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Henry Flagler

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Overtown Gospel Brunch: A Day of Soulful Music and Food

    Hundreds of people hungry for good food and music filled the pews of the Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church on Saturday afternoon for the second annual Gospel Brunch, organized by Overtown Music Project.As Bishop Margaret Reynolds (who, by the way, is a former backup singer for KC and the Sunshine Band) w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Rich Black History

    Hundreds of people hungry for good food and music filled the pews of the Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church on Saturday afternoon for the second annual Gospel Brunch, organized by Overtown Music Project.As Bishop Margaret Reynolds (who, by the way, is a former backup singer for KC and the Sunshine Band) w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    The Royal Palm, Miami Beach's First Black-Owned Hotel, to Become Yet Another Fancy Chain Hotel

    ​The Royal Palm hotel was the first black-owned hotel in all of Miami Beach, and as our Francisco Alvarado once put it, "was supposed to be a beacon of atonement for Miami-Dade County's racist past." After it re-opened on 16th and Collins in 2002, a string of bad business calculations and bitter d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Non-Shocker: Porn Being Filmed in Semi-Public All Over Miami-Dade

    Captain Stabbin himself, apparently. ​This morning, readers of The Miami Herald awoke to learn what any guy with an internet connection has known for years: sometimes people make porno movies in semi-public spots in South Florida. Though, this specific porn was shot on Monument Island near the Fla ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    City Square isn't Miami's craziest project

    Captain Stabbin himself, apparently. ​This morning, readers of The Miami Herald awoke to learn what any guy with an internet connection has known for years: sometimes people make porno movies in semi-public spots in South Florida. Though, this specific porn was shot on Monument Island near the Fla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    In Honor of Wade/LeBron, South Florida's Greatest Duos

    ​The most vaunted NBA free-agency class in history ran screaming out of the school building at midnight, and the Miami Heat has some pretty crazy rumors swirling around it. Word on the street is that the team has a strong chance of re-signing Dwyane Wade and signing noted m ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Swamped

    Saving the Glades could mean screwing these guys.

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    ¿Que Pasa, M.I.A.? Miami in Pop Culture

    Seeing Miami in a movie or a TV show or music video turns on my internal geek switch. I'm super excited to see the 305 represented on the screen, but I approach America's assessment of Miami like one of those guys that knows the names of the different kinds of robots in the movies about Star Wars.Ta ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    Bet on Norman Braman

    Miami's most cantankerous billionaire could win by TKO.

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    Mangroves in the Magic City

    Fancy a splash of environmentalism today?

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2008

    Last Night: One-One-Two at Edificio Jose Marti

    Fancy a splash of environmentalism today?

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Green Tide

    Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    The Life Aquatic

    Brenda Lanzendorf's underwater excavations reveal Biscayne Bay's secret past

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of September 1 , 2005

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Into Tomorrow

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • Finest Foods

    May 12, 2005

    BEST U-PICK

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2005

    That's Barbecue!

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2005

    Irish Jigs and Jiggers

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2005

    Bark Walk

    Killing sports, dumping Dolphins, and some Miami history

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    The Teele Conspiracy

    Is the Miami commissioner the target of a wicked plot? Or is he spinning a yarn so complex everyone's now dizzy?

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2004

    Flipped Out

    Is the Miami commissioner the target of a wicked plot? Or is he spinning a yarn so complex everyone's now dizzy?

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of June 24, 2004

    Old pol, bad pickup lines, and authentic hip-hop

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of June 17, 2004

    Praise for Flagler, pickup lines that fail, and fountains that flow

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Aqua Nova

    Will a starry-eyed proposal for renovating Monument Island burn out before its time?

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST LOCAL LANDMARK

    Flagler Memorial

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST MUSEUM

    The Gold Coast Railroad Museum

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2004

    Girl Trouble

    Ramona wreaks havoc onstage

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Lost in the Amazon.com

    A thoroughly unscientific look at what your friends and neighbors read, watch, and hear -- or not

  • Diversions

    May 15, 2003

    BEST LOCAL WRITER

    Les Standiford

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2003
  • Calendar

    July 18, 2002

    Goodness Goulds

    A rebuilt historic square in a forgotten county corner awaits your company

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    Magic Primeval

    Don't tell archaeologist Bob Carr that the mysterious Miami Circle is just a bunch of holes in the ground. He knows better than that.

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Statuetory Rape

    The Flagler Memorial, once a proud paean, is now floundering in neglect

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    The Dead Are Grateful

    The Miami cemetery is like the city's diary. And after years of abuse, this book is getting a new cover.

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    The View from Buddy's

    The corner of North Miami Avenue and Fourteenth Street may not look like much today, but it encompasses the history of Miami. It also has a bright future.

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    State Secrets

    The corner of North Miami Avenue and Fourteenth Street may not look like much today, but it encompasses the history of Miami. It also has a bright future.

  • Calendar

    June 4, 1998

    Night & Day

    June 4 - 10, 1998

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998
  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Goo Grief

    There's a million cubic yards of toxic sludge on the bottom of the Miami River and you may as well get used to it

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Letters

    There's a million cubic yards of toxic sludge on the bottom of the Miami River and you may as well get used to it

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    They've Been Workin' on the Railroad

    For a hundred years the FEC Railway has been chugging up and down Florida's east coast. The next hundred years shouldn't be much different.

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Your Tax Dollars at Work (Hiccup!)

    The City of Miami's upstanding leadership had a swell time at a swanky centennial party. Who paid? You did, of course.

  • News

    July 27, 1995

    Dade's Greatest Hits

    A requiem for some heavyweights that have tussled with the wrecking ball and lost

  • News

    September 1, 1993

    This Means Lore!

    The housewife who saved FDR's life, the ghosts that roam Vizcaya, the sea serpent of Biscayne Bay, and other Miami legends, yarns, and flat-out lies

  • News

    January 6, 1993

    Waste Erased

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    November 27, 1991

    Barricade Feature

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    August 7, 1991

    There Goes The Neighborhood

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    July 31, 1991

    Black Grove Feature

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    February 20, 1991

    River Rats

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    October 17, 1990

    Viva Flagler!

    It's downtown's swirling kaleidoscope of sights and sounds and smells. Where the Latin mercado meets the American enterprise. Where commerce thrives and clerks cut deals. So why would urban planners want to kill it?

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