Miami Beach on When It Was is 7 addresses and the 28 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1913. 12 are still open today; 16 are gone, and 2 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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Eden Roc Hotel

Essex House Hotel
Park Central Hotel
The Carlyle Hotel

El Chico Club

Joe's Stone Crab
Miami Beach, decade by decade
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s17 opened — Cardozo Hotel, Clevelander Hotel, Casa Casuarina (Versace Mansion), Casa Casuarina (Amsterdam Palace), and 13 moreSee the map in 1935 →
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1980s
Still here, and gone
Still open (12)
- Joe's Stone Crab 1913–present
- Casa Casuarina (Versace Mansion) 1930–present
- Casa Casuarina (Amsterdam Palace) 1930–present
- Casa Casuarina (The Versace Mansion) 1930–present
- Colony Hotel 1935–present
- Breakwater Hotel 1936–present
- Park Central Hotel 1937–present
- Clevelander Hotel 1938–present
- Essex House Hotel 1938–present
- Cardozo Hotel 1939–present
- The Carlyle Hotel 1941–present
- Eden Roc Hotel 1955–present
Gone (16)
- News Cafe 1988–2021
- Delano Hotel 1947–2020
- The Tides South Beach 1936–2017
- Deauville Beach Resort 1957–2017
- Cameo Theater 1936–2015
- Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House 1954–2008
- Wolfie's Restaurant 1947–2001
- Senator Hotel 1939–1988
- The Senator Hotel 1939–1988
- Senator Hotel 1939–1988
- El Chico Club 1935–1982
- The New Yorker Hotel 1939–1981
By kind of place
Hotel (19)
The Carlyle Hotel · Cardozo Hotel · Clevelander Hotel · Casa Casuarina (Amsterdam Palace) · Casa Casuarina (The Versace Mansion) · The Tides South Beach · Eden Roc Hotel · Deauville Beach Resort · and 11 more
Restaurant (5)
Wolfie's Restaurant · Joe's Stone Crab · Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House · Hoffman's Cafeteria · News Cafe
True Crime (1)
Casa Casuarina (Versace Mansion)
Theater (1)
Historic Residence (1)
Al Capone's Palm Island Mansion
Nightclub (1)
Every place in Miami Beach (7)
- Al Capone's Palm Island Mansion 93 Palm Avenue · 1928–1947
- Eden Roc Hotel 4525 Collins Avenue · 1955–present · 5 businesses
- El Chico Club 2200 Park Avenue · 1935–1982
- Essex House Hotel 17190 Collins Avenue · 1938–present · 8 businesses
- Joe's Stone Crab 11 Washington Avenue · 1913–present · 2 businesses
- Park Central Hotel 940 Ocean Drive · 1937–present · 4 businesses
- The Carlyle Hotel 1116 Ocean Drive · 1941–present · 7 businesses
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