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FALLING STAR:Elderly 1 `°° � " f li`
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residents flocked to the Eastern «f
Sun at 900 Ocean Dr.Three
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s,=_' Bob Rileyemembers when
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"I remember shooting a rabbit
1 .is at the corner of 11th and Wash-
f ington Avenue when I was 7," >>
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` le-$_ ..g .. s shooting a rifle. Nobody was ;�� ,
6 there."
T k � � ays, Riley, 73, who
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slated for an old hotel lobby.
TILL SERVING:Above,the ' Sequined dresses are sold from .:.s,,,,..,.,,.. •' v<.
Z Paddock Bar stood at the corner ;�: :' '
g the old bus terminal. And an art ;: , ti..: ..' �: �..`,,s.
of Washington Avenue and gallery has replaced the former "
} Seventh Street. Hungry and l� #s tit B Foti
rnRiley, and a handful of
¢ thirstyresidents can still find terms. Tt„(
o R other Beach old-timers, this new Indeed, some of the most dra- 1 11
Z satisfaction at WPA,the E ;4 '' jetset era of the city s history is uratic changes in Miami Beach
Paddock's replacement. just a cheap substitute for what have come along Lincoln Road Ce e
'• w" ` ' used to be. — once the shopping ground of
11101 !II . . "A graceful way„ of life has the elite. you
Q f € died," Riley said. What's hap- Where Saks Fifth Avenue was,
w s<: pening here these days doesn't now there is Florida Power & Dae
I : itzwow' It , even get close to Lincoln Road in Light.
a:K 3 .:.:!..., the 1930s and '40s. They were Where Paris Jewelers once sold Old-
Q £ ; 3 selling$1,300 and$1,800 dresses diamonds to socialites, a gay gift
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�' $18,000 dresses," calculating Teller at 826 Lincoln Rd., there Go]
` what it would cost in today's is a coffee shop and health spa.
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ON THE WAY UP:David
Wallack,here with a furry friend,
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il converted the Eastern Sun into
_ Mango's Tropical Cafe and
,.. .v Eastern Sun Shops.
/Herald File Photo RANDY BAZEMORE/Miami Herald Staff
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well on its way. '` .. 3 .,..
Art Deco Hotels along Ocean > :� :. 1
Drive, and Collins and Washing-
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ton avenues have made a come- ,
back.Developers and speculators :` V �..
have dumped millions of dollarstf u
into renovations, pastel paints, .eta 0. ' E t �
and neon signs. i 9k1 _, f k --,n
Crowded sidewalk cafes have .. :.,,4..i..: :i ,,,i.,:,,,...;... ,, _��.x�l� ` 7�•x � 7.':::.1 ' �f'.
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replaced rundown hotel lobbies. € :' �s K ,, "
Trendy clothes shops, art galler- ' # � a , x
ies and hip eateries dot the r- t ::<e;:k s�f;;:
oughfares, catering to young pro- �_ l% , _ �,5. zs ;';
fesstonals and tourists. �-• ��`�tNe' s akt
At the abandoned Greyhound . m x .c " fz
Bus Station at 638 Collins, vin- Y � k cn
tage clothes are sold next door to ''
Cafe So.Be. Bourgeois, a coffee � "sR • o
house and art gallery. }t ` 4 D
The original Farrey's Hard- - 9 �
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ware store, once a fixture at 717 e
Washington Ave., is now the \..,.htti.. _ Z
Deco Collection, an art and - , NOT SO GLAMOROUS:Above,
iy attract And where Burdines had its antique retailer. "� cars travel down Lincoln Road in
first store in the Beach, 810 Lin- The Beach Toggery Shop of ., 1954,once a shopping mecca. 92
well as the coin Rd., there is now the South 1936 is now The Strand,a trendy $ ` . At left,the old Saks Fifth Avenue N
Florida Arts Center, a showcase restaurant at 671 Washington - is now the business office for
tless of for young artists. Ave. , x Floridat:- Power& Light and m
1� When you went to Lincoln At 1450 Collins, the Warsaw f ` % - >°' People's Gas.
