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Overtown

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Grand Central Park Opens Today, But Is It A Waste Of Taxpayers' $200,000?

    ​When Tiffany Dallas, a master's student at Florida International University, started researching her thesis on redeveloping Overtown, she was fascinated by Grand Central owner Brad Knoefler's plan to turn a blighted patch of land opposite his club -- once the home of the Miami Arena -- into a tem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Behind the Scenes on 13-Year-Old Heartthrob Gibbor Green's "Crush"

    gibborgreen.com​Gibbor Green is the cutest little singing heartthrob Miami has possibly ever seen. And the 13-year-old talent is about to take the biz by storm with his single "Crush." The music video directed by Maicol Diaz isn't just the tale of one middle-schooler's infatuation with another. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Police (Benevolently) Knocking on Doors This Weekend in Overtown, Little Haiti, & Model City

    Coming to your doorstep this weekend.​It's no secret that cops aren't always welcome in some Miami neighborhoods. In Overtown, for example, the black community has been on-edge since last summer's police shooting of unarmed DeCarlos Moore. In the six months following, Miami PD killed six more blac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Greek Out

    Coming to your doorstep this weekend.​It's no secret that cops aren't always welcome in some Miami neighborhoods. In Overtown, for example, the black community has been on-edge since last summer's police shooting of unarmed DeCarlos Moore. In the six months following, Miami PD killed six more blac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Overtown's Roots in the City Farmers Market Will Open Tomorrow

    David Kehr​Last week, the Roots in the City Farmers Market in Overtown announced it would close owing to a code enforcement violation notice. Now the sponsors say they will resume business tomorrow. It seems the permit issues with the city have been smoothed over, and the market will lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Get Moving Mayor Regalado, Or I'll Take Your Job

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times This week, Luke lays out his ideas to fix Miami's inner city neighborhoods. While it was nice to see Tony Crapp Jr., an African American ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    Zulu Warriors and Wild Horses

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times This week, Luke lays out his ideas to fix Miami's inner city neighborhoods. While it was nice to see Tony Crapp Jr., an African American ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn II Cash In On Blight

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn II want to take $105,000 meant for Overtown​What do you do if you have $59.2 million in unspent funds from last year's budget earmarked for long-stalled projects at the Overtown and Omni community redevelopment agencies? If you're Miami city commis ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    Overtown's van Gogh

    Miami Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Richard Dunn II want to take $105,000 meant for Overtown​What do you do if you have $59.2 million in unspent funds from last year's budget earmarked for long-stalled projects at the Overtown and Omni community redevelopment agencies? If you're Miami city commis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Fire Blazes Through Overtown Apartment Building

    Several families were left without shelter after an early morning fire broke out in an apartment building near the corner of NW 3rd Avenue and 11th Terrace in Overtown. According to Channel 10, the fire alarms failed to go off after a second floor apartment caught fire, forcing residents to bang on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Video: Despite Crime, Some Hipster Kids Are (a little too) Fearless in Overtown

    Gentrification is a funny thing. And by "funny," we mean totally horrifying.In Miami, it beckons wealthy club kids to traipse around the ghetto like a college dorm. Park West/Overtown used to be known for its crumbling buildings and crack houses. Now it's the kind of place penniless neighbors roll t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Miami Art Legend Purvis Young Dies at 67

    ​Purvis Young, who in the later years of his life rose from poverty and obscurity to become one of Miami's most well-known and respected artists, has died today at the age of 67 from cardiac arrest following a battle with diabetes that had left him in a wheel chair. Young lived and worked in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Roots in the City Farmers Market Brings Fresh, Affordable Food to Overtown

    David KehrMiami Mayor Thomas Regalado greets an Overtown resident and market shopper​The Roots in the City Farmers Market in Overtown saw its busiest day yet during a dedication ceremony that included Miami Mayor Thomas Regalado and Commissioner Richard Dunn yesterday. The Booker T. Washington Hi ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2010

    Take down slums, not politicians like Michelle Spence-Jones

    David KehrMiami Mayor Thomas Regalado greets an Overtown resident and market shopper​The Roots in the City Farmers Market in Overtown saw its busiest day yet during a dedication ceremony that included Miami Mayor Thomas Regalado and Commissioner Richard Dunn yesterday. The Booker T. Washington Hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Food News Roundup: South Beach, Overtown, Food Trucks, and Grub Hub

    A long article uses the South Beach Wine & Food Festival to talk about food celebrity. [NewYorkTimes]Marvin Dunn talks about the year-round urban farm he helped found on a garbage- and needle-strewn lot in Overtown. [VOA]Wine, dinners, dancing, and Ireland in the weekly events calendar. [MiamiHe ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    Miami real estate tycoon Edward Falcone ditches the ghetto and his kid

