You can't escape history in Miami Beach, where vestiges of former halcyon days document its recurrent ups and downs as one of America's most luxurious resort towns. An on-again, off-again boom, generated in the 1990s, continues to spur the reinvention of vintage hotels built in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s for a new generation of locals and international tourists. The Shelborne Hotel, built in 1940, was one of the finest. Its recent renovation, thoughtfully executed by ADD Inc Miami, is indicative of the iconic district's past, as well as its future.