Dona Zemo formed an attachment to Miami Beach as a child, visiting most winters since she was 4 years old. She loved the swaying palm trees, the beach, the people dressed[...]

David Wallack is the proprietor of the world famous Mango’s Tropical Cafe, what the Miami Herald once described as an “open air version of a late night Vegas club.” Mango[...]

Caryl Rose Unger came to Miami Beach in the pre-World War II days. Her father, Joseph Rose, like many New Yorkers, saw opportunity in Miami Beach and moved his family to [...]

Lila Terry ran gay night clubs on Miami Beach in the 1970s: the Nite Owl, the Pin-Up and the Middle Room, and subsequently, the Turf Pub. In her wide-ranging interview, [...]

Herb Sosa loves historic buildings and when asked for an interview for the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project he suggested a "quiet corner" in the sanctuary of the Miami [...]

Peter Sobel is a retired attorney who has lived most of his life on Miami Beach. In 1949, he arrived as a teenager with his parents, who migrated from New York to Miami B[...]

Rosa Lowinger's family uprooted from Havana and came to Miami Beach when she was 7 years old, starting over like so many Cuban families did. She attended the Hebrew Acade[...]

Kobi Karp is the CEO of KKAID, Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, based in Miami, is an award-winning firm which has architectural projects all over the world. A[...]

Steven Haas probably knows better than anyone what draws people to Miami and Miami Beach and what will keep them coming. He just stepped down as Chair of the Greater Miam[...]

Jane Dee Gross is a long-time historic preservationist and member of the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board. Jane has always loved the Art Deco period and when she v[...]