South Beach Miami Lifeguard Stands

Art deco at the beach.

South beach miami lifeguard stands.

It offers an eclectic mix of world class hotels and is a culinary hot spot for everything from fine dining to casual beachside cuisine. They have become a cherished symbol of miami and are part of the movement that came to represent the rebirth of the city. Miami beach s world famous lifeguard stands have appeared in countless books movies photos and when they were originally installed in the reconstruction after hurricane andrew in 1992 they instantly became landmarks of the revived south beach. The two retired stands are newly repainted in kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers.

For its centennial miami beach refreshed its lifeguard stands and added some new designs to the mix. The city of miami beach is auctioning two super bowl themed lifeguard stands from the sands of south beach. After hurricane andrew destroyed the previous towers in 1992 a decision was made to elevate the classic style of tower into more of an icon for the city. Much like the moai figures on easter island they are an expression for identity and culture on miami beach.

Dotting the miami shore and all along south beach in vivid contrast to the sparkling blue ocean stands an array of brightly colored lifeguard towers. The miami beach police department has two officers working as deejays from a lifeguard stand on weekends during the busy spring break month of march. This one at 5th street is iconic because it has miami beach on it. Photo will be shipped in a.

20 years later we were requested by the city of miami beach to revisit our original designs and design 6 new prototypes to replace the 36 lifeguard towers that are located from the tip of miami beach at south point park to 86th street. Sullivan takes us on a tour of miami beach lifeguard stands from south pointe park all the way up to 85th street and explains what he saw and why he loves these tiny miami buildings. Starting at south pointe with a red and white striped lighthouse design miami beach s lifeguard towers stretch for miles. Photo by carlos miller.

By johnny diaz mar 07 2018 at 7 20 am. The ocean rescue currently guards twenty five 25 locations. South beach has been called the american riviera and an art deco playground. Miami photographer sean r.

The stands have served. This week i thought i d take my eyes off what was lying on the beach and focus them instead on what was standing on the beach namely the colorful psychedelic lifeguard stands that line our stretch of the atlantic coast from south pointe park north to 85th street. 5th street glow miami beach south beach has many colorful and unique beach stands and just like ocean drive they are unique and colorful examples of art deco architecture.