The Gansevoort Hotel is Now Known as the Perry

There’s no longer a Gansevoort in Miami Beach. The hotel on 23rd and Collins is now known as the Perry. It’s a long overdue name change as the hotel hasn’t had anything to do with the owners of the original Gansevoort Hotel in New York for a few years now…

Miami Herald Might Move to Doral

Sure, Doral seems like a decent place to run the United States’ military operations in South and Central America, but is it a good spot to headquarter a once-proud metro newspaper? The Miami Herald might soon find out. The South Florida Business Journal reports the Herald is now in negotiations to…

OJ Simpson’s Kendall Home is Facing Foreclosure

Sure, it’s hard to muster much sympathy for O.J. Simpson, but remember, he hasn’t been making much use of his house in Kendall lately. He’s got a steady residence for the next six to 27 years: a jail cell in Nevada. So don’t feel too bad that his Miami home…

Miami is the Worst City in America to Find a Job

Looking for a job? Maybe you should also be looking for a new place to live outside South Florida. Not one, but two job listings sites have run the numbers and declared that the Miami metro area is the worst place to find a job in America. Sure, there may…

Almost One in Four Children in Florida Live in Poverty

Almost one in four children in Florida lived below the poverty line in 2010, according to data from the US Census. That means 923,963 Florida kids live in poverty (defined as a family of four living on less than $22,314-a-year). That works out to 23.5 percent of all kids in the state…

Matt Drudge Buys a $1.45 Million Safari Home in the Redland

Reclusive conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge of DrudgeReport.com infamy just plopped down $1.45 million cash for a new bunker way, way out in the Redland. Drudge, who rose to fame and riches after breaking the first bit of news about the Monica Lewinksy affair, has lived and maintained his site…