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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican War On Rainbows
julie k. brown @jkbjournalist 8hSouth Beachs rainbow crosswalk, specially designed to fit Miami Beachs historic Art Deco architecture, was ripped up on orders of Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday.


...they are infected with their own hatred of anything and anyone that's not straight, or fragile and kowtowing at the altar of cissexist white males.
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Republican War On Rainbows (Original Post)
bigtree
7 hrs ago
OP
Don't understand how demolishing a crosswalk on a Miami street is in DeSantis' power.
maxsolomon
5 hrs ago
#4
I bet if they replaced the rainbow tiles with MAGA symbols, it'd be quite allright.
TheRickles
5 hrs ago
#5
Dave Bowman
(5,956 posts)1. Stop the world, I'm getting out of this mad house!
questionseverything
(11,308 posts)2. Sigh, the war on art deco? Can't anything just be nice?
progressoid
(52,063 posts)3. How it came to be.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rainbow-crosswalk-miami-beach
...Horowitzs color palette would become a model for Miami Beachs historic district and a trendsetter for a generation. Unfortunately, Lenny would not live to see the full revival of South Beach. Like so many gay men of that era, he passed away from complications of the AIDS virus in 1989. He was only 43 years old. The next year, a street would be renamed in his honor, and around that same time, Miami Beachs Palace Bar opened, the only gay bar on Ocean Drive. Famous for its drag show brunches and celebrity spotting, the bar has become a pillar of the community.
The Palace Bar began painting a rainbow crosswalk on Ocean Drive in 2009 to mark its shows and the corner as a safe space for the community. The City later agreed to make a permanent landmark that would honor the impact that the LGBTQ+ community has made upon Miami Beach, and on November 9, 2018, the Rainbow Crosswalk was dedicated.
The crosswalk, designed by Savino Miller studio, is made from terrazzo pavers, arranged in a familiar Art Deco pattern, with rainbow colors designed to emit a faint glow at night. However, the crosswalks colors are not the traditional rainbow of the Pride flag. Instead, the colors were all chosen from Leonard Horowitzs pastel palette. In this way, the crosswalk, like so much of Miami Beachs architecture, is a physical reminder of the impact Lenny made upon the culture of the world.
...Horowitzs color palette would become a model for Miami Beachs historic district and a trendsetter for a generation. Unfortunately, Lenny would not live to see the full revival of South Beach. Like so many gay men of that era, he passed away from complications of the AIDS virus in 1989. He was only 43 years old. The next year, a street would be renamed in his honor, and around that same time, Miami Beachs Palace Bar opened, the only gay bar on Ocean Drive. Famous for its drag show brunches and celebrity spotting, the bar has become a pillar of the community.
The Palace Bar began painting a rainbow crosswalk on Ocean Drive in 2009 to mark its shows and the corner as a safe space for the community. The City later agreed to make a permanent landmark that would honor the impact that the LGBTQ+ community has made upon Miami Beach, and on November 9, 2018, the Rainbow Crosswalk was dedicated.
The crosswalk, designed by Savino Miller studio, is made from terrazzo pavers, arranged in a familiar Art Deco pattern, with rainbow colors designed to emit a faint glow at night. However, the crosswalks colors are not the traditional rainbow of the Pride flag. Instead, the colors were all chosen from Leonard Horowitzs pastel palette. In this way, the crosswalk, like so much of Miami Beachs architecture, is a physical reminder of the impact Lenny made upon the culture of the world.
maxsolomon
(37,486 posts)4. Don't understand how demolishing a crosswalk on a Miami street is in DeSantis' power.
It should be under Miami Dept of Transportation's purview.
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Here's how:
The crosswalks removal comes after FDOT ordered local governments, including Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Key West, to remove pavement art associated with social, political, or ideological messages or risk losing state funding.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article312394535.html
TheRickles
(2,974 posts)5. I bet if they replaced the rainbow tiles with MAGA symbols, it'd be quite allright.
maxsolomon
(37,486 posts)6. In theory, no it wouldn't
There's going to replace it with boring white paint so Magats that never come into South Beach don't feel they're having equality forced on them.
Poor dears, so put upon.
OldBaldy1701E
(9,238 posts)7. Just paint it back.
When they remove it, do it again.
Make them waste manpower and money protecting a freaking intersection. Protest it night and day. Make them work to just even remain there.
Bigotry doesn't rest.