Julia Tuttle

Marc Sarnoff's Pop-Up Park to Stop Sex Offenders Is Just a Start: Pop-Up Jails, Brothels Are Next

Ave Maria University: A Catholic project gone wrong

From Crap to Key: Ex-Miami Beach Official Wants to Create Island Out of Port Tunnel Fill

Aristotle Ares, 87, wants to resurrect an island lost to the elements 85 years agoThe Port of Miami Tunnel might be a boondoggle, but its construction continues apace. With a giant drill now in place, the big dig begins next month. The debate is now over where to dump the tons of crud. Environmental ... More >>

Tales from the Crypt

Aristotle Ares, 87, wants to resurrect an island lost to the elements 85 years agoThe Port of Miami Tunnel might be a boondoggle, but its construction continues apace. With a giant drill now in place, the big dig begins next month. The debate is now over where to dump the tons of crud. Environmental ... More >>

Ron Book and Romero Britto Bring You The Ugliest Parking Meters Ever

via brickellinfo​It's a bird! It's a plane! It's another terrible Romero Britto sculpture, only this time it's not just hurting your eyes, it's also taking your spare change. Meters designed by the local hack artist have made their first appearance in Brickell. But, don't blame Britto, blame anoth ... More >>

Julia Tuttle Bum Daniel Zajac Claims City of Miami Stole his Shit

This guy is not Daniel Zajac. He is, however, an angry homeless man.​Daniel Zajac really hates sex offenders -- but not for the usual reasons. No, he loathes the gropey pervs because they foiled his swell digs: "They totally ruined everything." Zajac is a shelter-averse homeless man who star ... More >>

Top Ten New Times Feature Stories of the Decade 2000-2009

Miami New Times has kicked some ass in the last decade. We have changed the course of the city and it has changed us. What follows is a list of some of our most significant stories -- of course, everyone has their own opinions. What are yours?Admitting TerrorBy Bob Norman​The immigration service's ... More >>

Pastor Spann Jail-Bound?

Jacqueline Carini​We here at New Times love Pastor Vincent Spann, drill sergeant of a Liberty City recovering-addict boot camp and subject of our January feature story "Holy Hustler."  For all of his shortcomings -- most notably an allergic distaste for paying his bills -- he seems to be a tr ... More >>

¿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 >>

Letters from the Issue of February 12, 2009

"Though Diveroli seems like a sleaze, everything he has done seems to be legal. The prosecutors rushed into a very legally shaky case."

Homeless Sex Offenders Face Eviction

State officials scrap under-the-bridge policy.

Get Yer Halloween Fun Here

Events for everyone from the rug rats to the barflies

Hit Picks of Miami Lit

In which local authors and aficionados list their favorites

How to Raze the Dead

Get yourself a big old backhoe, head over to the historic Miami City Cemetery, and dig in

Take Me Out to the ... Parking Lot?

Open spaces: check. Sewer runoff: check. Locked gate: check. Yep, this is indeed a Miami park!

Cop Till You Drop

Beach officials hope a boatload of cops will control the half-million revelers expected on New Year's Eve

Down and Out in Miami-Dade County

Poor, unemployed, stricken with AIDS, and at the mercy of government bureaucrats. No wonder Vivian Rolon's life is hell.

55 SW Miami Avenue Road

A tale of Seminoles in canoes, little plastic men with parachutes, Connie Chung, a twenty-foot-tall high-heel shoe -- and Big Fish

The Deal of the Century

A tale of Seminoles in canoes, little plastic men with parachutes, Connie Chung, a twenty-foot-tall high-heel shoe -- and Big Fish

Standing Still

Historic landmarks in preservation limbo

Letters

Historic landmarks in preservation limbo

Boneyard Ramble

Crushed in a garbage truck, poisoned by a landlady, crapped out-literally--during a dice game. These and more are buried in this county's cemetaries, and come Halloween night, they'll be dying to get out