Around 1960, Miami Beach architect Morris Lapidus, whose credits include Miami Beach's Fountainbleau and Eden Roc Hotels, was commissioned to redesign Lincoln Road. Lapidus's design for Lincoln Road, complete with gardens, fountains, shelters and an amphitheater, reflected the Miami Modern Architecture, or "MiMo," style that Lapidus pioneered in the 1950s. The Road was closed to traffic and became one of the nation's first pedestrian malls.

Today, Lincoln Road features a state-of-the-art multiplex cinema, a concert hall for the New World Symphony Orchestra, boutique and national retail stores, fine restaurants and bars. Lincoln Road is also home to the newly restored Colony Theater, a performing arts venue, and Art Center South Florida, a collection of studio and gallery space for emerging artists. Street performers entertain an almost constant stream of tourists and locals on Lincoln Road. It is among the most popular destinations for visitors to South Miami Beach.

Theaters on Lincoln Rd