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Article: Travel: Some like it hot and hip - and find it in Miami Florida's once run-down capital is now funky, fun and beautiful, nowhere more so than along the Ocean Drive in South Beach. By Janet Lewis
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1998
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THERE IS nothing like a stroll down Ocean Drive on a boiling hot
summer afternoon. Florida lives up to its well-marketed name as the
"sunshine state", and Miami grooves to an international and Latin
beat, nowhere more so than in the hippest part of town, South Beach.
Known as SoBe to tourists alone, who distinguish themselves by
this attempt to sound local, South Beach is located about seven miles
north of the centre of Miami. Its main thoroughfare is Ocean Drive,
a 12-block strip of hotels and restaurants that front the Atlantic
ocean. This beautiful location acts as a magnet for tourists and
residents alike, for pick-ups, put-downs, one-night stands, and the
making and breaking of those ...