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<br /> <br />I: <br /> <br />n <br /> <br />r'1 <br />I i <br /> <br />r I <br />I : <br /> <br />r-1 <br />l i <br /> <br />r-1 <br />I j <br /> <br />[ ; <br /> <br />[1: <br />j' <br /> <br />[ 1 <br /> <br />u <br /> <br />[ '1 <br /> <br />r 1 <br />l J <br /> <br />[ ~ <br /> <br />lJ <br /> <br />u <br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />l ~ <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />map, Just north of Gehry's complc'(, the Collins Park arts <br />district is adding to South Beach's architertural cachet by <br />creating a though~r\.llly landscapt:d domain for 8culp~urnl <br />installarlons."Miaml has little green spilce,:but South <br />Beach is leading the \vay with I ntelllgendy designed public <br />p;uks.~ says Jei1n-Fran~()ls Lejeune, an urbAn historian and <br />professor of arch itecture at the Un ivenlty of Mia m I. nor- <br />dered on the north by the Arquitcctonlca-dcslgned &rudlos <br />o( the Miami City Ballet. the park features an open expanse <br />oflawn studded with sculptures th at stretch (rom ,the Bass <br />Museum of Art to the be>lch.F'rol1l there, It's a IOAm!nutc <br />bike ride along the newly extended boardwalk to South <br />Polote Park. a 19-acre former wilstd:md at the southern tip <br />of l\'lIaml Beach that's been transformed by liargrcavei <br />Associates, the ream behind the 1)lanned 2012 Olympic <br />Park Lands, in East London. South Poinrc incorporates a <br />series of serpentine trails i'hatwind through dune grasses <br />[0 a waterfront promenade lined with 18 pylons that emit <br />colored LED light. <br /> <br />These projects conl:e on the: heels of slgnificllntdeye!clSv <br />mcntacross the City.In mjd.Mlaml~c~. the, to~to-~~~rn' <br />billion-dollar renovation of the Fontainebleau kicked ottilie,' <br />area's rebirth t\~oyenrsago; n,1JW tm:r~'at1i~Soho,Beach ' <br />House next door. "We wanted'tobeoutsidethc madllcss;but , ',. <br />close enough to dip'ln easily," says NickJ,ones~ owner of.the ' ' <br />ne\v(!st outpost of the London~kied lX>utiqtic hotel andso. <br />cla1 dub. To ~ul1d the pro,per.tY~locaJ a,rchitect llnd writer. <br />Allan Shulrml~ Joll1ed the 1941 Royfrance-deslgned <br />Soverclgn Hotel with asllm nc:wModetnisr'rower. "AI~llfl is <br />very clever In the way he ltll1nages toln.fusc Art Deco and <br />cOlltempol'llrystyles.~ Jonci says; The public: spncesare:de- <br />signed by Loildon--based Marrin BrUdnlzkl and Include <br />hcavy yc-olde~Enl:,r11sh~club .1cath~>f 'chairs, along with ~n <br />150-plus-plece contemporary art c~lIectlol1curntCdb)' <br />FrancescaGavin. , <br />Nowil~e is thehote1 boOm more aCut~,than in4mvntown ,. <br />Miami,In t1)e i980's, the area wasdom,inated by the Ulliml. <br />nated I. M. PeitO\ver Immortalized on TVsMiami Vice: ,the, <br /> <br />. . ~ . I' '. . 'i ~. <br />'M''i'.aO''~.'"''~'~'''''''''f'?~w'7'~' <br />!< .~ or <br />1 . U <br />oj <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />