An Incredible Waste 

“They can erase the colors out of the street, but they can never remove the colors out of people.”

Since 2018, the intersection at Ocean Drive and 12th Street in Miami Beach played host to a gorgeous Art Deco crosswalk:

A beautiful crosswalk in a rainbow style, seen from above

Earlier this month, as Florida continues to be a source of shame, this installation was senselessly destroyed by government employees.


Update (October 23, 2025): The Miami Herald seems to have deleted their entire post on this matter, which is rather concerning. It may be accessible via this link: https://archive.ph/KHNTq.

Here’s the basic story from The Miami New Times instead.