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
http://youtu.be/fpwjN3y2ptU
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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July 8th, 2013
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Long-time Miamians will spot Fernando Peinado's Miami Herald article on Opa-locka's artistic aspirations as the latest in a long line of Herald stories in which an economically troubled community seeks economic salvation through art.
Years ago, when Herald scribes wrote about the exciting potential of a rundown oceanfront neighborhood called South Beach, they were, like the legendary prophet Cassandra, heard but not heeded Read More...
Tags: 1920s, Arabian Nights architecture, architecture, art, Bernhardt E. Muller, building, Fernando Peinado, film, film archives, Glenn Curtiss, historic, historic preservation, history, HistoryMiami, Kevin Wynn, land boom, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami-Dade County, Opa-locka, Opa-Locka: Mirage City, South Beach, video, Wolfson Archives, Wynwood
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July 5th, 2013
José Vazquez, curator of "Opa-locka: Mirage City," now on view at HistoryMiami, talks about the exhibition with Marva Hinton of WLRN Radio. His interview, which touches on the development of Opa-locka and Vazquez' almost accidental discovery of the city, also includes photos and additional details Read More...
Tags: 1920s, Arabian Nights, arch, architecture, Bernhardt E. Muller, building, dome, fantasy, film, film archives, Glenn Curtiss, historic, historic preservation, history, HistoryMiami, Kevin Wynn, land boom, Learning From Miami, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, minaret, Moorish Revival, Opa-locka, Opa-Locka: Mirage City, Special Collections, Thief of Bagdad (film), University of Miami Libraries, video, Wolfson Archives
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June 26th, 2013
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In the Miami Herald Christina Veiga reports that Miami Beach's Planning Board is OK with demolishing the historic Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater as part of the redevelopment of the city's 52-acre convention center district. Veiga's story also includes detailed accounts of the two development plans and the Planning Board's responses to them Read More...
Tags: 1950s, 1951, architecture, Bass Museum, building, Christina Veiga, convention center, Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater, film, film archives, historic, historic preservation, history, Jackie Gleason, Jackie Gleason Theater, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Library, Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Miami Beach City Commission, Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach Planning Board, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami-Dade County, Nautilus Hotel, promotional film, Saint Francis Hospital, short film, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Miami Beach Story, travelogue, video, Washington Avenue, Wolfson Archives
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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
http://youtu.be/pPCYcgzBt8c
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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