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Mac ean Dr. 3rd St. Oc 1 Art Deco District 2 Ocean Beach Versace Mansion 2nd St. Park 3 News Café 1st St. 4 Lummus Park ATLANTIC Pier 5 Wolfsonian-FIU Park Biscayne St. OCEAN 6 The Dynamo Sou t 7 Espanola Way h Poin Sou te Dr. 8 Lincoln Road Mall th Pointe Park 9 Holocaust Memorial 10 Collins Park Previous page: Kenneth Triester’s Sculpture of Love & Anguish at the Holocaust Memorial. 005_474075-ch01.indd5_474075-ch01.indd 8 88/11/09/11/09 112:522:52 PPMM 9 The Best ith one day to spend in Miami, focus on the city’s Wmedia darling—South Beach, aka the American Riviera. South Beach isn’t just a stretch of sand, but rather a collection of Kodak moments, from museums and models to cafes and celebri- in One Day ties. Here you’ll find historic Art Deco buildings, whose pristine pres- ervation rivals that of many of South Beach’s saline, silicone, and Botox-saturated denizens. START: Art Deco Welcome Center. The Colony Hotel’s distinct Art Deco signage. 1 ★★★ Gawk at the original palatial estate, you will observe the supermodel—the Art Deco intricate Italian architecture that District. Take a self-guided walking makes this house stand out from its and audio tour around Ocean Drive’s streamlined deco neighbors. Built in Art Deco District, where sleek and the 1930s as a replica of Christo- chic streamlined, neon-lit, pastel-hued pher Columbus’s son’s palace in buildings are ready for their close-ups. Santo Domingo, the house was orig- @ 90 min. Set your own pace and inally called Casa Casuarina (House walk on, but it’s best to do so early of the Pine), but was rechristened morning or late afternoon to avoid the Amsterdam Palace in 1935 crowds and heat. y 305/672-2014. when George Amsterdam pur- www.mdpl.org. Tickets $15 adults, chased it. While there were rumors $10 seniors & children. that the mansion was to be turned into a Versace museum, it was, 2 Morbid Versace Mansion. instead, purchased by a private citi- curiosity has led hordes of people— zen from Texas. They offer tours tourists and locals—here, once the from time to time, so call ahead and only private home (now a country check. There’s also a restaurant club and resort for those in the inside that’s open to the public if upper brackets) on Ocean Drive. If you’re hungry—and in the market you can get past the fact that the for a pricey snack. @ 5 min.–2 hr. late designer, Gianni Versace, was (if you want to eat). 1114 Ocean Dr. murdered on the steps of this 005_474075-ch01.indd5_474075-ch01.indd 9 88/11/09/11/09 112:522:52 PPMM 10 Full-Day Tours The Best The ornate pool at the Versace Mansion. y 305/672-6604. www.casa take a break on the bike path to take casuarina.com. Tours offered sea- in the scenery. @ 5 min.–1hr. Ocean sonally; $65 per person, includes 1 Dr. between 5th & 14th sts. mimosa. 5 ★★★ Wolfsonian-FIU. This 1927 converted storage facility is a Quench your thirst at 3 News treasure trove of Art Deco artifacts, Cafe, the catalyst to South Beach’s including an original deco mailbox late-’80s revival and the quintes- from NYC’s Grand Central Station, sence of the beach’s cafe society. pre-Castro Cuban movie posters, and 800 Ocean Dr. y 305/538-6397. $. all sorts of propaganda art. @ 1–2 hrs. 1001 Washington Ave. at 10th St. y 305/531-1001. www.wolfsonian. 4 Lummus Park. This is South org. $7. Open Mon–Wed & Sat–Sun Beach. Past the dunes and the noon–6pm; Thurs–Fri noon–9pm. beach-volleyball courts is this stellar stretch of sand, sunbathers, and photogenic, colorful lifeguard After satisfying your hunger for stands. If you’re not in the mood to knowledge, stop by the Wolfso- lie under an umbrella and laze away, nian’s museum store cum cafe, 6 The Dynamo, where a side of Colorful lifeguard stands line Lummus Park. Fellini with your panini is compli- mentary. 1001 Washington Ave. y 305/535-2680. $. 7 ★ Espanola Way. A few blocks north of the Wolfsonian and Art Deco District is South Beach’s sublime, if not somewhat touristy, Espanola Way, a block-long Spanish Mediterranean village where galler- ies, boutiques, street vendors, and cafes line the streets, and a youth hostel now occupies a building that once served as Al Capone’s gambling headquarters. Will Smith filmed the music video for his homage to the 005_474075-ch01.indd5_474075-ch01.indd 1010 88/11/09/11/09 112:522:52 PPMM 11 The Best Magic City, “Miami,” on these streets. @ 30 min. Corner of Wash- ington Ave. & 15th St. ★★ = 8 Lincoln Road Mall. in One Day This “road” is well traveled by locals who bike, blade, board, or stroll up and down this popular pedestrian thoroughfare. Designed by architec- tural icon Morris Lapidus, the road is full of cafes, boutiques, requisite Starbucks (two of them so far), art galleries, and theaters. Although most of the stores here are of the chain variety, the people who hang here are hardly cookie-cutter. Stroll, Pre-Castro Cuban movie posters at the shop, and make sure to stop to gawk Wolfsonian-FIU. at some of the area’s most pam- floor, serving coffee and pastries. pered pooches. If you have a sweet Collins Park, the former site of the tooth, don’t miss one of Oprah’s Miami Beach Library, returned to its favorite places for pies and cakes, original incarnation as an open space The Ice Box Café, 1657 Michigan extending to the Atlantic, but it is Ave. (y 305/538-8448). @ 1 hr. also now the site of large sculpture 9 ★★★ = Holocaust Memo- installations and cultural activities rial. Kenneth Triester’s Sculpture of planned jointly by the organizations Love & Anguish depicts victims of that share the space. @ 1–3 hrs. the concentration camps crawling 2121 Park Ave. y 305/673-7530. up a giant yearning hand stretching www.bassmuseum.org. Admission $8 up to the sky, marked with an Aus- adults, $6 students & seniors, free for chwitz number tattoo. Along the children 6 & under. Free 2nd Thurs of reflecting pool is the story of the the month 6–9pm. Tues–Wed & Fri– Holocaust, told in cut marble slabs. Sat 10am–5pm; Thurs 10am–9pm; Inside the center of the memorial is Sun 11am–5pm. a tableau that is one of the most sol- emn and moving tributes to the mil- Lincoln Road Mall is big with dog walkers lions of Jews who lost their lives in and window shoppers. the Holocaust. @ 1 hr. 1933 Merid- ian Ave. (at Dade Blvd.). y 305/538- 1663. www.holocaustmmb.org. Free admission. Daily 9am–9pm. 0 ★★★ = Collins Park. Collins Park Cultural Center comprises a trio of arts buildings on Collins Park and Park Avenue (off Collins Ave.), bounded by 21st to 23rd streets— the newly expanded Bass Museum of Art, the new home of the Miami City Ballet, and the Miami Beach Regional Library, an ultramodern building with a special focus on the arts. The Library Café is on the library’s first 005_474075-ch01.indd5_474075-ch01.indd 1111 88/11/09/11/09 112:522:52 PPMM 12 The Best in Two Days 836 0 1 mi 395 Watson I. 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