Timeline

  • 1

    "John Collins bought out one of his partners and became the sole owner of all land on today's Miami Beach between 14th and 67th Streets and from the bay to the ocean."
  • 2

    "A color line was drawn along certain streets throughout Miami. The city's white residents wished to restrict the expansion of areas inhabited by blacks."
  • 3

    "The Lummus Brothers bought the area from 14th Street to Government Cut. Fisher began developing Miami Beach to be a "vacationland in paradise," his deeds required that properties in certain areas not be sold to Jews."
  • 4

    The Weiss' opened the first Jewish-owned food stand in Miami Beach, but it was no coincidence that it was in South Beach. it later became know as Joe's Stone Crab.
  • 5

    "The first hotel, WJ Brown Hotel, opened on Miami Beach."
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    6

    "The Miami Beach land boom resulted in many mansions being built along Collins Avenue."