North Beach in Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

North Shore Historic District

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 15, 2021

1. North Shore Historic District Marker

Inscription. The North Shore Historic District comprises one of the most intact and coherent concentrations of mid-20th century resort architecture in the Greater Miami area. Originally part of a natural barrier island, the North Shore area was platted with a continuous grid of streets with 50-foot wide lots by 1929. It was not until the massive post-World War II construction boom that most land was developed and that the district assumed its character. The district developed around garden-oriented apartment buildings adapted to both the narrow lot structure and local environmental conditions, using patios, loggias, flat roofs with broad overhanging eaves, exterior staircases, and catwalks. This local adaptation of the Mid-Century Modern style architecture has become widely recognized as “Miami Modern” (MiMo). The district’s MiMo architectural features emphasize futurism and modernity with acute angles, delta wings, pipe columns, sweeping curved walls, and soaring pylons. They convey an architectural sensibility characteristic of the middle class tropical resorts that flourished in North Beach. The North Shore Historic District was

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listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Erected 2020 by The City of Miami Beach, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1090.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 25° 51.905′ N, 80° 7.487′ W. Marker is in Miami Beach, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. It is in North Beach. It is at the intersection of Tatum Waterway Drive and Carlyle Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Tatum Waterway Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Miami Beach FL 33141, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Florida,

on the Gold Coast,

and in Greater Miami.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

North Shore Historic District Marker looking southwest on Tatum Waterway Drive (right). image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 15, 2021

2. North Shore Historic District Marker looking southwest on Tatum Waterway Drive (right).

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Biscayne House of Refuge (approx. 0.6 miles away); Haulover Beach Sport Fishing Docks (approx. 2½ miles away); Biscayne (approx. 2.9 miles away); Arch Creek (approx. 3.4 miles away); Arch Creek Road Military Trail (approx. 3.4 miles away); Arch Creek Bridge (approx. 3½ miles away); Judy Nelson Drucker, Cultural Impresaria (approx. 3½ miles away); Ocean Spray Hotel (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Miami Beach.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Barefoot Mailman (was approx. 3.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . North Shore Historic District. (Submitted on June 20, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 918 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.