South Pointe Park
{{short description|Park in Miami Beach, Florida}}
{{Infobox park
| name = South Pointe Park
| photo = South Beach, Miami22.jpg
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| photo_caption = Aerial photo of South Pointe
| type = Municipal
| location = South Beach, Miami, Florida, United States
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| area = {{convert|17|acre|ha}}
| created = {{Start date|1979}}
| operator = Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department
| visitation_num =
| status = Open all year
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South Pointe Park, known locally as South Pointe, is a {{convert|17|acre|ha|adj=on}} county urban park in metropolitan Miami, in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida.
History
The Federal Government donated the land to Miami Beach in 1979, which used it as a home to police horse stables, a police intelligence unit and the Port of Miami's harbor pilots until all buildings remaining at the site were razed in 1984 to begin conversion a park. The federal government paid half the construction cost.{{cite news|title=THE RUSH BEGINS ON CITY PARK|work=Miami Herald|author=Shannon, Paul|date=1984-07-29|page=3NB}}
Opening on October 25, 1985, it became the nineteenth public park in Miami Beach, built at a cost of $3.6 million (1984). Initial features included an amphitheater, two wooden observation towers, picnic pavilions, fitness courses and a {{convert|522|ft|m|adj=on}} wooden boardwalk over Miami Beach's last natural sand dune. During planning phases, city officials worried it would become a home to vagrants, and to discourage that they planned the park to be a home to frequent festivals and other events.{{cite news|title= VISITORS ARE STILL SCARCE AT SOUTH POINTE PARK AFTER WEEKEND OPENING|work=Miami Herald|author=Sontag, Debbie|date=1985-11-03}} The park became part of a larger plan in the 1980s to renovate the city's run down South Pointe area.
Renovation plans were first drawn up in the city's 1995 master plan, but it wasn't until 2008 that the park underwent a major renovation program. The Hargreaves Associates, of New York City, were hired to redesign the park. The renovation was completed 20 months later around March 2009, at a cost of $22.5 million. Features added in the renovation included {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}}-wide walkways lined with Florida limestone and an ocean-themed children's playground.{{cite news|title=South Pointe Park ready to reopen |work=Miami Herald|date=2009-03-19|pages=4MB|author=Dellagloria, Rebecca}}
Amenities
The park offers various features, including a restaurant, frozen yogurt concession, kids area, a dog park, and outdoor showers. South Pointe is the southernmost point of South Beach, bordering Government Cut to the south and the Port of Miami east-northeast. The area offers panoramic views of Biscayne Bay, Fisher Island, Downtown Miami, and the Atlantic Ocean.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|South Pointe Park, Miami Beach}}
- [http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/parksandrecreation/scroll.aspx?id=57993 Official homepage]
- [https://floridalikeapro.com/beaches/south-pointe-beach/ South Pointe Beach on Florida Like a Pro]
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