July 12th, 2013
http://youtu.be/eoBLbzAqmu4
Yesterday the Miami City Commission voted to give Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium control of the entire Stadium site, parking lots included, so that the non-profit organization can work up a plan to renovate, expand and re-open the grafitti-covered MiMo landmark.
Pop idol Gloria Estefan helped convince commissioners, speaking by way of a prerecorded video Read More...
Tags: 1960s, 1963, Andres Viglucci, architecture, Biscayne Bay, building, Channel 4, Commodore Ralph Munroe Marine Stadium, Die Fledermaus, film, film archives, Gloria Estefan, Goodyear Blimp, Hilario Candela, historic, historic preservation, history, Kevin Wynn, Key Biscayne, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami Marine Stadium, Miami Opera Guild, Miami-Dade County, MiMo, Robert King High, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ
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July 11th, 2013
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Everybody in Miami -- and probably most people in South Florida -- know the office tower at 7880 Biscayne Boulevard as "the INS Building," and for good reason. Since the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service moved in in April 1983, the building has been a flash point of protest, intrigue and controversy, as the many strands of Miami's immigrant communities tense and relax Read More...
Tags: 1960s, 1964, 1983, 7880 Biscayne Boulevard, anodized aluminum, architecture, b-roll, Biscayne Boulevard, Biscayne Plaza Shopping Center, Boulevard Theater, building, Cape Coral, CBS, Channel 4, developer, exMiami, Fifteen Group, film, film archives, Florida, Golden Gate Estates, Gulf American Land Corporation, historic, historic preservation, history, ICE, immigration, INS Building, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Little River, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, Motel Row, NE 79th Street, news film, news ticker, preservationist, residential units, retail space, Steward-Skinner Associates, sun screens, tele-sign, U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, video, Wolfson Archives, Wolfson Archives’ YouTube channel, WTVJ, YouTube
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June 25th, 2013
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The Wolfson Archives' movie tour of One Herald Plaza when it was new continues, getting into the nitty-gritty technical details of publishing a newspaper fifty years ago. The new clip in the Archives' playlist, "One Herald Plaza Memory Bank," takes viewers on a whirlwind trip through the lost world of metal type and engraved plates, beginning in the Herald's composing room and photo studio Read More...
Tags: 1960s, 1963, Biscayne Bay, Clichograph, composing room, demolition, engraved plates, engraving, film, film archives, Florida, Fred Frink, historic, history, Kevin Wynn, metal type, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami filmmaker, Miami Herald, Miami Herald Building, Miami-Dade County, One Herald Plaza, photo studio, printing plates, stereotype, television news, TV news, video, Wolfson Archives
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June 19th, 2013
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The Wolfson Archives' look at One Herald Plaza when it was new continues with another clip in its YouTube playlist, One Herald Plaza Memory Bank. The new clip, from a film produced by Miami filmmaker Fred Frink, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Women’s Department and the process of preparing news stories for publication Read More...
Tags: 1960s, 1963, architecture, Biscayne Bay, computer, demolition, Edwin Pope, Electron linotype machine, film, film archives, Florida, Fred Frink, historic, history, Kevin Wynn, linotype, Mechanical Department, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami filmmaker, Miami Herald, Miami Herald Building, Miami-Dade County, One Herald Plaza, pneumatic tubes, Sportswriter, television news, TV news, video, Wolfson Archives, Women’s Department
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June 18th, 2013
OK, our headline is a tad overheated, but Curbed Miami's photo gallery of Dadeland's new wing looks plenty sleek and sexy (as shopping malls go). Michael Wayne Cole's photos include one with a glimpse of the mall's original identifying pylon, now painted a suitably tropical blue.
http://youtu.be/MblMqMEXXsU
If you're into "Then and Now" take a look at this clip of Dadeland's opening day in 1960 Read More...
