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Spectacular Photos Show Life in Miami Beach during the 1990s

During the 90s, artists, celebrities, and designers flocked to Miami’s South Beach for sun and fun. Here, fashion royalty and music royalty lived and played together. Jack Nicholson partied like a rock star on the beach while supermodels spiked volleyballs in bikinis. Talent ruled at a time, and pretension was minimal. South Beach was becoming a fashionable neighborhood from an old folks’ home. However, the older people were mingling with, or more appropriately gawking at, the young people on the beach were quite sweet. In the 1980s and 1990s, Miami bass music also became synonymous with dance floors and car subwoofers across the country. In 1999, there were only 10,000 Jewish people living in Miami Beach.

Here below are some spectacular photos that depict life in Miami Beach during the 1990s.

#3 The fin of a 50’s American car, Ocean Drive in the rain.

#6 Church groups feeding the homeless on South Point Park, Miami Beach, Florida.

#7 Hispanic family posing next to the American Flag on Miami Beach.

#8 Gas chamber in the police museum on the Julliet Tuttle causway to the beach.

#9 Elderly woman resting outside a cafe on Ocean drive, Miami Beach.

#11 Miami beach vendor with a cruise ship leaving the Port of Miami.

#13 It is early Saturday evening on Hollywood Beach, Florida. The surf laps at the Atlantic shore, rhythmic and hypnotic.

#15 Ruth Reuben is having breakfast in Wolfie beneath a picture of Judy Garland that has hung there for over 20 years.

#16 The Miami Herald named Jacob Moses the best dressed man ion South Beach. Jacob and Rose Moses were taking an evening stroll along the beach.

#17 Stretched limo party on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida.

#19 7 Seas Showroom. Cover bands hoarding. Miami beach, Florida.

#20 Judge Seymour Gelber, Mayor of Miami Beach standing in Wolfies diner.

#21 The 21st Street Pizza and Coffee kiosk was no bigger than a garden shed.

#22 Radical orthadox jews patroling the streets to ensure shops were closed on the Sabeth. Miami Beach, Florida.

#24 Judge Seymour Gelber, Mayor of Miami Beach in his art deco condominium overlooking Miami Beach.

#25 Woman with noseguard, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#27 The Ballroom of Romance, an indoor weekly dance for the jewish community of South beach in the community centre, Miami Beach, Florida.

#29 A wild club night in the early hours of the morning in Warsaw Ballroom on Washington Avenue, South Beach

#30 Ferrit on a lead, Lincon Mall, Miami Beach, Florida.

#31 Diner at Wolfies Resturant in Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#32 The Ballroom of Romance, an indoor weekly dance for the jewish community of South beach in the community centre, Miami Beach, Florida.

#33 Andy’s barbers shop, Washington Avenue, Miami beach, Florida.

#34 Elderly Jewish emigrates sitting out on the porch of run down Guest house and dilapidated Art Deco hotels.

#35 Waiters at the trendy I Paparazzi resturant on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida.

#37 Cuban emigrate Ralph Perez in The 21st Street Pizza and Coffee.

#39 Bus stop, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#40 A wild club night in the early hours of the morning in Warsaw Ballroom on Washington Avenue, South Beach

#41 Retirees, outside the library. Miami Beach, Florida.

#42 Breakfast at Wolfies Resturant in Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#43 Female American footballer, Miami Beach, Florida.

#45 Memorial to Christopher Hoban, Miami Beach police station.

#47 Avalon Hotel, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#48 Sahara Hotel, Collins, North Miami Beach, Florida.

#49 Bus stop, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#51 Breakfast at Wolfies Resturant in Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#53 The police station, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#56 Water tower at the end of Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#58 A couple in formalwear strolling hand-in-hand on Miami Beach, Florida, 1990s.

#59 The wide, open porch of the Sagamore Hotel in Bolton Landing offers guests a panoramic view of Lake George and New York’s Adirondack Mountains.

#61 Retired couple outside Wolfies, Miami Beach, Florida.

#62 Caroline Papas at the age of 51 stops a while in Miami Beach.

#63 Old woman sitting on street bench with the sign “Welcome home Desert Storm Troops” (from their first venture in Iraq) on Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles, Miami Beach, Florida.

#64 Man with angry dog sitting on hotel veranda on Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#66 A 26 year old Ernest J Pence, Body builder at Miami Beach.

#68 Motorcycle policemen on Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#69 Sunday afternoon at Penrods Beachside Bar on 1st Street, Miami Beach, Florida.

#70 Alley running along Washington. Walk down the hidden Alleyways that run behind the Art Deco Hotels on Ocean Drive, South Beach and you will see a different world.

#71 Sunday afternoon at Penrods Beachside Bar on 1st Street.

#75 Wig shop Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#76 Paper vending machines, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#77 Sunbird retiree on Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

#79 Elderly man standing by a parking meter in front of the Carlton Hotel, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, wearing a Micky Mouse hat.

Elderly man standing by a parking meter in front of the Carlton Hotel, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, wearing a Micky Mouse hat.

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#80 The Blue Mist Motel in North Miami Beach on Collins Avenue, the strip leading down to the more fashionable South Beach.

The Blue Mist Motel in North Miami Beach on Collins Avenue, the strip leading down to the more fashionable South Beach.

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#83 Darleen and Mike Revera on their way to a Jehovah’s Witness prayer meeting on Lincon Road, Miami Beach, Florida.

Darleen and Mike Revera on their way to a Jehovah's Witness prayer meeting on Lincon Road, Miami Beach, Florida.

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#84 A wild gay club night in the early hours of the morning in Warsaw Ballroom on Washington Avenue, South Beach.

A wild gay club night in the early hours of the morning in Warsaw Ballroom on Washington Avenue, South Beach.

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