Every good tour in the Miami Art Deco District should be started at the Art Deco Welcome Center located near Lummus Park. It is home to the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL), which plays an important role in saving the many buildings you will see on this journey. In the Welcome center, you will have the opportunity to learn a lot about the many sites on this walking tour before you depart. The MDPL also provides their own tours with their own guides in the area, but you are not required to take them. The Art Deco Welcome Center is operated by the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL), a citizen-based grassroots organization that has been conducting a successful tour program since the year 1977. The MDPL offers a daily guided walking tour in the mornings, with an additional tour in the evenings on Thursdays. Additionally, the self-contained audio tour of the Art Deco Historic District is offered seven days a week during the normal Welcome Center operating hours. Group tours are available with special arrangements. The MiMo-on-the-Beach walking tour starts on the southeast corner of Collins Avenue and 73rd Street in Miami Beach on the first Saturday of every month.
Reaching the "heyday" in the early 1920 's and 1930 's, the Art Deco architecture is a modern view of neoclassical, which is equally historic, retro, and stunning. Making her first Paris debut in 1925, today, the style is characterized by her distinctive vivid colours, from light blue and pink, to bright oranges, bright yellows, greens and more. Typical Art Deco-style buildings feature exotic motifs and fauna in them, along with prominent structural gems, such as geometric fountains or sculptures. The strange pastel buildings are decorated with glamorous features, ranging from window windows and shiny curves, to glass beams, chrome accents, and terrazzo floors.
The first 20th-century neighborhood recognized by the National Register of Historic Places, Miami Beach's historic Art Deco District consists of 800 + buildings and buildings built between 1923 and 1943. When decades of abandonment nearly led to the demolished Art Deco scene of Miami, a historical pelestary named Barbara Baer Capitman founded the Miami Design Preservation League, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, Protect, and promote the appearance and integrity of the Miami Beach architectural History District. Through hard work and diligence, Art Deco in Miami gained national protection, motivating designers and developers to pull out Art Deco elements in the area and return their pastel-coloured, colorful hotels to style Original.