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Joe's Stone Crab, also known as Joe's Stone Crabs, is an American restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1998 the restaurant won an America’s Classic Award from the James Beard FoundationJoe Weiss began his Miami Beach career by cooking at Smith's Casino beginning in 1913. On December 4, 1920, Joe officially opened his own restaurant at 213 Biscayne Avenue (later called Biscayne Street and now called South Pointe Drive), practically across the street from the restaurant he operated for Smith’s Casino. Joe's is the biggest buyer of Florida stone crab claws, and it plays a significant role in the industry, influencing the wholesale price and financing many crabbers.Even though stone crabs are their most famous dish now, fish was served, rather than crabs, after the restaurant's opening. When an ichthyologist asked Weiss why he didn't serve stone crabs, he answered that no one would want to eat them. He was wrong, as they found out soon after first cooking them.

The Beth Jacob Social Hall and Congregation (also known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue) was the first synagogue in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located at 301 and 311 Washington Avenue. The building at 311 was built in 1929 and designed by H Fraser Rose. The building at 301 was built in 1936 and was designed by Henry Hohauser. On October 16, 1980, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is no longer a synagogue, but houses the Jewish Museum of Florida.

Portofino Tower is a residential skyscraper in Miami Beach, Florida. South Beach. It is located on the southern extremity of the city overlooking Government Cut. Portofino, which opened in 1997, is 484 ft (148 m) tall and contains 44 floors. It is located in the "SOFI" (South of Fifth Street) neighborhood. The tower is named after the Italian town of Portofino. It is the fourth tallest skyscraper in Miami Beach.Developed by Thomas Kramer's Portofino Group in partnership with The Related Group, Portofino Tower was South of Fifth's second luxury skyscraper condominium.Portofino Tower contains eight different floor plans ranging from 1,000 sq ft (93 m2) to more than 6,000 sq ft (560 m2). Amenities include a swimming pool, tennis courts, fitness center, full-time concierge service, recreation room, and four-story lobby. Because of Portofino Tower's high profile and high-security accommodations, the building has become the home of multiple national and international celebrities. Famous current and former residents include: Donald Sutherland, Sir Ivan, Ingrid Casares, Anna Kournikova and Isabella S.

Murano at Portofino is a highly affluent residential enclave tower /skyscraper in Miami Beach, Florida's South Beach. It is located directly on Biscayne Bay on the Miami Beach Marina. The tower, which opened in 2001, is 402 ft (123 m) tall and contains 37 floors. It is located in the "SOFI" (South of Fifth Street) neighborhood. The building has 3 tiers on a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site, and has over 600 linear ft along Biscayne Bay. It is the eighth tallest skyscraper in Miami Beach.Developed by Thomas Kramer's Portofino Group in partnership with the Related Group of Florida, Murano at Portofino includes eight different style floor plans ranging from 1,000 sq ft (93 m2). to 3,400 sq ft (320 m2). Murano at Portofino faces west and has views of the Biscayne Bay, Government Cut, and partial view of the Atlantic Ocean. It is considered to be one of the most luxurious condominiums in Miami Beach. Murano at Portofino amenities include bay-front pool and spa, tennis courts, fitness center, freshwater pools, private beach club, media and multi-purpose rooms, 24-hour security, and valet service.

The Continuum on South Beach are residential skyscrapers in Miami Beach, Florida's South Beach, located in the "SoFI" (South of Fifth Street) neighborhood (the southern extremity of the city), overlooking Government Cut. The south tower, which opened in 2002, is 471 ft (143 m) tall and has 40 floors. The north tower, which opened in 2008, has 37 floors. Both towers were developed by Ian Bruce Eichner's The Continuum Company, LLC.The Continuum is an oceanfront property with 26 different condo floor-plans and 5 different townhouse floor-plans. Amenities at the Continuum includes a lagoon pool, sporting club, multiple meeting rooms, 3 tennis courts, 24-hour security, heated whirlpools and cold plunge, private tennis club, spa services, and Redwood sauna among others. The Continuum provides direct access to the beach. Situated on a 12 acres oceanfront property, the Continuum has unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Fisher Island to the South, city of Miami Beach to the North and partial view of the downtown Miami skyline to the west. The Continuum I South Beach features 318 condo units with the typical floor plan ranging from 1,201 to 4,973 sq.ft. and the Continuum II South Beach features 203 condo units with the typical floor plan ranging from 1,491 to 3,030 sq.ft.

