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I lived close by in the suburbs during that time as a small boy; Miami was a much more beautiful place back then. I can still remember going for a drive in my father's red GTO convertible and seeing that big Coppertone billboard.
I dint exist in that time yet. But i know those days were fun. Not like know" here in miami you can't even park a car in the beachs sand. I remember my dad use to park his car all the way in the sand, parking lots dint exist in the beach. Life is bouring now, everything is law and ticket
You would hate it now. Locals are unwelcomed and they go out of their way to make you feel that way. There is not a single week end that they don't have some thing going on that makes going to the beach impossible. And if you think parking was good then, how about $40 per day on a cheap spot... There are so many russians now that it should be renamed Moscow Beach. Too bad, it'll be under water in a few years due to global warming.
Best time of my life I was 13.. I hate what it has become 🚫south beach..Very trashy & ghetto 😔 Thank God I was able too live & see the 70’, 80’s in south beach 🏖
I live here and have heard the opposite. Miami was a paradise city in the 50s and most of the 60s. Miami was 80 some percent white back then, now its less than 17. Ive talked to some old timers who live up in broward now and they show me picture from back then, what a nice city. Most say that dade county went to hell towards the end of the 70s and in the 80s following the Mariel boatlift and worthless immigration enforcement, it all went to hell in a hand basket real fast.
I grew up in Miami in the 1970s. Was third generation and family had been there since 1920s. City went to hell with the crap immigration policies coupled with high crime in 1980s. The police were corrupt along with everything else.
Lived in South Beach '66-'70, Piccolo's restaurant, south beach park, the pier and seniors sitting in front of the hotels on Ocean ave. Ahhh great memories. Anyone go to South Beach elementary?
That was back when gasoline was around .45 cents per gallon! I remember when it hit .70 cents a gallon saying to myself how "I wasn't gonna be able to afford to buy gas if it goes any higher". I miss the old Miami . . .
WHAT A GREAT TIME THAT WAS IN FLORIDA THE 70S
Best time to be alive 60,70,80 in south beach it’s was paradise
I remember riding those trams when I was a toddler. I loved them.
I lived close by in the suburbs during that time as a small boy; Miami was a much more beautiful place back then. I can still remember going for a drive in my father's red GTO convertible and seeing that big Coppertone billboard.
I dint exist in that time yet. But i know those days were fun. Not like know" here in miami you can't even park a car in the beachs sand. I remember my dad use to park his car all the way in the sand, parking lots dint exist in the beach. Life is bouring now, everything is law and ticket
I lived in south beach as a teenager thanks for the memories
You would hate it now. Locals are unwelcomed and they go out of their way to make you feel that way. There is not a single week end that they don't have some thing going on that makes going to the beach impossible. And if you think parking was good then, how about $40 per day on a cheap spot... There are so many russians now that it should be renamed Moscow Beach. Too bad, it'll be under water in a few years due to global warming.
Florida way back in the early 70s was a great place to live. Life was simple then and the locals could still go to and enjoy Miami Beach.
I was right in the middle of it all. What great times!
The day they tore down the beautiful old pink Roney Plaza Hotel on Miami Beach was the beginning of the end.
what do you mean?
And where The Castaways once stood is now a beautiful concrete viaduct! Progress is great.
Nothing is perfect but north west Miami was great in the 70s
Great! Thanks for this.
Best time of my life I was 13.. I hate what it has become 🚫south beach..Very trashy & ghetto 😔 Thank God I was able too live & see the 70’, 80’s in south beach 🏖
I have to admit you are right about that
I live here and have heard the opposite. Miami was a paradise city in the 50s and most of the 60s. Miami was 80 some percent white back then, now its less than 17. Ive talked to some old timers who live up in broward now and they show me picture from back then, what a nice city. Most say that dade county went to hell towards the end of the 70s and in the 80s following the Mariel boatlift and worthless immigration enforcement, it all went to hell in a hand basket real fast.
I grew up in Miami in the 1970s. Was third generation and family had been there since 1920s. City went to hell with the crap immigration policies coupled with high crime in 1980s. The police were corrupt along with everything else.
Miami is a metropolitan tropical paradise
Yes in part . But what really went to hell was our youth. No policing or inmigration policies can help with that, unfortunately....
@@6400az Yes I agree with you sadly it's not the same now. So glad I got out of there years ago.
Note in the first few seconds at :02 as the young ladies run across the street briefly you can see "Sinclair" over the gas station repair bays.
Shoreisfine Sinclair huh.... Sounds familiar.
gta 6?
miami i heard from people who lived there all there life say that miami back in the 70's was a lot better and early 60's and 50's.
Where was that pagoda seen at the 14-second mark of the video? Thank you!
We think it's part of the Castaways. This article includes more video from our collection: miami.curbed.com/2014/8/1/10068062/tktktk
@@wolfsonarchive thank you so much!
Who would've ever predicted what a cesspool that once beautiful city became after the 1970s?
Lived in South Beach '66-'70, Piccolo's restaurant, south beach park, the pier and seniors sitting in front of the hotels on Ocean ave. Ahhh great memories. Anyone go to South Beach elementary?
Classic footage - note trams on Lincoln Road Mall & the condos under construction in Condo Canyon.
That was back when gasoline was around .45 cents per gallon! I remember when it hit .70 cents a gallon saying to myself how "I wasn't gonna be able to afford to buy gas if it goes any higher".
I miss the old Miami . . .
About the same as 2016 when inflation adjusted: inflationdata.com/articles/inflation-adjusted-prices/inflation-adjusted-gasoline-prices/
I remember filling up my tank and paying $3.50 for it... LOL
I loved seeing this!
Nice footage, brings back memories, my only suggestion is to add some poignant soundtrack like "what a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong
Wow
wow how times have changed. this is sweet but a little eerie....
As a former resident, I agree with you. It is kind of eerie.
Excellent 1970's Miami Beach home video!