Flyover heading east 1980s Abandoned hospital, 600 block Alton Rd, 2010. Fantasy Britto improvement. Looking south, the 500 block between Alton and West Ave.,1980s Entrance to Flamingo Park from Meridian Ave, mid 1980s Flamingo Park paddle ball, 1933. The intersecting sidewalk is still there today. Flamingo Park Tennis Center, 1930s. Apartment buildings along Meridian Ave are still there today. Gatti’s Restarant was established in 1924. Now called Barton G. Barton G Weiss Alton Road & 5th Street West Ave, Alton Rd, 5th St, and MacArthur Causeway. The Floridian Hotel is in the background, 1958. MacArthur Causeway and Alton Rd Fly Over. Star Island near background. Palm Island and future Port of Miami far background, 1959. 5th St & Alton Rd, 1980. Floridian Hotel under construction. MacArthur causeway in the background ,1925. Floridian Hotel, 1970s. Floridian Hotel demolition, 1987. Floridian Hotel demolition, 1987. Fleetwood (left) and Flamingo (right). Fleetwood Hotel, 800 West Avenue. Fleetwood Hotel looking north, 1925. Biscaya Hotel at 540 West Ave (former Floridian Hotel). Drug den scene from Miami Vice, 1985. Flamingo Hotel looking south, houses in background, 1922. (William Fishbaugh) Flamingo Hotel looking north. Collins Bridge and Sunset Islands in the background, 1922. Flamingo Hotel and Collins Bridge. Belle Isle in the background, 1922. Flamingo Hotel, 1922. Flamingo Hotel Flamingo Hotel Flamingo Hotel, 1922. Biscayne Bay in front of Flamingo Hotel. Belle Isle upper right. Carl Fisher plays tennis at Flamingo Hotel, 1920s. Flamingo 1500 Bay Rd, 1990s. Before the center tower was built. Flamingo, 2014 Bayshore Terrace Condo, 1455 West Ave, 1972 sales brochure 1455 West Ave, 2018 1235 West Ave, demolished 2013, now an empty lot. Flamingo Hotel Miami Beach first gay bar, was raided by police and closed down in 1952. 1608 Alton Rd (was Taco Rico location) pot party, Flamingo Park, 1972. Recognize that tree in todays tot lot. Bridge to South Beach, now MacArthur causeway pre-convention center convention center 17th & Washington Mr. & Mrs. Gatti