The area under the "flying saucer" at the Clevelander was used in the 1980s to shade parked cars.

Today the party starts early at the bar of The Clevelander.

The Breakwater (L) and Edison in the 1930s.

Today the hotels are the same, but the street is much different.

In the 1980s, senior citizens played bingo in the courtyard of this Ocean Drive building.

Today the entertainment in the courtyard is quite different at Mango's Tropoical Cafe.

Parking was plentiful by the Tudor in the 1980s.

Traffic around the Tudor is much more active today.

The St. Moritz, Collins Avenue, 1970s.

The St. Moritz (R) as part of the new Collins Avenue.

Hotel lounges in the 1950s were troical but sedate.

Today's clubs are exotic, dramatic and crowded.

Before restoration, the Cardozo lobby ignored its Art Deco roots.

Many of today's lobbies keep the Art Deco theme but are much more sophisticated.

In the 1980s, hotel rooms were the same basic Art Deco they had been decorated in the 1930s.

Today's hotels rooms must meet the elegant demands of a new South Beach clientele.

The Cameo Theater was one of many movie theaters on South Beach that fell on hard times.

Today the Cameo houses one of South Beach's hottest nightclubs.

Senior citiziens exercised in Lummus Park in the 1970s.

Today the action in the morning is across the street at the sidewalk cafes.

The 1976 plan for South Shore included all new hotels, apartments and office buildings.

Today's re-named South Pointe's buildings tower over their older neighbors.

This vintage photo shows the old dog track at lower center, with the Floridian hotel just visible at the entrance to the MacArthur Causeway.

The Floridian is gone and new buildings line Biscayne Bay.