May 31st, 2013
http://youtu.be/XR8h5-TC-r8
Here's a preview of one of the elements in Learning From Miami's upcoming exhibition, "Opa-Locka: Mirage City" - computer-animated renderings of historic Opa-Locka buildings. This animated video includes five residential buildings and the spectacular city Bathing Pavillion Read More...
Tags: architecture, Bathing Pavillion, computer animation, computer-anitmated architectural renderings, Etheridge Residence, Fausto Rivas, Haislip Residence, historic buildings, HistoryMiami, Jose R. Vazquez, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, Opa-locka, Opa-Locka: Mirage City, Special Collections, Taber & Higgins Duplex, Tinsman Residence, Tooker Residence, University of Miami Libraries
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May 23rd, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQMZGL7Rms
Dr. Martin Luther King stayed at Hampton House. He held press conferences there (the Wolfson Archives has film of them). He swam in the pool.
On the night in 1964 when Muhammad Ali won the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston, Ali, Malcolm X and NFL running back Jim Brown all stayed at the Hampton House Read More...
Tags: Althea Gibson, architecture, building, Cassius Clay, Dr. Martin Luther King, film, film archives, Florida Memory, Florida State Library and Archives, Hampton House, heavyweight title, historic, historic preservation, history, Jackie Robinson, Jackie Wilson, Jim Brown, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Malcolm X, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, MiMo, motel, Muhammad Ali, promotional film, Ralph Metcalf, segregation, short film, Sonny Liston, The Torch of Friendship, Tourism, video, Wolfson Archives
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May 23rd, 2013
[caption id="attachment_556" align="alignleft" width="300"] The sun sets on One Herald Plaza. Photo: barefootmailman.org .[/caption]
The big building on Biscayne Bay housed a newspaper, an important one, and journalists worked there, so it's not surprising that the Herald's withdrawal from its downtown headquarters is better documented than most corporate relocations Read More...
Tags: 1961, architecture, building, demolition, Eric Barton, historic, historic preservation, history, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami Herald Building, Miami Modern, Miami-Dade County, MiMo, WLRN
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May 23rd, 2013
[caption id="attachment_547" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Miami Arena falls to the wrecker's ball in 2008. Photo: Piusg/Wikimedia Commons[/caption]
Pal·imp·sest: 1. A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible; 2 Read More...
Tags: architecture, Central Park, history, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Arena, Miami Dade College, Miami-Dade County, Overtown, palimpsest, WLRN
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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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May 9th, 2013
http://youtu.be/Nea6eIqIhRI
Curbed Miami got an insider's tour of the recently-vacated, soon-to-be-demolished Miami Herald Building and recorded the visit with a memorable photo gallery/memento mori.
Sean McCaughan has photographed the Herald Building at, or very near, its end; WTVJ's news photogs were on the scene at its very beginning Read More...
Tags: 1961, architecture, building, Curbed Miami, demolition, film, film archives, George Beebe, historic, historic preservation, history, John Knight, Kevin Wynn, Learning From Miami, Miami, Miami Dade College, Miami Herald, Miami Herald Building, Miami Modern, Miami-Dade County, MiMo, Sean McCaughan, topping-off ceremony, video, Wolfson Archives, WTVJ
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May 1st, 2013
Andres Viglucci writes about the archaeological dig now wrapping up in downtown Miami:
"In urban archaeology, the backhoe is a time machine: Scrape away a mountain of asphalt, dirt and rock near the river in downtown Miami, and the city’s buried history, centuries of it, suddenly comes to light in a startling reveal Read More...
Tags: archaeology, Henry Flagler, history, Kevin Wynn, Preservation
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