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| | Florida InsideOut Magazine - Motel Makeover Competition |
 | | The Shoreland Company and officials of the Venetian Island Company wanted the islands, connected with arched bridges, to stretch north from Di Lido Island, in the new Venetian Causeway, all the way to what is now 79th Street. |
 | | Truth be told, the bay was never that deep, and most of the islands in it—including the Venetian Islands, Star Island and Hibiscus Island—were manmade, built of sand pumped from the bottom and constrained by pilings. |
 | | The islands were intended to be 1,000 feet wide, with a 20-foot strip along the east side, facing Miami Beach, for parkland, and a boulevard next to that. |
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