Miami BeachĀ is a coastalĀ resort cityĀ inĀ Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of theĀ Miami metropolitan areaĀ ofĀ South Florida. TheĀ municipalityĀ is located on natural andĀ human-madeĀ barrier islandsĀ between theĀ Atlantic OceanĀ andĀ Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from the mainland city ofĀ Miami. TheĀ neighborhoodĀ ofĀ South Beach, comprising the southernmost 2.5Ā sqĀ mi (6.5Ā km2) of Miami Beach, along withĀ Downtown MiamiĀ and theĀ PortMiami, collectively form the commercial center ofĀ South Florida.[8]Ā Miami Beach’s population is 82,890 according to theĀ 2020 census.[4]Ā It has been one of America’s preeminentĀ beach resortsĀ since the early 20th century.
In 1979, Miami Beach’sĀ Art Deco Historic DistrictĀ was listed on theĀ National Register of Historic Places. The Art Deco District is the largest collection ofĀ Art DecoĀ architecture in the world[9]Ā and comprises hundreds of hotels, apartments and other structures erected between 1923 and 1943.Ā Mediterranean,Ā Streamline ModerneĀ and Art Deco are all represented in the District.
The Historic District is bounded by theĀ Atlantic OceanĀ 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 designerĀ Barbara Baer Capitman, who now has a street in the District named in her honor.