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Article: SIZZLING SOUTH BEACH, WHERE FLORIDA BREAKS THE RULES
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 6, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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If you're tuned into what's hot, you've probably heard the siren
call of the neon art deco dazzle of South Beach.
In earlier times, baby boomers yearned to go "where the boys are"
Fort Lauderdale and later Daytona Beach or they thought
California's Venice Beach was cool. But in the mid-1990s, this 120
square blocks on the island of Miami Beach is where the action is
at least for awhile.
Don't think of this as yet another Florida spring break getaway.
Certainly college kids come here. The streets are filled with string
bikinis, backward baseball caps and pecs the size of cocker spaniels.
But it's also glitterati like Madonna and Prince (or whatever he's