Witness to Change

"Jeff Lehman is general manager of the Betsy and chair of the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority. Jeff Lehman arrived in South Beach just as South Beach was starting to arrive. He was merely driving through town on the way to take a cruise back in 1993 when he fell in love with the still-sleepy area. “I said, ‘Oh my God, this is heaven,’ ” he said. . . . “I just figured I would always keep moving — until I found Miami Beach,” he said. “For a hotel guy, especially in the ’90s, there was nothing like it.” Q. You got to the beach in 1993. What was it like when you got here? It was packed with potential. Even then, there were still remnants, a sense and a vision, of what it used to be. But it had obviously been through a really rough time. And it seemed to me that as beautiful as the bones were — whether you’re talking about the beaches, the buildings or the bridges — that it couldn’t stay in that shape for very long — because it was just destined to explode onto the scene. . . . " read more at: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/31/v-fullstory/3316639/qa-with-jeff-lehman-witness-to.html

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