Mediterranean Revival facades and palms on a Florida street

The American season.

When New York turns cold, a part of it moves south. A hotel by the sea in Palm Beach, polo in Wellington, and a week of art in Miami Beach.

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  1. Henry Flagler opened the Palm Beach Inn on January 16, 1896. It took the name The Breakers in 1901.
  2. Art Basel Miami Beach opened on December 4, 2002, with 160 galleries.
  3. A married couple on $500,000 who move from New York City to Miami keep $50,597 a year more in income tax, on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
Palm Beach

The Breakers.

1896Henry Flagler opens the Palm Beach Inn

Henry Flagler opened the Palm Beach Inn on January 16, 1896, and in 1901 it took the name The Breakers, for the guests who asked for rooms down by the breakers. Fire took it in 1903 and again in 1925, and the present building, by Schultze and Weaver after the Villa Medici in Rome, opened on December 29, 1926, in Palm Beach.

Wellington

Polo from January.

From January to April the polo season of the International Polo Club Palm Beach is played in Wellington, a short drive inland. The rest of the polo year is in Polo.

Miami Beach

A week of art.

2002The first Art Basel Miami Beach

Art Basel came to Miami Beach on December 4, 2002, with 160 galleries and about 30,000 visitors over 4 days, and has returned every December since. The salerooms and the fairs of the rest of the year are in Art and auctions.

The move

What the move leaves.

$50,597Kept a year by a New York City couple on $500,000 in Miami

Florida taxes no wages. On the Patrician.ch 2026 model, a married couple earning $500,000 who move from New York City to Miami keep $50,597 a year more in income tax, about $4,216 a month. Agents can show the same figures on each listing with Paid by the Move.

  1. The polo seasonWellington, Florida
  2. The MastersAugusta, Georgia
  3. Kentucky DerbyChurchill Downs, Louisville
  4. Art Basel Miami BeachMiami Beach

The American places on the board.

Sources. The Breakers, historic timeline · e-flux, the premiere of Art Basel Miami Beach · Patrician.ch, Paid by the Move. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here. Photographs from Unsplash and Pexels, used under their licenses.

Questions

The short answers.

When did the Breakers in Palm Beach open?

Henry Flagler opened it as the Palm Beach Inn on January 16, 1896.

The present building opened on December 29, 1926.

When is Art Basel Miami Beach?

Every December.

The first edition opened on December 4, 2002.

How much does a New York couple keep by moving to Miami?

On the Patrician.ch 2026 model, a married couple on $500,000 keeps $50,597 a year more in income tax, about $4,216 a month.

When is the polo season in Wellington?

From January to April, at the International Polo Club Palm Beach.

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