In 1979 Miami Beach's Art Deco Historic District was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. The Art Deco District is the
largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the world and comprises
hundreds of hotels, apartments and other structures erected between
1923 and 1943. Mediterranean, Streamline Moderne and Art Deco are all
represented in the District. The Historic District is bounded by the Atlantic
Ocean on the East, Lenox Court on the West, 6th Street on the South and Dade
Boulevard along the Collins Canal to the North. The movement to preserve the
Art Deco District's architectural heritage was led by former interior designer
Barbara Capitman, who now has a street in the District named in her honor.