Wynwood might just get Miami’s first woonerf. No, it’s not the latest craft coffee or designer furniture craze — it’s a Dutch term for a kind of pedestrian-friendly, low-speed street. that can be walled off from cars on weekends. And woonerfs are part of a larger proposal headed to the…
Amidst all the news today about the U.S. and Cuba officially reopening diplomatic ties, it’s easy to forget how close the nations once were. In fact, Miami itself was once a hotbed of diplomacy with Havana, thanks to a Cuban consulate located right in town on North Miami Avenue. …
Forbes just released its list of the 50 most valuable sports franchises across the globe, and for the first time Miami is home to two of them. The Miami Dolphins are virtually shoe-ins just by virtue of being a longstanding NFL team, but the Miami Heat rocketed onto the list…
Rent prices in Miami are out of control, but not all neighborhoods are as bad as others. Why you can still find affordable rents in places like Liberty City and Gladview. Looking anywhere else? Well, you better be making at least $55,000 a year. The folks at home and apartment…
There’s a golden palace on Biscayne Bay. An imperial porte-cochère, vaulted ceilings, and grand fireplaces make the Miami Woman’s Club one of the most elegant structures in the American Southeast. Taxpayers recently forked over almost $4 million to freshen up the 89-year-old Spanish Renaissance structure, which was among the first…
Green City is an ambitious plan to create 860-acres of much needed state-of-the-art but affordable eco-friendly development. The catch: it would be built outside of the county’s Urban Development Boundary and creeps up into the Everglades. A genuine plan or a green-washed Trojan Horse meant to spur development past the…
For $54.99, on the website www.prepsportswear.com, you can buy a maroon Miami Springs Senior High School Golden Hawks hooded sweatshirt, complete with an image of Golden Hawk. Or you can buy a MAST Academy Makos hat, in navy for $21.99 . Or even, for $19.99, a white Avocado Aces t-shirt,…
Miami Worldcenter principal developer Nitin Motwani says he expected maybe 200 people to show up at Overtown’s St. Agnes Episcopal Church for a project job fair this past Tuesday. Instead, there were more like 500. “We were overwhelmed with excitement,” Motwani says. “It was supposed to end at 2 —…
It should be well established by now that the single biggest economic issues facing regular residents of South Florida is the fact that while rents continue to rise unabated, our paychecks remain relatively low. As a result, Miamians spend a higher percentage of their annual income on paying their rent…
Now that Uber has announced it will suspend operations in Broward effective July 31, Key West commuters are wondering if the island town could be the next domino to fall for the ride-sharing app in South Florida. Starting last week, the city has threatened to arrest any Uber drivers operating…
House nightclubs was one of the most talked about clubs in Miami years before it even opened. Mark Lowe, who had previously made his mark at Living Room, the rare Ft. Lauderdale nightclub called that some Miamians actually found worth driving up for, was rumored to be working on the…
Demand for Miami properties from South American buyers continues to subside as the economic situation changes and exchange rates fluctuate, and that’s left Miami developers searching for a new hotbed of potential buyers to tap. Sure, they may be having to starting woo-ing actual Americans, perhaps even Miamians who already…
In the epic fight between Univision and Donald Trump, county commissioner Daniella Levine Cava wants Miami-Dade to officially take sides. She’s introduced a resolution that would forbid the county to hold any officially sanctioned event at any Trump properties in Miami-Dade. The whole fiasco started with Trump claiming that most Mexican…
Unity on the Bay may practice worship in ways looked down upon by more conservative religious sects, but God’s good fortune has clearly blessed them in the real estate department. The iconic Edgewater church with a bayfront view has decided to put the 2-acre lot its called home since 1961…
British Billionaire Richard Branson does not know the meaning of subtly, and that was made all very clear today during his flashy press conference to announce that he’ll be launching Virgin Cruises, the latest subsidy in a Virgin empire that already includes hotels, record stores and space travel, right here…
To give you a personal example of where Wet n’ Wild stands in the larger Florida theme park ecosystem, I’m having a hard time remember if I ever went there as a kid. I’m having distinct flashbacks to a giant park with lots of big slides that decidedly wasn’t one…
When competing forces come for a queen’s crown, the queen shouldn’t be complacent. So it’s no surprise that the Bal Harbour Shops are looking to expand and upgrade. The ritzy mall has long been not only Miami’s premier destination for upscale luxury shopping, but one of the poshest malls in…
A North Bay Road mansion on Miami Beach is going from “On the Floor” to “In the Air Tonight.” Because one former owner’s “Love Don’t Cost” a thing, but her former real estate certainly does. But when the new owner says “Take Me Home” he’ll be returning to “Another Day…
When Walt Disney opened the Magic Kingdom in Orlando back in 1971, tickets were just $3.50 a person. The result not only helped revolutionize Florida tourism by bringing tens of millions of extra tourists here a year, but provided a relatively budget-friendly in-state vacation for Florida families across the state…
For two decades, Miamians have been waiting for the park that was promised but never came. Tomorrow a group of advocates will gather at the space that was supposed to be lush green but is instead drab concrete — the plot behind American Airlines arena unromantically dubbed Parcel B. And…
Carnival Cruises is sick of it passengers getting to turnt at high tide on smuggled booze, so the Miami-based cruise line has decided to ban passengers from bringing all bottled beverages on board because they know you’re smuggling booze in them. The company introduced the new policy yesterday in an…
Casa Casuarina, perhaps better known as the former Versace Mansion, is one of the most famous buildings on South Beach …but no one can figure out what to do with it. Less than two years after buying it at auction, its current owners have put it back on the market. …
