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The South Florida Roundup The Latest On COVID In South Florida, The Workforce In The Wake Of The Pandemic, And The Commercialization Of Art In Wynwood Published May 28, 2021 at 5:30 PM EDT Listen • 50:56
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This Memorial Day weekend is expected to be the busiest weekend for travel in South Florida since the pandemic began more than 14 months ago.
Hundreds of thousands of travelers will be moving through the airports. Many others will be driving. People will be crowded on the water and on the sand for the first major holiday since the Centers for Disease Control revised its mask recommendations.
The latest guidance from the CDC says people who are fully vaccinated can resume activities without wearing masks or physically distancing except in places where they re required.
Gonzalez says the BID is trying to keep Wynwood from turning into an overwhelmingly commercial place like Times Square in New York. The BID first noticed advertisements popping up around Wynwood a few years ago around Art Basel time. They would appear overnight and by January 4, they d disappear, Gonzalez says. It was hard for us to pinpoint where they were coming from and who was putting them up because it happened so fast.
A Flor de Caña advertisement mural in Wynwood
Photo courtesy of the Wynwood BID
Gonzalez believes advertisers are capitalizing on the increase in visitors to promote products in the bustling neighborhood. But in the past year and a half Art Basel or not the advertisement murals have stuck around.
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