Images Dated 26th September 2006

Us-Miami Beach-Art Deco-Building

The Art Deco style renovated Park Central Hotel rises above Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida 26 September 2006. The city of Miami Beach has a concentration of over 800 Art Deco buildings all within one square mile. The white-and pastel-colored stucco buildings originally built in the 1920's have in the past two decades been restored to their former splendor. Some of the characteristics of the Art Deco movement in Miami include over-all symmetry, ziggurat (stepped) rooflines, glass block, decorative sculptural panels, eyebrows, round porthole windows, terrazzo floors, curved edges and corners, elements in groups of three and neon lighting used in both exteriors as well as interior spaces. The chamber of commerce for the city reports that some 7, 281, 200 visitors came to South Beach in 2004.
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Us-Miami Beach-Art Deco-Buick

A 1941 Buick Eight coupe vintage automobile (L) which is used as a decorative prop in front of an Art Deco style hotel on Ocean Drive in South Miami Beach, Florida sits on the curb of the street 26 September 2006. The city of Miami Beach has a concentration of over 800 Art Deco buildings all within one square mile. The white-and pastel-colored stucco buildings originally built in the 1920's have in the past two decades been restored to their former splendor. Some of the characteristics of the Art Deco movement in Miami include over-all symmetry, ziggurat (stepped) rooflines, glass block, decorative sculptural panels, eyebrows, round porthole windows, terrazzo floors, curved edges and corners, elements in groups of three and neon lighting used in both exteriors as well as interior spaces. The chamber of commerce for the city reports that some 7 281 200 visitors came to South Beach in 2004.
AFP PHOTO/Roberto Schmidt / AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT

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Zambia-Zimbabwe-Tourism

The sun rises 26 September 2006 in Livingstone at the Victoria Falls in Zambia. For years it was regarded as a backwater and the poor relation to its southern neighbour, but the spiralling crisis in Zimbabwe has led to a massive upsurge in Zambia's tourism industry. A total of 650, 000 foreign visitors travelled to Zambia last year, a rise of nearly half a million on the year 2000, bringing in vital revenue to one of the poorest countries in Africa. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE / AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE

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