With turquoise waters, sun-bleached sand and vibrant nightlife, Miami is synonymous with sunshine and summertime. Iconic images from Palm-lined Ocean Drive to the coloured art deco hotels like Fontainebleau, Raleigh and Tides. The port of Miami is known as the cruise capital of the world and over the years the area has been home to the famous and infamous, from Al Capone to Gianni Versace.
The culture of the area burgeoned in post-war America and 1950s Miami has remained an iconic era of fashion and entertainment. You could see entertainers like Martin and Lewis, visit Palm Island Club and the Copacabana, shop on Lincoln Road and Saks Fifth Avenue.
For all the nostalgia and magic of the ‘fabulous fifties’, the area continues to flourish with a new Design District offering a creative neighbourhood of fashion, design, art and architecture as well as $10 billion Downtown developments.
The biggest of these new projects is the Brickell City Centre. Set to transform the heart of Downtown Miami, Brickell is an impressive mixed-use project set in an 80-story skyscraper—the largest building in the South-eastern United States. Brickell epitomises modern Miami, offering a luxury retail quarter, hotel rooms, dining and office space.
