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4 INDIAN CREEK DR, Indian Creek, FL 33154 |
-80.140457 |
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4511 LAKE RD, Miami, FL 33137 |
-80.185177 |
25.820407 |
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BAY POINT |
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Morningside has always been a special place. James Nunnally, successful owner of a candy store chain and president of the Bay Shore Investment Company, which platted and developed the Bayshore subdivision as it was first called, saw to it with his very specific plans. He bought the land in 1922 from the estate of Lewis W. Pierce, whose claim to fame was refusing to sell out cheap to Henry Flagler in 1895 when the millionaire came looking for land on which to place his Royal Palm Hotel.
Nunnally enlisted the design and planning help of renowned architect Richard Kiehnel. Five years before Kiehnel had created El Jardin (the Mediterranean Revival Mansion for Pittsburgh Steel President John Bindley) and had just finished a store for Nunnally on Miami Beach's Lincoln Road. The goal was to create a state-of-the-art subdivision, with nothing left to chance. |
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5901 N BAYSHORE DR, Miami, FL 33137 |
-80.180743 |
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MORNINGSIDE, MORNINGSIDE AMD PLAT, PARK PLAZA, BAYSHORE PLAZA UNIT NO 2, BAYSHORE PLAZA UNIT 5, BAYSHORE UNIT NO 3, BAYSHORE PLAZA RESUB, BAYSHORE REV PLAT PB 9-60, BAYSHORE RESUB, BAYSHORE PLAZA UNIT NO 6, BAYSHORE UNIT NO 4 |
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Once a clearing in the Indian Creek waterway known as Crocodile Hole, after the menacing creatures that roamed its waters, Allison Island eventually filled that hole. Straddling 63rd Street, west of Collins Avenue, the island was named after Jim Allison, friend and business partner of Miami Beach co-founder, Carl Fisher.
In 1926 Allison commissioned architect August Geiger to build the luxurious Mediterranean Revival-style Allison Hospital there, which the Sisters of St. Francis soon took over and modernized. Coming full-circle, local developer/art collector Craig Robins purchased the 8.5-acre former site of St. Francis Hospital (where he was born) and created Aqua, a private community of three condominium buildings and 46 town homes built on New Urbanism principles.
Designed by nine acclaimed architects, the units, fetching million-dollar prices, have sold quickly since completion in 2005. Across from Aqua is Allison Road, a street surrounded by 50 houses built from the 1930s on, all of which border Indian Creek and range in the low millions. |
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6650 ALLISON RD, Miami Beach, FL 33141 |
-80.124769 |
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5212 FISHER ISLAND DR #5212, Miami Beach, FL 33109 |
-80.147674 |
25.762362 |
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FISHER ISLAND |
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Everyone wants an exclusive private island named after them. John Oliver La Gorce, former editor of National Geographic magazine, got that and more. In Biscayne Bay, slightly north of 63rd Street, an island, created in the 1920s, boasts his surname as does a nearby street and a country club/golf course.
For that he could thank his pal, Miami Beach co-founder Carl Fisher, who knew scratching La Gorce’s back would help garner favorable public relations and attract the super rich to his pet project. Today La Gorce Island features extra-large waterfront lots that begin in the 20,000-square-foot range and smaller interior lots that begin around 13,000 square feet.
Ninety-three mansions in every architectural style—Mediterranean Revival, Georgian, Ranch, and Post-Modern—designed by some of Miami’s most illustrious architects can be found behind the front gate manned by a 24-hour security guard. Safety also comes via a private security boat that patrols the island’s perimeter. |
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88 LA GORCE CR, Miami Beach, FL 33141 |
-80.127433 |
25.849246 |
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LA GORCE ISLAND, LA GORCE ISLAND PB 34-83, LA GORCE ISLAND PB 40-6, LA GORCE ISLAND PB 40-64, LA GORCE ISLAND PB 40-7, LA GORCE ISLAND PB 44-56, LA GORCE ISLAND PB 44-77 |
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Running along the western edge of Miami Beach, from 20th to 64th Street, North Bay Road sings with a beautiful array of architecturally diverse homes, 928 in all, many enormous with direct bay frontage.
And sing is right, for the upscale street is or has been the residential choice for some of the world’s most notable vocalists and musicians including Ricky Martin, Chayanne, Billy Joel, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. Actor Matt Damon and designer Calvin Klein have also recently bought here.
One of the first to build on North Bay Road was Miami Beach co-founder Carl Fisher, who in 1925 commissioned architect August Geiger to design him an Italian Renaissance structure capped off with an observation tower. His house remains but a few have been torn down or renovated, most infamously Burke’s Castle, a black gothic pile complete with a moat and gargoyle statues that make it resemble a haunted house. |
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4580 N BAY RD, Miami Beach, FL 33140 |
-80.137159 |
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LA GORCE GOLF SUB, NAUTILUS SUB, SUNSET LAKE |
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From 1928 to the late 1950s, good times were assured on Palm Island, a gated public island in Biscayne Bay reached only via the MacArthur Causeway. There some of Miami Beach’s most famous casinos, nightclubs, and one of the country’s most notorious mobsters, Al Capone, could all be found.
