July 15th, 2013
http://youtu.be/h43oBeq4GCk
The Miami Herald's Business Monday story about Dadeland Mall's new Kendall wing highlights the addition's openness, airiness and retail diversity: Where the space was previously devoted to just two stores the new 102,000 square foot wing hosts twenty-two, including five restaurants Read More...
Tags: architecture, building, CBS, Channel 4, Dadeland Mall, Dadeland Mall Kendall wing, Dadeland Twin Cinema, film, film archives, film fans, film premiere, George Lucas, historic, historic preservation, history, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Live Eye, live report, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami Herald Business Monday, Miami-Dade County, moie premiere, movie fans, restaurants, retail, Return of the Jedi, Robyn Carter, shops, Star Wars fans, Star Wars films, video, Wolfson Archives, Wolfson Archives’ YouTube channel, WTVJ, YouTube
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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 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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April 26th, 2013
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Seville's exuberant Giralda -- the bell tower of the city's cathedral, built atop a minaret in the sixteenth century -- has inspired many more recent structures. But beginning in the mid-1920s only Miami could boast three buildings with soaring Giralda-style towers: The Roney Plaza Hotel on Miami Beach, the Miami News Building (now known as Freedom Tower), and the Coral Gables Biltmore Read More...
Tags: 1926, 1968, architecture, bell tower, building, Carl Fisher, cathedral, CBS, Channel 4, Coral Gables Biltmore, demolition, development, Ed Goren, film, film archives, Florida, Freedom Tower, Giralda, historic, historic preservation, history, hotel, Jane Fisher, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Dade College, Miami News Building, Miami-Dade County, minaret, N.B.T. Roney, oceanfront, Pete Chase, Roney Plaza Hotel, Schultze and Weaver, Seville, sixteenth century, South Beach, towers, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ
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April 26th, 2013
Learning From Miami's survey of Miami's architectural history reveals several architectural styles that may be familiar, such as Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco and MiMo, also known as Miami Modern -- our region's tropically-spiced variety of the International Style. Looking through the historical record, we sometimes come across peculiar stylistic juxtapositions, as one style overtakes another in popularity Read More...
Tags: 1920s, 1954, 1959, addition, advertisement, architecture, building, Channel 4, Columbus Hotel, film, film archives, glass-enclosed restaurant, historic, historic preservation, history, International Style, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Mediterranean Revival, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Modern, Miami News, Miami-Dade County, MiMo, restaurant, Top O' the Columbus, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ
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April 26th, 2013
Wolfson Archive’s YouTube videos wrap up the month of April with a glimpse of American prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and an earful of 1970s Miami jazz.
http://youtu.be/i1wnq63YkUI
Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief in Fairfax, Oklahoma, danced for Agnes de Mille and George Balanchine in the 1940s, becoming known as the first American prima ballerina – and as the first Native American to be so recognized Read More...
Tags: 1940s, 1961, Agnes de Mille, American Ballet Theatre, CBS, Channel 4, Dade County Auditorium, Dadeland, film, film archives, George Balanchine, historic, historic preservation, history, Ira Sullivan, jazz, jazz DJ, jazz musician, Joe Rico, Joe Rico’s Room, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Maria Tall Chief, Maria Tallchief, Maynard Ferguson, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami jazz, Miami- Dade County Auditorium, Miami-Dade County, Montage, music students, Native American, Oklahoma, Osage, polyester, prima ballerina, Spec’s Music, University of Miami, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ, YouTube
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April 25th, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuFbCTmeiIw
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
http://youtu.be/P0YCgq9Dnj4
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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