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Originally Posted by xzmattzx
Nothing says "Miami Beach" like a 3-foot pile of snow out front!
Do you happen to know the history of that building, by the way? It's a rare local example of tropical Art Deco, I'm betting.
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I don't know much about it. It was built in the 1940s and it's one of several art deco buildings downtown. There was a general push for us to modernize at that time. Getting rid of Victorian commercial and clapboard residential buildings was seen as desirable progress. The art deco ones are a few nicer examples of what we got instead; much was more industrial. This all ended with the construction of Atlantic Place - a huge, block-sized brick rectangle of a building that replaced our finest, most ornate Victorian block. That started our rabid heritage protection lobby and saved the rest of the city.
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RE: Making fun of TO for calling in the army - I hope it does stop. It's so provincial.