In the 1950s, the only way for Beatrice Miller to get home from her after-school job picking peppers at her father’s farm was to cut through the cemetery — when it was getting dark. For the teenage girl, few things were more frightening. “I ran so fast my feet never…
When you think Florida you think retirees. Just about everyone has a grandparent or at least a great aunt living down here. We were the setting of the Golden Girls after all, and somehow the average age in Florida just keep getting older. So we may be a popular place…
Since December, Manhattanites and Manhattanites alone have been able to enjoy a one-hour delivery service from online retail giants Amazon. Now, Miami (along with Baltimore) will be the second city to get to try the service. Amazon Prime Now delivery has been launched in select Miami zip codes effective immediately. …
The vast income inequality in Miami is no secret. Barring traffic, you can be driving around and surrounded by mansions with well manicured, fenced in lawns one moment and then surrounded by slums ten minutes later. Homeless people sleep on sidewalks blocks from glittering luxury condo towers designed by some…
Miami’s condo boom may be slightly slowing down, but the real estate rush to snap up any remaining primo property is still in full swing. The owners of a building in the Design District have basically won the real estate lottery. Hardor Corp. bought up a building at 1 NE…
Colin Veitch spent 8 years as president and CEO of Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Lines. However, after stepping down in 2008, he had no intention of leaving the cruise industry behind. He hatched an ambitious plan to launch a new cruise line. Of course, launching a cruise line is no easy…
It was another night in paradise. Or so it seemed to the thousands of souls streaming up and down Española Way like spawning salmon on April 24, 2013. South Beach’s busiest block teemed with techno music and tourists. Hostesses in skimpy skirts flashed flirtatious smiles beneath glowing streetlights. Waiters with…
It’s a common complaint that Miami puts too many of its economic eggs in the baskets of tourism and development, but according to at least one recent study Miami actually has one of the most “diversified” economies in the country. WalletHub ranked Miami 18th out of 350 American cities considered…
For more than six decades, Mount Sinai Medical Center has been Miami Beach’s premier hospital. But now Baptist Health South Florida, another huge regional medical chain, wants to open a much smaller, urgent-care center in South Beach. Mount Sinai — along with the city’s planning board and chamber of commerce…
Opposition to the American Dreams Miami megamall is mounting fast. First ambitious school board member Raquel Regalado declared that Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s support of the project has caused her to finally make the decision to run against him next year. Now a group of citizens are circulating a Change.org…
Announced yesterday as the largest mall in America, American Dreams Miami is being dubbed by developer Triple Five Group as the “largest entertainment attraction in the world.” Yes, the mall will end up being much more than a mall. See also: America’s Largest Mall Might Be Built in Miami Lakes…
Apparently Miami has not reached peak shopping mall. Not by a long shot. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced today that developers are planning to build the largest mall in America (possibly even the world) near the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and I-75 in Miami Lakes. The project is…
Real-estate booms don’t last forever, as anyone even passingly familiar with Miami’s history should know, and it appears the most recent downtown condo boom might have hit its peak. A new report from the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), which focuses on Miami’s urban core from Brickell up to midtown, indicates…
Miami Beach is famous for its iconic, colorful lifeguard stands, but they’re ultimately utilitarian structures that aren’t meant to last forever. In fact, many of the city’s historic stands were leveled during Hurricane Andrew back in 1992. Architect William Lane stepped in and designed some psychedelic, sci-fi replacements, and they’ve…
For more than a half-century, communist Cuba has fought off the offenses of its northern neighbor. From the Bay of Pigs to the embargo to the internet, the island has resisted the influence of the United States. Now Cuba is poised to go on the offensive — by invading your…
Lincoln Road is in such a state of content flux that even national chain stores that have sat on the strip for more than a decade can’t keep up. William Sonoma and Pottery Barn, neighboring chain stores in the 1000 block of Lincoln that share a corporate parent company, will…
This is essentially the different side of the same story from earlier this month, when an analysis showed that 65 percent of Miamians are renters. That’s because homeownership in Miami-Dade has plummeted since the recession and foreclosure crisis. Well, now the Census Bureau is out with new information basically pointing…
Ever heard of the Eiffel Tower presented by L’Oréal or the Starbuck Seattle Space Needle? Of course not. Unlike many of the structures across the globe its being compared to by backers, the SkyRise Miami tower could feature some serious corporate branding…
The battle over the future of an historic Miami Beach church took another turn yesterday morning when city attorneys and developers struck a tentative agreement. If approved by commissioners, the deal would give TriStar Capital the green light to transform Miami Beach Community Church’s century-old courtyard into a clothing store…
Miami International Airport catches a lot of flak, but you can’t complain too much about your flights being delayed — at least compared to most of the other large airports around the globe. According to a new analysis from the Official Airport Guide, MIA ranks ninth among large airports in…
The rest of the country sure likes to make fun of Florida, but that hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting the Sunshine State in record numbers. Earlier today, Gov. Rick Scott and state tourism officials unveiled tourism data from 2014 that estimates 97.3 million people visited Florida last year, a record…
A battle is brewing for the soul of Miami’s most iconic neighborhood. Little Havana, the spiritual home of the Cuban diaspora that populated the area in droves following the 1959 revolution, is still mostly a blue-collar immigrant neighborhood. But proposed zoning changes for taller condos and more commercial development have…
