South Beach Property Appraisals and Home Appraisers
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Ocean and Biscayne Bay. This area was the
Ocean and Biscayne Bay. This area was the
first section of Miami Beach to be developed,
starting in the 1910s, thanks to the
development efforts of Carl G. Fisher, the
Lummus Brothers, John S. Collins, and others.
The area has gone through numerous
man-made and natural changes over the
years, including a booming regional economy,
increased tourism, and the 1926 hurricane that
destroyed much of the area.
destroyed much of the area.
South Beach started as farmland. In 1870,
Henry and Charles Lum purchased 165 acres
(668,000 m²) for coconut farming.
Ocean and Biscayne Bay. This area was the
first section of Miami Beach to be developed,
starting in the 1910s, thanks to the
development efforts of Carl G. Fisher, the
Lummus Brothers, John S. Collins, and others.
The area has gone through numerous
man-made and natural changes over the
years, including a booming regional economy,
increased tourism, and the 1926 hurricane that
destroyed much of the area.
destroyed much of the area.
South Beach started as farmland. In 1870,
Henry and Charles Lum purchased 165 acres
(668,000 m²) for coconut farming.
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Charles Lum built the first house on the beach in 1886. In 1894, the Lum brothers left the island,
leaving control of the plantation to John Collins, who came to South Beach two years later to survey the
land. He used the land for farming purposes, discovering fresh water and extending his parcel from
14th Street to 67th in 1907.
In 1912, Miami businessmen the Lummus Brothers acquired 400 acres (1.6 km²) of Collins' land in
an effort to build an oceanfront city of modest single family residences. In 1913 Collins started
construction of a bridge from Miami to Miami Beach. Although some local residents invested in the
bridge, Collins ran short of money before he could complete it.
Carl G. Fisher, a successful entrepreneur who made millions in 1909 after selling a business to
Union Carbide, came to the beach in 1913. His vision was to establish South Beach as a successful
city independent of Miami. This was the same year that the restaurant Joe's Stone Crab opened.
Fisher loaned $50,000 to Collins for his bridge, which was completed in June, 1913. the Collins
Bridge was later replaced by the Venetian Causeway.
On March 26, 1915, Collins, Lummus, and Fisher consolidated their efforts and incorporated the Town
of Miami Beach. In 1920 the County Causeway (renamed MacArthur Causeway after World War II) was
completed.[3] The Lummus brothers sold their oceanfront property, between 6th and 14th Streets, to
the city. To this day, this area is known as Lummus Park.
In 1920, the Miami Beach land boom began. South Beach's main streets (5th Street, Alton Road,
Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue, and Ocean Drive) were all suitable for automobile traffic. The
population was growing in the 1920s, and several millionaires such as Harvey Firestone, J.C. Penney,
Harvey Stutz, Albert Champion, Frank Seiberling, and Rockwell LaGorce built homes on Miami Beach.
President Warren G. Harding stayed at the Flamingo Hotel during this time, increasing interest in the
area.
In the 1930s, an architectural revolution came to South Beach, bringing Art Deco, Streamline Moderne,
and Nautical Moderne architecture to the Beach. To this day, South Beach remains the world's largest
collection of Streamline Moderne Art Deco architecture. Napier, New Zealand another notable Art Deco
city, makes an interesting comparison with Miami Beach as it was rebuilt in the Ziggurat Art Deco style
after being destroyed by an earthquake in 1931.
By 1940, the beach had a population of 28,000. After the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the
Army Air Corps took command over Miami Beach.
In 1966, South Beach became even more famous when Jackie Gleason brought his weekly variety
series, The Jackie Gleason Show to the area for taping, a rarity in the industry. Beginning in the late
1970s and continuing through the 1980s, South Beach was used as a retirement community with
most of its ocean-front hotels and apartment buildings filled with elderly people living on small, fixed
incomes. This period also saw the introduction of the "cocaine cowboys," drug dealers who used the
area as a base for their illicit drug activities. Scarface, released in 1983, typifies this activity. In addition,
television show Miami Vice used South Beach as a backdrop for much of its filming due to the area's
raw and unique visual beauty. A somewhat recurring theme of early Miami Vice episodes was thugs
and drug addicts barricading themselves in utterly run-down, almost ruin-like empty buildings. Only
minor alterations had to be made for these scenes because many buildings in South Beach really
were in such poor condition at the time.[citation needed]
While many of the unique Art Deco buildings, such as the New Yorker Hotel, were lost to developers in
the years before 1980, the area was saved as a cohesive unit by Barbara Capitman and a group of
activists who spearheaded the movement to place South Beach on the National Register of Historic
Places. The Miami Beach Architectural District was designated in 1979.
Before the TV show, Miami Vice, SoBe was considered a very poor area with a very high rate of crime.
Today, it is considered one of the most wealthy and prosperous commercial areas on the beach.
