This New Art and Retail District Aims to ‘Make Fort Lauderdale Cool Again’

For the trend-seeking 20-something-year-olds of Fort Lauderdale, Thrive Art District, a commerce and arts hub near downtown, may be their new oasis.

Brothers Jonathan, left, and Abraham Fish, who developed the Thrive Art District in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS

By Amanda Rosa Miami Herald

A vintage store next to a matcha cafe next to a romance bookstore across the street from a brewery next to a pilates studio. Crisp white walls decorated in murals you’d expect to find in Wynwood. A shiny skyline in the distance.