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( KONG-kə-kaf; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, for geopolitical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America—Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas region of France). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of the then five, now six, continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Aruba), Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname and the United States were founding members.The CONCACAF is the third-most successful FIFA confederation in the men's game. Mexico dominated CONCACAF men's competition early on and has won the most Gold Cups since the beginning of the tournament in its current format. The Mexico national football team is the only men's CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In recent years Costa Rica and Panama have become powers in the region; in 2014, Costa Rica became the 4th CONCACAF country after the United States, Cuba, and Mexico to make the World Cup quarterfinals, while Panama became the eleventh country from the confederation to participate in the World Cup in 2018. The CONCACAF Nations League was established in 2018, with the United States winning every edition. The United States has been the most successful team in the world in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win all three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (4), the Olympics (4), and the Algarve Cup (10). Canada is the only other member to win at least two of the major competitions, winning the 2016 Algarve Cup and the 2020 Olympics.

South Pointe Park, known locally as South Pointe, is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) county urban park in metropolitan Miami, in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida.

Murano Grande at Portofino is a residential enclave skyscraper in Miami Beach, Florida's South Beach. It is located directly on Biscayne Bay on the Miami Beach Marina. The tower opened in 2003, at 407 ft (124 m) tall and 37 floors. It is located in the SoFi (South of Fifth Street) neighborhood. The building has three tiers, rising 25 floors, 31 floors, and 37 floors, consecutively and occupies 700 linear feet along Biscayne Bay. It is the seventh tallest skyscraper in Miami Beach.Murano Grande was developed by Thomas Kramer's Portofino Group in partnership with the Related Group of Florida and designed by The Sieger Suarez Architectural Partnership, with interior design by the Rockwell Group. Murano Grande is located on the southwesternmost edge of Miami Beach facing the Biscayne Bay to the west and Atlantic Ocean to the East. The Murano shares the main driveway ramp with neighboring condo ICON at South Beach.

ICON at South Beach is a residential enclave tower /skyscraper in Miami Beach, Florida's South Beach. It is located directly on Biscayne Bay on the Miami Beach Marina. The tower, which opened in 2004, is 423 ft (129 m) tall and has 42 floors. It is located in the "SOFI" (South of Fifth Street) neighborhood. It is the sixth tallest skyscraper in Miami Beach.Icon on South Beach was designed by Philippe Starck and developed by the Related Group of Florida.

Ocean Drive is a major thoroughfare in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida.

Government Cut is a manmade shipping channel between Miami Beach and Fisher Island, which allows better access to the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida. Before the cut was established, a single peninsula of dry land stretched from what is now Miami Beach to what is now Fisher Island, and boats destined for the port at the mouth of the Miami River had to pass around Cape Florida, to the south of Key Biscayne. Opened in 1905, the cut across the peninsula that is now Miami Beach was authorized by the U.S. government (hence the name), in order to provide a direct route from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the seaport on Biscayne Bay to the west, without having to detour southward. The cut across the mangroves and beach at the southern end of the peninsula created Fisher Island, which except for the extreme northeast corner, is part of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. The now-famous South Beach is to the north of the cut.

The Blackstone is a residential building located at 800 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, United States. It was designed as the Blackstone Hotel by architect B. Kingston Hall in 1929. Built and designed in the Mediterranean Revival style, the hotel was 13 stories high, had a mission tile roof supported by exposed rafters, and was topped by a clock that concealed the hotel’s elevator machinery. Nathan Stone, a Jewish entrepreneur, was the developer but he died shortly before the hotel opened in 1929. Nathan's son Alfred Stone (father of future senator U.S. Senator Richard Stone) completed the construction and ran the hotel. At the time it was built, it was considered to be the tallest building in the city, and so remained for seven years.The Blackstone Hotel is reputed to be the first Miami Beach hotel to solicit Jewish clients, and also the first to give accommodations to African-Americans. In 1954, the African Methodist Church organized a convention to take place in Miami Beach and tasked local Black minister Edward Graham to find a hotel for the event. The Blackstone Hotel was the only large hotel that agreed to host the convention, however, when the news became public, the Stone family faced threats of harm from extremist groups and a boycott from the community. Despite the threats, Alfred Stone upheld his commitment.George Gershwin reportedly wrote portions of Porgy and Bess while reposing in the Blackstone Hotel's rooftop solarium.In the 1950s Michael Sossin purchased and developed the Blackstone into a retirement home. In the late 1980s it was renovated by George Perez into affordable housing, and was one of the first low income tax credit rehab projects in Miami Beach.The hotel was renovated again in 1987. Debt on the building is still being paid back.