During the 1990s, Miami developed new businesses and cultural amenities that developed as parts of the New South. After Haitian refugees began arriving in the city in the 1990s, Little Haiti developed as a predominantly Haitian neighborhood. Although Miami had been a refugee haven, its status as a poor city by the 1990s resulted from tremendous financial burdens. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of Miami-Dade.
Miami was the first Florida city to have a state-appointed oversight board appointed after experiencing a budget shortfall of $68 million and being given a junk bond rating by Wall Street. Voters in the city rejected a resolution trying to dissolve it and make it one with Dade County. Miami’s financial problems continued until political outsider Manny Diaz was elected mayor in 2001.
Below are some fascinating photos that will take you back to the 1990s in Miami.
More like what Miami Beach looked like.
Show me Don Carters.
Bro…you just unlocked a flood of teenage memories. Loved that place.
Gorgeous time. People actually……….. talked?
Well it’s not really Miami, just Miami Beach + a few photos of downtown and an abandoned van down south.
But it’s fascinating to see a Miami Beach where everything wasn’t a big chain or completely overpriced junk.
This person had quite the fascination with alley ways
I was born in 73 and raised in Miami (left to Orlando in 2001). I went down to Miami for a day for an event in June this year and I didnt recognize alot. It all looks so different for the most part; my husband and I were so shocked. (Traffic was still the same chaos though)
I was born in ‘74, lived in Miami until I left at age 25 (now almost twenty-five years later). I’ve been traveling to Miami frequently post-pandemic. Makes me sad that I know less about the place now than I did when I left, but that’s the nature of things.