"South Beach was incredible in the late 80s. A fantasic mix of artsy, individuals, and just plain crazies, all collecting bits and pieces of a discarded neighborhood, and making it into a magical, fun place to party and create. Sadly, it's success was it's downfall as developers got a whiff of the fun, swooped in and cast everyone out within a few years of 1990s style hyper development planning. Nothing left now, but overpriced restaurants, mall shops and tacky tourists, sporting gold chains and fake boobs."—MHeinz [Photog Shares Incredible Archive of South Beach in the 80s]
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