Despite this, poverty and crime still exist in some isolated places surrounding the area.
In the late 1980s, a renaissance began in South Beach, with an influx of fashion industry
professionals moving into the area. In 1989 Irene Marie purchased the Sun Ray Apartments (famous
for the chainsaw scene in Scarface) and opened Irene Marie Models - the first international full-service
modeling agency in Florida. Many of the large New York based agencies soon followed.
Photographers and designers from around the world were drawn to the undiscovered Art Deco oasis.
For more information visit: www.ilovesobe.com
leaving control of the plantation to John Collins, who came to South Beach two years later to survey the
land. He used the land for farming purposes, discovering fresh water and extending his parcel from
14th Street to 67th in 1907.
In 1912, Miami businessmen the Lummus Brothers acquired 400 acres (1.6 km²) of Collins' land in
an effort to build an oceanfront city of modest single family residences. In 1913 Collins started
construction of a bridge from Miami to Miami Beach. Although some local residents invested in the
bridge, Collins ran short of money before he could complete it.
Carl G. Fisher, a successful entrepreneur who made millions in 1909 after selling a business to
Union Carbide, came to the beach in 1913. His vision was to establish South Beach as a successful
city independent of Miami. This was the same year that the restaurant Joe's Stone Crab opened.
Fisher loaned $50,000 to Collins for his bridge, which was completed in June, 1913. the Collins
Bridge was later replaced by the Venetian Causeway.
On March 26, 1915, Collins, Lummus, and Fisher consolidated their efforts and incorporated the Town
of Miami Beach. In 1920 the County Causeway (renamed MacArthur Causeway after World War II) was
completed.[3] The Lummus brothers sold their oceanfront property, between 6th and 14th Streets, to
the city. To this day, this area is known as Lummus Park.
In 1920, the Miami Beach land boom began. South Beach's main streets (5th Street, Alton Road,
Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue, and Ocean Drive) were all suitable for automobile traffic. The
population was growing in the 1920s, and several millionaires such as Harvey Firestone, J.C. Penney,
Harvey Stutz, Albert Champion, Frank Seiberling, and Rockwell LaGorce built homes on Miami Beach.
President Warren G. Harding stayed at the Flamingo Hotel during this time, increasing interest in the
area.
In the 1930s, an architectural revolution came to South Beach, bringing Art Deco, Streamline Moderne,
and Nautical Moderne architecture to the Beach. To this day, South Beach remains the world's largest
collection of Streamline Moderne Art Deco architecture. Napier, New Zealand another notable Art Deco
city, makes an interesting comparison with Miami Beach as it was rebuilt in the Ziggurat Art Deco style
after being destroyed by an earthquake in 1931.
By 1940, the beach had a population of 28,000. After the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the
Army Air Corps took command over Miami Beach.
In 1966, South Beach became even more famous when Jackie Gleason brought his weekly variety
series, The Jackie Gleason Show to the area for taping, a rarity in the industry. Beginning in the late
1970s and continuing through the 1980s, South Beach was used as a retirement community with
most of its ocean-front hotels and apartment buildings filled with elderly people living on small, fixed
incomes. This period also saw the introduction of the "cocaine cowboys," drug dealers who used the
area as a base for their illicit drug activities. Scarface, released in 1983, typifies this activity. In addition,
television show Miami Vice used South Beach as a backdrop for much of its filming due to the area's
raw and unique visual beauty. A somewhat recurring theme of early Miami Vice episodes was thugs
and drug addicts barricading themselves in utterly run-down, almost ruin-like empty buildings. Only
minor alterations had to be made for these scenes because many buildings in South Beach really
were in such poor condition at the time.[citation needed]
While many of the unique Art Deco buildings, such as the New Yorker Hotel, were lost to developers in
the years before 1980, the area was saved as a cohesive unit by Barbara Capitman and a group of
activists who spearheaded the movement to place South Beach on the National Register of Historic
Places. The Miami Beach Architectural District was designated in 1979.
Before the TV show, Miami Vice, SoBe was considered a very poor area with a very high rate of crime.
Today, it is considered one of the most wealthy and prosperous commercial areas on the beach.
Despite this, poverty and crime still exist in some isolated places surrounding the area.
In the late 1980s, a renaissance began in South Beach, with an influx of fashion industry
professionals moving into the area. In 1989 Irene Marie purchased the Sun Ray Apartments (famous
for the chainsaw scene in Scarface) and opened Irene Marie Models - the first international full-service
modeling agency in Florida. Many of the large New York based agencies soon followed.
Photographers and designers from around the world were drawn to the undiscovered Art Deco oasis.
For more information visit: www.ilovesobe.com
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appraisers and overall property appraisals. If you need an appraiser in South Beach Miami one of our
Certified Appraisers will gladly help with all of your commercial and residential home appraisal services.