Don Boyd | all galleries >> Memories of Old Hialeah, Old Miami and Old South Florida Photo Galleries - largest non-Facebook collection on the internet >> DOWNTOWN Miami, Bayfront Park and Port of Miami Historical Photos Gallery - All Years - click on image to view > 1959 - Flagler Street downtown bustling at night with shoppers and movie-goers
previous | next
1959 From a postcard

1959 - Flagler Street downtown bustling at night with shoppers and movie-goers

Flagler Street, downtown Miami, Florida


I remember going downtown at night with my folks to shop or to see a first-run movie in the mid to late 50's, even traveling from Hialeah to do so in the late 50's. Then suburban shopping centers (163rd, Northside, Palm Springs, Dadeland) opened and downtown lost most of their business and it has never been the same since.

Pictures on the left: Kress, F. W. Woolworth's, Lerner Shops and Burdine's. On the right: Cannon, McCrory's and Grant's.


other sizes: small medium original auto