reference. They subsequently sold that hotel after a short time. I was just in Miami Beach for a day yesterday, stopped in the Fontainebleau and talking to the people at the front desk and other employees, they were fascinated with what I brought with me--an old room key. They had no idea what it was until I told them. They recognized the name on the plastic as the name of the hotel but couldn't grasp why there would be a key to a room. One young woman seemed to grasp it right a away, however, it quickly became clear she thought I must have had been a former employee wherein a key would make sense to a door, but not a room.
Good job. Irish-American gringo me returned to the US after having left Omaha to practice my Spanish for 4 months travelling around in South America. I landed in February in Ft. Lauderdale and was just intoxicated by the place. The temperatures, the blue ocean, the vegetation, palm trees, coconuts. It was so intoxicating that I moved to Miami and lived there for 33 years. Business took me to Miami Beach, musta been thousands of times and I got to know the history, the changes, the diverse cultures and the brisket sandwiches at Arnie & Richies. There was a great Jewish bakery called Butterflake...best in town but sadly gone now. Everything you say here rings true and clear as a bell. Thanks for this. All the best.
Great overview....and the last part of challenges was spot on. I also note Miami Vice shows impact as I once attended an OCinema panel who discussed their impact on media culture in the 80s. Thanks for all your work here
I love Miami Beach ... I grew up in Broward County, but my Grandma lived in South Beach. For all of it's beauty and interesting architecture it saddens me there was so much prejudice in years past - against blacks, against Jews and against gay people.
@@areguapiri You are mistaken. Gay clubs and bars were regularly harassed and closed down in the past. The Miami Beach Police Dept. would have arrest raids on the "gay beach" on 21st Street. I suggest you make a trip to the Stonewall National Museum, Archives, & Library up in Fort Lauderdale and do your own research.
As a child, the big hotels were owned by many Jews and the guests were largely Jewish. I would meet a slew of other Jewish kids as soon as I got there on every vacation. My grandparents generation, whether or not they could afford top hotels or not, preferred to stay below the Fontainebleau going south on Collins because many of the hotels offered kosher-style food. As for gays, I had never heard of them as a child because this was not a common thing mentioned. As a teenager, I knew what gay meant but had no idea there were places where these people would congregate. I can see today MB is a gay-friendly destination. I don't see it as a Jewish mecca anymore. Sad, because for American Jews of my day, Miami Beach was our homeland, or at least it seemed that way. Thankfully today, all are welcomed.
What's the name of the nj farmer who tried to grow coconuts? I don't understand your pronunciation of his name and can't find this piece of history on google thanks
Excellent video thank you for this!! I have fallen in love with Miami Beach!! I intend to be a resident of the SoFi area in the near future.
From a RUclips channel I saw parts of residential area in SOFI. Loved some of the art deco residential and buildings and that area. Like to conversion myself residing there in my later years. Surprised that they still kept that area the same.
Hi Howard, I finally watched this wonderful video of yours, Mazol Tov, and Happy Birthday! See you soon.
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So pleased to see the saxony hotel in the still shot at 19 mins, i stayed there for 2 weeks in the summer of 1980, it was one of the first years of a big influx of package holidays to miami from england. I see it is now quite a high class hotel with another brand name.
Iam currently in training with a fine company as a South Beach tour guide . I want to thank you so much for this very informative video of the history and rise of South Beach. Angelo Gucciardo
If you would like a lot of history from someone who stayed in these hotels as a child in the middle and last 1960s and continued as a teenager and young man, write to me. I have stories, pictures, and in fact, when family friend's friends bought one of the top hotels in the 1990s, they used my photographs as a reference. They subsequently sold that hotel after a short time. I was just in Miami Beach for a day yesterday, stopped in the Fontainebleau and talking to the people at the front desk and other employees, they were fascinated with what I brought with me--an old room key. They had no idea what it was until I told them. They recognized the name on the plastic as the name of the hotel but couldn't grasp why there would be a key to a room. One young woman seemed to grasp it right a away, however, it quickly became clear she thought I must have had been a former employee wherein a key would make sense to a door, but not a room.
Good job. Irish-American gringo me returned to the US after having left Omaha to practice my Spanish for 4 months travelling around in South America. I landed in February in Ft. Lauderdale and was just intoxicated by the place. The temperatures, the blue ocean, the vegetation, palm trees, coconuts. It was so intoxicating that I moved to Miami and lived there for 33 years. Business took me to Miami Beach, musta been thousands of times and I got to know the history, the changes, the diverse cultures and the brisket sandwiches at Arnie & Richies. There was a great Jewish bakery called Butterflake...best in town but sadly gone now.
Everything you say here rings true and clear as a bell. Thanks for this. All the best.
Great overview....and the last part of challenges was spot on. I also note Miami Vice shows impact as I once attended an OCinema panel who discussed their impact on media culture in the 80s. Thanks for all your work here
I love Miami Beach ... I grew up in Broward County, but my Grandma lived in South Beach. For all of it's beauty and interesting architecture it saddens me there was so much prejudice in years past - against blacks, against Jews and against gay people.
There was never discrimination against gays.
@@areguapiri You are mistaken. Gay clubs and bars were regularly harassed and closed down in the past. The Miami Beach Police Dept. would have arrest raids on the "gay beach" on 21st Street. I suggest you make a trip to the Stonewall National Museum, Archives, & Library up in Fort Lauderdale and do your own research.
As a child, the big hotels were owned by many Jews and the guests were largely Jewish. I would meet a slew of other Jewish kids as soon as I got there on every vacation. My grandparents generation, whether or not they could afford top hotels or not, preferred to stay below the Fontainebleau going south on Collins because many of the hotels offered kosher-style food.
As for gays, I had never heard of them as a child because this was not a common thing mentioned. As a teenager, I knew what gay meant but had no idea there were places where these people would congregate.
I can see today MB is a gay-friendly destination. I don't see it as a Jewish mecca anymore. Sad, because for American Jews of my day, Miami Beach was our homeland, or at least it seemed that way.
Thankfully today, all are welcomed.
Stop living in the past. It's not that way now.
Thank you for posting this. Putting together my videos in my channel couldn't have done it without watching this
Fascinating story of Miami Beach, so glad the deco district has been protected and saved.
Howard thanks for your wonderful work. What happened to The Royal Hungarian restaurant, 8th/9th Washington Avenue
What's the name of the nj farmer who tried to grow coconuts? I don't understand your pronunciation of his name and can't find this piece of history on google thanks
John S Collins!
Stop the nonsense about cvd19 and climate change. We are tired of it.
Climate change is no nonsense, especially as it pertains to S.Florida genius. Dont you know fire is hot?