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Back to the Future: Miami in the 2000's vs. 2020's

From Party Capital to Powerhouse: Miami’s Transformation Over Two Decades

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Alan Philips
Mar 04, 2025
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Miami reinvents itself faster than President Trump signs a new executive order. What was once cutting-edge is now nostalgia, and what’s hot today? Well, give it a few days.

Miami in the late ’90s and early ’00s was a fever dream of nightlife, culture, and a city on the cusp of reinvention. South Beach as we know it really hit its stride around 1996 wit…

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