Ocean Drive (South Beach)

The road starts at South Pointe just south of 1st Street, near the southernmost end of the main barrier island of Miami Beach, about a quarter mile west of the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Drive continues north to 15th Street, immediately southeast of Lincoln Road.

Ocean Drive is known mostly for its Art Deco hotels and restaurants/bars, many of which have been prominently featured in numerous movies and media. Among the most popular is the 1939 Colony Hotel, known as the most photographed art deco hotel. Renovated as a boutique hotel, it has been featured in cameos in scores of movies and TV shows, including the series Dexter. Another popular art deco hotel is the Clevelander Hotel; in addition to its standard hotel services, it has an indoor sports lounge, a dance floor and pool area on the ground floor, and a complementary roof-top lounge. The exterior of the Carlyle Hotel was used for the Birdcage drag club in the 1996 comedy The Birdcage.{{cite web |url=http://www.off-on.co/bird-cage-miami/corner-bird-cage-miami-beach-art-deco-the-carlyle-as-king/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415192145/http://www.off-on.co/bird-cage-miami/corner-bird-cage-miami-beach-art-deco-the-carlyle-as-king/ |archive-date=2018-04-15 |title=Corner Bird Cage Miami Beach Art Deco The Carlyle As King – www.off-on.co}}

The Sunray Apartments were featured in the movie Scarface (1983).{{cite news |last=Garcia Roberts |first= Gues|date=8 December 2010 |title=Scarface Chainsaw Scene Location on Market for $9 Million |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/scarface-chainsaw-scene-location-on-market-for-9-million-6539938 |newspaper= Miami New Times}}

Ocean Drive is also the location of the famed Casa Casuarina, the residence of the late Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace. Since his death, the house was sold and adapted for use as a boutique hotel. It is one of the most photographed houses in North America.

Developed in the 1920s and 1930s, the street is the center of the Miami Art Deco District, which contains about 900 preserved, contributing buildings. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Streamline Moderne evolved from the Art Deco style, and dominates the street.

Ocean Drive magazine is named after the street. British easy-listening duo The Lighthouse Family released a single entitled "Ocean Drive” in 1995 (although this is based on a road in the UK), which reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart.

A street in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is based on the street.

In 2005, Ocean Drive served as the setting for the Brazilian telenovela América, in which the main character (Deborah Secco) worked illegally in a dance club. Several takes were previously filmed on Ocean Dr. itself, but for scenes in several chapters, a street set was built at Estúdios Globo in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news|last=Wetzel|first=Dan|title=LeBron's decisive backlash tops all stories|date=21 October 2021|publisher=Memória Globo Sports|url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/novelas/america/noticia/bastidores.ghtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207072905/http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=dw-storyoftheyear122110|archive-date=December 7, 2011|url-status=live}}

• Grand Theft Auto Vice City

One of the most famous restaurants on this strip is Mango's Tropical Café, a Caribbean-inspired restaurant that also has live performances by dancers and singers.

Known for its cabaret and drag queen shows, the Palace Bar is dedicated to the LGBTQ community.

In July 2020, Miami Beach Commission passed a resolution that banned cars on Ocean Drive in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to create a pedestrian thoroughfare and increased sidewalk seating.{{Cite web|last=Rolland|first=David|date=2020-07-20|title=The Case for a Permanently Car-Free Ocean Drive|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/the-case-for-a-permanently-car-free-ocean-drive-11666889|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Miami New Times}}

Ocean Drive reopened to traffic in January 2022.

File:Ocean drive south beach miami night.JPG|Night view

File:Colony Hotel Miami Beach Izzy.JPG

File:Boulevard Hotel (Neon sign), Miami Beach.jpg|Neon lighting of the Boulevard Hotel

File:Ocean Drive during Superbowl XLI.jpg|Ocean Drive on Super Bowl XLI weekend, 2007

File:SouthBeachMiamiBeach.jpg|Typical art deco buildings

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File:Entry-Miami.jpg|Beach access in Ocean Drive

File:Miami Beach - South Beach Buildings - Ocean Plaza Hotel on Ocean Drive.jpg|Ocean Plaza Hotel

File:Versace mansion - casa casuarina.jpg|Versace Mansion - Casa Casuarina

File:Miami Beach - South Beach Buildings - Leslie Hotel on Ocean Drive.jpg|Leslie Hotel

File:Miami Beach - South Beach Buildings - Edison Hotel on Ocean Drive.jpg|Edison Hotel

File:Miami Beach - South Beach buildings - Victor Hotel and Lummus Park.jpg|Victor Hotel viewed from Lummus Park

File:Miami Beach - South Beach buildings - Lummus Park and the Victor Hotel.jpg|Tides Hotel from Lummus Park

File:Southbeachoceandrive01.JPG|View north with Victor Hotel on the left of picture.

File:Miami Beach Buildings - Betsy Hotel.jpg|Betsy Hotel

File:Miami Beach - South Beach buildings - The Carlyle Hotel.jpg|The Carlyle Hotel

File:Miami Beach - South Beach buildings - Fat Tuesday.jpg|Fat Tuesday Miami Beach

File:Miami Beach - South Beach buildings - The Tides Hotel.jpg|The Tides Hotel

{{wikinews|Interview with dismissed Ocean Drive columnist Trisha Posner}}

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{{Reflist}}

• Florida, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, 2004, pgs. 58 & 59

• [http://www.google.com/search?q=Ocean+Drive+Miami+history&hl=en&num=20&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=gtraSp2DE879_AaP2_TPDA&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=21&ved=0CDgQ5wIwFA Google historical timeline of Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami]

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