Guided Tours

Art Deco Weekend 2022 MDPL Tour Off erings

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN ART DECO WEEKEND, the Miami Design Preservati on League’s annual fundraising event. Tours are a great way to get a look at the city and the architecture of Miami Beach’s Art Deco Historic District – Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival and Miami Modern. Unless otherwise noted, all tours are $30 and begin at the Art Deco Welcome Center on 10th Street and Ocean Drive. Please note that discounts only apply to the regular 10:30 am tour and the self-guided audio tour. See tour descripti ons for more detail.

Friday, January 14th • Saturday, January 15th • Sunday, January 16th

OCEAN DRIVE ARCHITECTURAL TOUR

This 90 - 120-minute walking tour provides an introducti on to the Art Deco, Mediterranean, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles of architecture found within the Miami Beach Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with visits to a number of interiors. (For the regular 10:30 tour only - $30 for adults, $25 for Seniors (65+), Military, and Students, and Free for MDPL members and children 12 and under. All other tour ti mes - ($30) Friday: 10:30 am, 2 pm Saturday: 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 4 pm Sunday: 10:30 am, 12:30 am, 3:30 pm SOUTH BEACH SCANDALS TOUR

This 90-minute walking tour focuses on illegal acti viti es and shady characters in Miami Beach history. Topics include politi cal corrupti on, illegal gambling, alcohol during prohibiti on, and organized crime fi gures. ($30) • Friday - 1 pm, Saturday – 2 pm, Sunday – 2 pm

JEWISH MIAMI BEACH TOUR

This walking tour explores the rise and fall of the Jewish populati on of Miami Beach over the past 100 years, including a look at the impact of selected key Jewish individuals and insti tuti ons, plus an overview of architectural styles in the southernmost

part of the city. Tour starts at the Welcome Center tent and ends at the Jewish Museum of Florida - FIU, at Third Street and Washington Avenue. ($30) Saturday – 11:30 am, Sunday – 11:30 am

DECO NIGHTS & NEON LIGHTS TOUR

Similar to our regular Ocean Drive Tour but focuses on neon lighti ng. Our Art Deco buildings come alive when the lights go on! Neon lighti ng has always been associated with glamour and excitement. Learn about the history of neon lighti ng, its rise, its fall, and its resurgence. ($30)• Saturday – 5 pm

MOVIE LOVER’S GUIDE TO SOUTH BEACH – AN ACCIDENTAL WITNESS TO HISTORY

Miami Beach is a favorite locale for onlocati on shooti ng of fi lms and TV series. While most of the stories are fi cti ti ous, the process of on-locati on shooti ng captures a record of a place as it was at a parti cular point in ti me. We witness all the elements that comprise a neighborhood; its buildings, its people, the noise, even the level of automobile traffi c. We will reconstruct the history of Art Deco and the City of Miami Beach by presenti ng short movie clips and frame freezes from fi lms to illustrate the ever changing nature of Miami Beach, its buildings and its people. “Movie magic” will be dissected with a demonstrati on of a hard to see internal joke and impossible locati on movements not readily visible to the casual observer. ($30) • Saturday – 3 pm

FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SELF-GUIDED HOME TOUR

Take a walk through history! See inside some properti es in one of Miami Beach’s fi rst neighborhoods - Flamingo Park Neighborhood! You will see styles including Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and Miami Modern. This is a self-guided walking tour that lasts about 90 minutes and a walking distance of just about one mile. You will be given a map of the properti es and a wristband once you sign up. The map and wrist band will be your admission to the properti es. Tickets may be purchased online or at the Art Deco Welcome Center at 10th Street and Ocean Drive, across from the Clevelander. If the purchase is done online, please bring the proof of purchase to receive your map and wrist band. Properti es are open from 1 pm - 5 pm

Digital Illustrati on by Tony Skeor