| Take a Trek Through Almost 100 Years of History at Miami Beach, Florida |
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  Places to VisitOne place you ought to visit in Miami Beach is the famed Art Deco Historic District, which has made it to the National Register of Historic Places because it boasts of having biggest range of Art Deco architecture to be found anywhere in the world. Many structures that still stand today in the Art Deco Historic District were actually built between 1923 to 1943. Some examples of sub-disciplines in architecture such as Streamline Modern, and Mediterranean, can be examined in the Art Deco Historic District. Barbara Capitman, an interior designer who has a street named after her within the Art Deco Historic District, was instrumental at leading the movement to protect the Art Deco Historic District from neglect and decay.South Beach is another Miami Beach landmark that you should take time to visit. South Beach is also known as SoBe, and became well-known due to the hit TV series Miami Vice starring actor Don Johnson. Exposure from Miami Vice helped in efforts to rescue Miami Beach from urban decay and blight related to the high crime rate in the area. Though a degree of poverty and crime are still experienced in SoBe, South Beach is presently considered the one of the wealthiest commercial areas in Miami Beach.
Ethenic GroupsOne fact about Miami Beach that outsiders may not be familiar with is that many sizeable Jewish communities thrive in the area. Many of these Jewish families belong to the Orthodox Jewish sect, while others are connected to The Followers, Hasidic, Haredi, and Modern Orthodox sects. You can easily come across many yeshivas and synagogues belonging to such Jewish communities in Miami Beach. One sign of the influence of Jews to the Miami Beach community is the presence of a Holocaust memorial at Dade Boulevard and Meridian Avenue, to respect the memory of those who suffered and perished during the Holocaust. (Interestingly enough, the name of Daniel Pearl a journalist who was abducted and murdered by extremists was added to the Holocaust memorial in April 2007 as the first non-Holocaust victim to be recognized in the Holocaust memorial. Some people object to this fact since the sacrifice of Daniel Pearl might be viewed as a political weapon against Islamism.)Other ethnic groups are well-represented in Miami Beach, as can be seen by the range of languages spoken here. Hebrew is considered the native language of 0.74% of the Miami Beach population, while Yiddish is spoken by 0.81%. Russian is used by 0.85%, Italian by 0.99%, with German following closely at 1.12% and French spoken by 1.66%. Portuguese, surprisingly, is spoken by 3.38%. English lags behind Spanish as the major language (with English being spoken by just 32.75%, compared to Spanish being used by 54.89% of the population as their native tongue.) Comments (0)
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