Tags: 1960, 1960s, architecture, building, Burdine's, CBS, Channel 4, Curbed Miami, Dadeland, Dadeland Mall, film, film archives, Florida, historic, historic preservation, history, Jordan Marsh, Kevin Wynn, Larry Birger, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami News, Miami-Dade County, Michael Wayne Cole, opening day, parking lot, sculptures, shoppers, shopping plaza, shops, traffic, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ
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June 11th, 2013
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The Miami Herald Building’s end times present a good opportunity to look back on the history of the building, and the Wolfson Archives' YouTube channel has started a new playlist, "One Herald Plaza Memory Bank," featuring clips that document One Herald Plaza's past.
Among them: Excerpts from a film produced about 1963 by Miami filmmaker Fred Frink Read More...
Tags: 1960s, 1963, architecture, Biscayne Bay, building, business office, Classified Ads, demolition, Doral, film, film archives, Florida, historic, history, journalism, Kevin Wynn, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami Herald Building, Miami-Dade County, neon sign, News department, newspaper, newsroom, One Herald Plaza, television news, TV news, video, wire room, Wolfson Archives
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April 25th, 2013
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Cristina Veiga writes about a shift in focus for the renovation of the Miami Beach Convention Center: Both teams bidding on the project will retain the historic auditorium, now known as The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater. The venue, originally known as the Miami Beach Municipal Auditorium and known best for its stint as the home of Jackie Gleason's hit CBS variety show in the 1960s, was slated for demolition in one of the competing redevelopment plans Read More...
Tags: 1960s, 1965, architecture, birthday party, building, CBS, Channel 4, Cristina Veiga, Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, film, film archives, Florida, Fontainebleau Hotel, historic, historic preservation, history, Jackie Gleason, Jackie Gleason Show, Jimmy Durante, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach Municipal Auditorium, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami-Dade County, MiMo, postcard, video, Wolfson Archives, Wolfson Archives’ YouTube channel, WTVJ, YouTube
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April 25th, 2013
We almost headlined this clip "Dadeland Mall as You've Never Seen It Before!" But we thought better of it, as some long-timers out there will definitely remember Dadeland as this clip records it on its opening day, October 1, 1960 -- an open-air shopping plaza, offering sixty-two shops and services, with odd-looking animal sculptures scattered here and there Read More...
Tags: 1960, 1960s, architecture, building, Burdine's, CBS, Channel 4, Dadeland, Dadeland Mall, film, film archives, Florida, historic, historic preservation, history, Jordan Marsh, Kevin Wynn, Larry Birger, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami News, Miami-Dade County, opening day, parking lot, sculptures, shoppers, shopping plaza, shops, traffic, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ
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April 25th, 2013
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Artist's Day at Vizcaya in 1960 looks like a rather bohemian affair, but then Vizcaya is in Coconut Grove. OK, the far northern edge of Coconut Grove, but still. Artists and wannabe artists sought out The Muse in James Deering's gardens and expressed their inner selves en plein aire Read More...
Tags: 1960, 1960s, architecture, art, Artist's Day at Vizcaya, artists, bohemians, building, CBS, Channel 4, Coconut Grove, en plein aire, film, film archives, Florida, gardens, historic, historic preservation, history, Italian Renaissance, James Deering, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, painting, video, Vizcaya, Wolfson Archives, Wolfson Archives’ YouTube channel, WTVJ, YouTube
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April 25th, 2013
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Built in 1825, the Cape Florida Light is Miami's oldest standing building and it's seen a lot. Attacked by Seminoles and Confederate sympathizers, taken out of commission in 1878 only to be returned to service a century later, the lighthouse at Cape Florida has survived beach erosion, Hurricane Andrew and almost two centuries of South Florida land development Read More...
Tags: 1820s, 1825, 1878, 1960s, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1970s, architecture, beach erosion, Bill Baggs, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, building, Cape Florida, Cape Florida Light, CBS, Channel 4, Confederate sympathizers, development, film, film archives, Florida, Florida State Park, historic, historic preservation, history, Hurricane Andrew, Jack Belt, James Deering, Kevin Wynn, Key Biscayne, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami News, Miami-Dade County, Seminoles, video, Vizcaya, Wolfson Archives, Wolfson Archives’ YouTube channel, WTVJ, YouTube
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