Stories with 'South Beach' tag

Alex Diaz de la Portilla

Alex Diaz de la Portilla is one of the four candidates for the District 5 Miami-Dade county commission seat.

/ April 25, 2018

Zoraida Barreiro

Zoraida Barreiro is one of the four candidates for the District 5 Miami-Dade county commission seat.

/ April 25, 2018

How to do South Beach like a tourist before all the ritzy deals run out

Hop on our last-minute summer plans in South Beach before fall finally hits and the ritzy hotel rates run out.

/ August 21, 2017

Do beach lifeguards have Miami’s hardest workout?

The basics of a lifeguard workout are simple and grueling. Can our editorial fellow keep up?

/ July 20, 2017

Urban Beach Weekend: Why it needs to end

City Commissioner Michael Grieco says Urban Beach Weekend has been forcing residents to flee or lock their doors for more than 17 years. It needs to end.

/ June 6, 2017

There’s an island in your backyard you might have never noticed

In between Miami Beach and the mainland lives an uninhabited island open to the public. The chances are you’ve passed by it hundreds of times and never noticed it, so we got some visuals in hopes of sparking up your curiosity.

/ September 21, 2016

11 hilarious and horrible tales of being towed on Miami Beach

We’ve all been there, towed and carless on Miami Beach. We asked you to tell us your heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, funny but not really stories about being towed in Miami Beach. And man, you all delivered.

/ September 19, 2016

A day in the life of Raven the runner

Robert “Raven” Kraft has ran eight miles on the South Beach sand every single day since Jan. 1 1975, and he’s sort of a staple of the neighborhood. Here’s what a day in his life is like.

/ September 11, 2016

Forget about Brink! Meet Miami’s godfather of skating.

When you picture the South Beach boardwalk, you picture skaters in bikinis and cutoff shorts. Meet Amit Klein, who has made it his mission to make that part of that South Beach life.

/ September 8, 2016

Deconstructing art deco

All those iconic art deco buildings were once considered an eyesore, and while Miami was in the midst of a drug war, they were almost torn down. Find out where that unique South Beach look came from, and what it took to preserve it.

/ January 20, 2016