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Art Deco (also called Tropical Deco) flowered in Miami Beach between 1935 and 1940. In only five years over 500 Art Deco structures were erected in one square mile. Deco¡¯s pared-down, streamline style was ideally suited to Florida¡¯s climate and its local building material (stucco). The style was also relatively inexpensive and offered a simple yet dramatic vehicle for showcasing Florida¡¯s vivid tropical colors in Futuristic lines -- designed to lure tourists from the cold, gray, industrial north.
Thanks to the efforts of a small group of determined preservationists, over half a century later these colorful buildings are saved, in all their splendor. They are a magnet for visitors from all over the world and also serve as settings for films and TV shows, and as background for glamorous advertising shoots. As the Miami Beach Preservation League (MDPL) preached decades ago¡
