March 13th, 2014
Thirty-second Annual Convention of the Florida Association of Architects, Saint Petersburg, November 1946. Photo Courtesy: HistoryMiami
Marion Manley (1893-1984) has been called “Miami’s first woman architect.” Born and raised in Kansas, Manley attended the University of Kansas before transferring to the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1914 Read More...
Tags: architecture, Bowman Ashe, Florida, International Style, Marion Manley, Memorial Classroom Building, Miami's First Woman Architect, Modern Architecture, Ring Theatre, Robert Law Weed, University of Miami, University of Miami Shacks
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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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June 28th, 2013
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It’s up and open! “Opa-locka: Mirage City,” an exploration of one of South Florida’s most architecturally unusual places, opened on June 27. Learning From Miami was there – here’s what we saw.
“Opa-locka: Mirage City” is curated by Jose R. Vazquez, Associate Professor of Architecture at Miami Dade College, and presented in conjunction with the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College and the University of Miami Libraries, Special Collections Read More...
Tags: arabian, Arabian Nights, architecture, building, Division of Historical Resources, fantasy, film archives, Florida, Florida Department of State, historic preservation, history, HistoryMiami, Jose R. Vazquez, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, moorish, Opa-locka, Opa-Locka: Mirage City, South Florida, Special Collections, Thief of Bagdad, University of Miami, University of Miami Libraries
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June 25th, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKE8VzvJZk
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
http://youtu.be/fAB3WAwGdMI
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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May 15th, 2013
http://youtu.be/lkoGQJww9VA
In this video five South Florida scholars explore Learning From Miami's essential question: "What Is Architecture?" The depth and variety of their responses suggests the fascinating twists and turns that lie ahead as Learning From Miami pursues its inquiry into Miami's architectural history Read More...
Tags: Allan Shulman, architect, architecture, Arva Moore Parks, Beth Dunlop, documentary, Florida, historian, history, John Stuart, Jose Vazquez, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Paul George, video, WLRN-YV
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April 26th, 2013
http://youtu.be/YlYthnKvOzg
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 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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