but Road, you always got dressed Ballroom — with a predomi- , ' : � a> D
up," said Sadie Moscowitz, now nantly gay clientele — replaced '$ K
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in her 80s. "No going there in the long-gone Hoffman's Cafete- �� �, m
shorts or T-shirts. Miami Beach ria,frequented predominantly by & S m
was really the playground of the older Jews.
ld days. world. It will never be the same.” Even Orthodox synagogues, �,A •to ' �I '
ourself. But property owners in South
Beach T Beach say the neighborhood is PLEASE SEE NOW AND THEN, 22 f Y �� ''t
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_I' I r'I RANDY BAZEMORE/Miami Herald Staff 3 3 ` 11,......4.,1.: NEW TIMETABLE:The bus station has been replaced by a vintage clothing store,next to a cafe.
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e a 1 r ® . ; which supported a thriving Jew- ,
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.';` ish community to the 1940s and tt x,
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new owners have brought in } ,0
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:', .��'_' nightclubs such as Van Dome at
_ 1532 Collins.
And a new condom shop is
work 6ec�ins. planned for the lobby of the old
timate before any . Royal Hotel at 758 Washington.
REE Es air estimate. g
25 Gilt Cert1(ici with every rep "South Beach is going to be
REE $ chic," said David Wallack,
raisal should you wis�i to � � 'x
whose family has owned prop- �. _ �,
REE Trad -In App watch. '
Trade-
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old erty on Ocean Drive since the .4 ��
ress Service. " ..1
At-Hofne Air Exp i 1950s. "What Lincoln Road
was is ha t s€f , ..:
FREE Shop a ppentng here f:n South
ickup and delivery.
OvernightG
Beach, and it will be here for 40 � .r.,,,,,,:::.74,„ �
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Wallack, 43, is no stranger to ::.,....,...:,..,,...,:..1.1„,,•,.... .e.,.".V......:....,..,,,.ii,..:...,,,,.:,:.,.!.....,:"..I.,;4..:..,.
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change. He owns Mango's
Y Tropical Cafe and Eastern Sun
's our way of introducing our new Service Centers. x' Shops at 900 Ocean Dr., one of
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g ' iffed with the finest,factory-trained technicians who the colorful tourist devel-
make Tourneau Service truly state-of the-art" the mosts along the trendy strip. .,
Three years ago, Mango's was A I
CD a 20-unit apartment building 3
I z rICIAL SALES AND SERVICE for senior citizens. Wallack E; i .-.- _ : `
(Cr- closed it in 1990. >p' s
,Fx 1a11rmat�ll rift BgVUE b ME PEN (�,,i i "Is this better?I don't know" F ;
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_ g Wallack said: "But I feel it's _ y • M, ' „�_'
0 z 'UM E BCL gero e^ta '-• z_ another step into the future." a
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GA �'t uIt GADO R ''�``" woods and a few elegant hotels g '' s ,.
`O ® �' �f/ -scoff at the notion that the__city x °kms,
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0.WEIL TUDOR BREIi t; Mill can return to its glory days. t
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�EN�E tr)ti . ct =�>; BEA,(P.�>r = dumps)" said Riley. " t was a F � 1kl � r
D i A` cheap way to make something �f Y ; �y 0 k €
ficatrap• a ow • rchase of watches [`, ' look important."
= Riley said the real historical /Herald File Photo
m l) tan.ma{hsre almost a e; SO LONG,SALES:Shoppers once flocked to the old Burdines store
0 m T0��n �� the original Roney aza hotel on Lincoln Road. Now it's the home of the South Florida Arts Center.
o at 29th Street and Collins Ave-
BAL HARBOUR SHOPS 9700 CORNS AVENUE (305)8624312 nue; the Nautilus Hotel and Center stands; and the old "I think it was more popular
PALM BEACH 175 WORTH AVENUE (407)832-8812 adjacent polo grounds, now homesteads of John Collins and then," Riley said. "Everything
o :).....*•,..m.,..)%•%,„, :v, � .::) ,r..;..♦.. where Mount Sinai Medical Carl Fisher. was more graceful."