January 26th, 2015
Concept for the Bayline project.
Miami isn't known as the most pedestrian friendly city, but change may be on the horizon, two new urbanization projects--Baywalk and the Underline-- aim to create public walkways throughout the Magic City, forming a new way to see the city and a friendlier place for pedestrians and cyclists Read More...
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December 18th, 2014
The holidays are fast approaching! Tis’ the season to send festive cards, spend time with loved ones, and make mad dashes to shopping malls. So grab your shopping list as we head over to some of the extinct, refurbished, and classic malls of South Florida.
Photo courtesy of the Florida Archives
Miracle Mile
Miracle Mile was designed by real estate developer George E Read More...
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September 22nd, 2014
Photo courtesy of the Florida Archives.
A beacon of justice, the Dade County Courthouse has had an illustrious past spanning over 80 years. This historical building was the first high-rise built in downtown Miami. It was also Dade County's third courthouse. Standard Oil tycoon Henry Flagler donated the land at 73 West Flagler Street where the second courthouse, built in 1904, once stood Read More...
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September 5th, 2014
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"It's Coming Down This Week!" read the newspaper headlines in 1963. The City of Miami decided that the downtown Miami Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) station needed to be demolished. Continuing labor strikes had disrupted passenger service for years Read More...
Tags: Flagler Railroad, Henry Flagler
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April 9th, 2014
It is no surprise that when looking at Miami Boom-Era architecture the name Kiehnel & Elliott comes to mind. The firm, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had designed several buildings before moving its offices to Miami in 1922. The firm’s buildings became exemplary of the Mediterranean Revival style during the 1920s such as the extravagant El Jardin (now the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart) in Coconut Grove Read More...
Tags: Allan T. Shulman, and Coconut Grove, ArtCenter South Florida, Barclay Plaza Hotel, Bet-Ovadia Chabad of the Grove, Bryan Memorial Methodist Church, Carlyle Hotel, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Coconut Grove, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Coral Gables, Coral Gables Congregational Church, Coral Gables Grammar School, Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, Downtown Miami, El Jardin, James Royal Palm Resort, Kiehnel & Elliott, Little Havana, Lummus Park, Mediterranean Revival style, Miami Architecture: An AIA Guide Featuring Downtown, Miami Boom-Era architecture, Miami Senior High School, Nunnally Building, Scottish Rite Temple, Seybold Building, Shorecrest Hotel, the Beaches
Posted in Architects, Art Deco, By Location, Downtown Miami, Kiehnel & Elliott, Mediterranean Revival, Miami, Miami Beach, Photo Galleries, Preservation |
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January 9th, 2014
Sears building, June 17, 1982. Photo Courtesy: Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami
Performing its own arabesque on 13th and Biscayne Boulevard is the iconic Sears Tower that stands at the heart of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami.
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Tags: Adrienne Arsht, Art Deco architecture, Biscayne Boulevard, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Carr & Wright, Cesar Pelli, Cesar Pelli & Associates, Miami Dade Performing Arts Center Foundation, Miami Dade Performing Arts Center Trust, Miami Sears Tower, Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places, Nimmons, Octavio Roca, Prologue to Greatness, Roebuck and Company, Sears
Posted in Architects, Architectural Styles, Art Deco, By Location, Cesar Pelli & Associates, Contemporary, Downtown Miami, Miami, Neighborhoods, Nimmons, Carr & Wright, Preservation, Videos |
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December 19th, 2013
Flagler Street at night. Postmarked July 20,1956. Photo Courtesy: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
Famous for being the source for year-round “Sunshine Fashions,” Burdines department store was founded in 1896 in Bartow, Florida by William Burdine and partner Henry Payne Read More...
Tags: Art Deco, Biscayne Hotel, Burdine's, E.L. Robertson, J.R. Weber, Macy’s, neon Santa Claus, Seth H. Bramson, Streamline Moderne, W.M. Burdine & Son, William Burdine
Posted in Architects, Architectural Styles, Art Deco, Downtown Miami, E.L. Robertson, Henry La Pointe, J.R. Weber, Miami, Neighborhoods, Photo Galleries, Streamline Moderne, Videos, YouTube Video |
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December 5th, 2013
Why get caught up with the art fairs on Miami Beach when you can satisfy your art and food cravings at the new Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) in Museum Park at Biscayne Bay.
December 4th marked the official grand opening of the long-awaited $220 million project designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron Read More...
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