La Gorce Island seamlessly combines the classic and modern elements of Miami Beach’s most exclusive communities. Located in beautiful Biscayne Bay, south of Normandy Isles and just west of Allison Island, the island is one of the earliest planned communities in the city. Longtime La Gorce residents have painstakingly preserved the neighborhood’s original landscaping. Today, the community is known for its picture-perfect streets lined by large palm trees, and some of the most breathtaking views in all of Miami North Beach. La Gorce Island was built in 1924 by developer Carl Fisher, who named it after Dr. John Oliver LaGorce, his close friend and then president of the National Geographic Magazine Company. Much of the island’s history centers around La Gorce Country Club, an exclusive, by-invitation-only golf and country club established in 1927. The island was developed in 1934 by La Gorce Island, Inc., which continued to have responsibility for its maintenance until 1946 when stewardship of the community was passed on to the La Gorce Homeowners Association.