Capone supposedly brought gambling and plenty of illegal liquor with him, and the Palm Island Club was a place to enjoy both while the red-plush Lou Walters’ Latin Quarter nightclub was the place to see Moulin Rouge-style revues. These days Palm Island boasts palm trees, houses, and a playground. Capone lived in a Spanish-style mansion, originally built by beer baron Clarence Busch, which still stands, as do many original homes.
Lots range from 6,000 to 13,000 square feet, and houses range in price from $2.5 million to $19 million. Prices are less, of course, if you’re on the dry side. Across a short bridge is slightly smaller Hibiscus Island, featuring smaller lots and the occasional $20-million-dollar mansion. Hibiscus also has the Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club, inhabiting a building that was once a nightspot known as Club Lido. |
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166 PALM AV, Miami Beach, FL 33139 |
-80.161147 |
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HIBISCUS ISLAND, HIBISCUS ISLAND RESUB, PALM ISLAND, PALM VIEW SUB |
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Named for the row of tall trees, which majestically fills its median, Pinetree Drive is lined with an abundance of dry-lot single-family homes and apartments, as well as waterfront mansions along Indian Creek and Surprise Lake waterways.
Architectural styles range from Mediterranean Revival to Post Modern. Ninety years ago, Pinetree Drive (23rd to 63rd Street, west of Indian Creek) was little more than a dirt road, and the area just west was teeming with acres of avocado groves, plus the odd mango and potato planting.
Back then the land stretching from 14th to 67th streets was the property of Miami Beach pioneer, John Collins, who attempting to protect his crops from the ravages of wind, sand, and salt, planted the Australian pines as a barrier.
Today the area is the farthest away it could be from a farm. Homes range in price from $1,350,000 to $16,000,000. Just east of Pinetree Drive, running from 21st to 41st Street, is Flamingo Drive. Once boasting homes owned by industrialists, it is hidden and more secluded with lavish residences located directly on the Indian Creek waterway.
Beginning at 51st Street and running north into La Gorce Island is La Gorce Drive, featuring a wealth of distinguished homes conveniently bordering the La Gorce Country Club and Golf Course. |
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4411 PINETREE DR, Miami Beach, FL 33140 |
-80.125667 |
25.816869 |
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BEACH VIEW ADDN, BEACH VIEW ADDN PB 16-10, BEACH VIEW ADDN PB 34-62, BEACH VIEW SUB, FLAMINGO BAY SUB NO 1, FLAMINGO TERRACE EXTN, INDIAN BEACH CORP AMD |
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A testament to its luminous name, Star Island is home to numerous famous faces. The exclusive oval of land, located in Biscayne Bay, just off the MacArthur Causeway, is a gated but public community.
It features about 40 waterfront single-family residences on just two streets, separated by a park-like median filled with banyan trees, royal palms, and a charming old water tower. The houses, built in a variety of styles from Mediterranean Revival to Modern Moorish, from the 1920s to the early 2000s, are enormous.
But the lots on which they sit are even bigger. Most measure an acre or more; the largest is 268,000 square feet. Asking prices for homes begin around $10 million. Celebrity neighbors who might lend a cup of sugar to a new resident include actress Rosie O’Donnell, basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, hip-hop music mogul Diddy, shoe designer Donald J. Pliner, and Latin music mavens Gloria & Emilio Estefan, homeowners since 1986. |
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40 STAR ISLAND DR, Miami Beach, FL 33139 |
-80.150405 |
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Developed in the mid 1920s by Stephen A. Lynch, the president of Paramount Pictures, the Sunset Islands have had their fair share of celebrity residents. Carmen Miranda and Desi Arnaz were said to have owned homes there in the 1940s.
More recently tennis star Anna Kournikova and musician Lenny Kravitz have been residents of the gated public neighborhood. A product of the post-boom period in Miami real estate, the four islands connect to Miami Beach at 20th Street and 29th Street.
Marketed in the mid 1930s toward the rich and socially prominent, the islands vary slightly in size, the northernmost (1 & 2) being the largest with lots averaging 100 x 200 feet. Lots on islands 3 & 4 average 75 x 105 feet. Home prices begin just under $2 million dollars for a structure on a dry lot and over $4 million for a waterfront property. |
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1736 W 28 ST, Miami Beach, FL 33140 |
-80.145484 |
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SUNSET ISLANDS, SUNSET ISLANDS ISLAND NO, SUNSET ISLANDS NO.1 |
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A string of artificially created islands developed in the mid 1920s by the Bay Biscayne Company (it had bought John Collins’ rickety wooden bridge built in 1913). The Venetian Isles include San Marino, San Marco, DiLido, Rivo Alto, and Biscayne Island.
They connect to the Miami mainland at 15th Street and to Miami Beach at Dade Boulevard. Originally home to vast mansions owned by business moguls such as J.C. Penney, the isles now feature less than 500 single-family homes in a multitude of styles, many with waterfront views.
Homes on the bay sell in the low millions and for half that on dry lots. Several condominium buildings, which inhabit Belle Isle on the easternmost side and Biscayne Island on the westernmost side, present less expensive options. Hotelier Andre Balazs purchased the former Lido Spa and has transformed it into The Standard Miami Beach on Belle Isle’s north side. |
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28 W SAN MARINO DR, Miami Beach, FL 33139 |
-80.163213 |
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