    A long article uses the South Beach Wine & Food Festival to talk about food celebrity. [NewYorkTimes]Marvin Dunn talks about the year-round urban farm he helped found on a garbage- and needle-strewn lot in Overtown. [VOA]Wine, dinners, dancing, and Ireland in the weekly events calendar. [MiamiHe ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    Stop screwing Miami's inner city and hire a black guy

    A long article uses the South Beach Wine & Food Festival to talk about food celebrity. [NewYorkTimes]Marvin Dunn talks about the year-round urban farm he helped found on a garbage- and needle-strewn lot in Overtown. [VOA]Wine, dinners, dancing, and Ireland in the weekly events calendar. [MiamiHe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Overtown Now More "Authentic" Than New York, Says New York Post

    Photo by Jipsy​It's slightly amusing to read all the post-Art Basel coverage written by out-of-towners, especially when they set their sights not on art, but on our fair city. For the record, though, fellow scribes: Half the places you call Cuban cafés are not actually Cuban; Wynwood is a specifi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Is Watson Island the New Overtown (With a Mega-Yacht Club)?

    Miami.fly me via Flickr CC​Watson Island is the redheaded stepchild of Biscayne Bay. Star Island gets Shaquille O'Neal and Madonna. Fisher Island has its own private ferry. And poor Watson is stuck with a field of dry grass and a theme park full of restless parrots. Sure, it's home to the Japane ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Video: Group Sings "Lean On Me" at Lotus House Thrift Grand Opening

    Lotus House Thrift (203 NW 36th St., Miami) is a Wynwood extension of Overtown's Lotus House Women's Shelter. It is a thrift shop that specializes in selling clothes, furniture, electronics, and household goods to help fund shelter meals, housing, health services, job training, and more. I bought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Dead Shark in the Dirty Street

    via N3T10's flickrSometimes Miami deserves its reputation as slightly Third-World. Police last night found a six-foot nurse shark lying in the middle of a street in Overtown. It apparently had been there since 7 p.m., but no one bothered to call the cops for two hours.  ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Shantel Lounge Sunday Fish Fry With Live Blues and R&B

    via N3T10's flickrSometimes Miami deserves its reputation as slightly Third-World. Police last night found a six-foot nurse shark lying in the middle of a street in Overtown. It apparently had been there since 7 p.m., but no one bothered to call the cops for two hours.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Politician

    New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon. Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones She was elected in 2005, and not a moment has passed without ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Duane Starks Goes Out In Style

    Duane Starks started his football career at the age of eight in a local optimist club program, he became a star quarterback for Miami Beach Senior High, briefly attended Miami-Dade Community College and then played as a starting cornerback for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He entered the NFL, ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Budget Cuts at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office

    Bad guys, party on! Three of Miami's best prosecutors are getting the boot.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Hope for Overtown

    At 11:45 this morning, Jackson Soul Food restaurant at 950 NW Third Ave. was standing-room-only. Overtown and Liberty City residents packed every booth, table, and counter inside the storied and recently  remodeled soul food eatery as they watched President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony on ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Police Patrol Park West and Overtown Clubs

    So be careful where you party.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    StreetWorks - Uncompleted Mural

    So be careful where you party.

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2007

    Flickering Brightly

    Read and listen at The Firefly

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2007

    Overtown’s Own

    Purvis Young gets mad props at FLIFF

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Changing Times

    For more than 80 years the Miami Times has been the voice of the black community, but fewer and fewer people are listening

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of March 24 , 2005

    Nightclub shuffle, Overtown hustle, Wynwood bustle

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2004

    Velvet Goldmine

    Overtown promises crimson delights

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    What Did You Do in the War on Poverty?

    Always fighting the good fight, Miami's politicians have been tireless in assisting the city's poor huddled masses

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of August 29, 2002

    One cop would rather resign than compromise his integrity

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2002

    O-Town Art

    The Lyric Theater throws a birthday party for Miami with art as a present

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Sylvia's Story

    Overtown is a state of mind

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Use It or Lose It

    The county must spend most of its current $35.2 million community development grant by October 31

  • News

    March 1, 2001

    Parental Consensus

    Imagine what would happen if Hispanic mommies and daddies united with black mommies and daddies in petitioning the school district

  • Calendar

    August 12, 1999

    Seeing and Nothingness

    The Perseid Meteor Shower

  • 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.

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Letters

    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.

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Black Beauty

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    The Teele Deal

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • Music

    April 24, 1997

    Reverb

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • News

    November 21, 1996

    Letters

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • Culture

    October 26, 1995

    Art & Soul

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Three Cheers for the Volunteers

    And one big raspberry for the supervisors who allowed Dade's AmeriCorps to go down the tubes

  • News

    June 26, 1991

    White on Black

    And one big raspberry for the supervisors who allowed Dade's AmeriCorps to go down the tubes

  • News

    February 6, 1991

    Black Death

    And one big raspberry for the supervisors who allowed Dade's AmeriCorps to go down the tubes

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