Tropical Art Deco

SoBe's Art Deco District consists of some 800 buildings

from the 1930's and early '40s,

the cream of them along Ocean Drive
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Tropical Deco Features:

- tropical motifs

- ice-cream colours

- nautical features

- curves & lines

- fantasy towers

- neon lighting

- chrome

- glass blocks

- geometric patterning
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Art Deco District was almost destroyed

by developers in the early 1970s

In the early 1980s, this area was a bad crime spot

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The Tides
- porthole windows,
abundant stainless steel,
ocean liner curves
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Had a glass of Cava at The Tides's outside lounge
- lovely haven on the busy Ocean Drive
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