Read Time: < 1min On Saturday, January 13, 2024, Rosa Lowinger presented her lecture “Dwell Time” at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum. Lecture DescriptionBased on her just-published memoir, Dwell Time, conservator Rosa Lowinger discusses preserving modern tropical buildings in Miami and Havana. […]
Read Time: < 1min On Saturday, January 13, 2024, Dave Bricker presented his lecture “Miami’s Secret Floating Village” at the Art Deco Museum. Lecture DescriptionInspired by people he met while working on the Christo Surrounded Islands project, David Bricker […]
Read Time: 5mins Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road Mall is one of the most popular shopping destinations in the world – a pedestrian promenade dotted with historic buildings from the 1920s-1960s. It stretches for about a mile between Washington Avenue and Alton Road. The outdoor shopping mall is a top stop for fashion, shopping, dining, markets, art galleries, and people-watching.
Read Time: 2mins Experience Opa-locka’s vibrant fusion of cultures at the inaugural edition of MENA Fest, the first multicultural festival of its kind in the city’s 97-year history. On Saturday, April 13 from 12 […]
Read Time: 2mins On Sunday, January 14, 2024, Stuart Reed presented his lecture “Florida’s First Travelogue: A Spanish Shipwreck Survivor’s Memoir of Enslavement with the Calusa Tribe for 17 Years” at the Art […]
Read Time: 2mins A World Premiere Play by Nicholas GriffinDirected By Jen WinemanApril 4—28, 2024Miami New Drama presents: Dangerous Days. An exciting play that reminisces on the infamous past of Miami. The play […]
Read Time: 4mins According to a 1986 Miami Herald article, in the 1980s developer Gerry Sanchez purchased numerous hotels along Ocean Drive. Mr. Sanchez was superstitious – and since he was 45 years old, the price he’d sell a property for would have to include the numbers 4 and 5: “For everything I sell, I have to make 45 cents or $4.50 or $45 or $4,500 or $45,000 or $450,000. I’m superstitious because that’s my age.” $450,000 is the profit he made while selling the Clevelander to the Kay Family for $1.65 million, after owning the property for four months.
Read Time: 2mins MDPL’s Advocacy Committee will review the following applications on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda. Here is a sneak peek of the projects to be heard and links to learn […]
Read Time: < 1min On Friday, January 12th, 2024, Bob Kealing presented his lecture “The Beatles in 1964 Florida” at the Art Deco Museum. Lecture DescriptionThis lively presentation examines the two weeks the Beatles spent in the potboiler […]
Read Time: 2mins On Friday, January 12, 2024, Haley Busch of 1,000 Friends of Florida presented “Saving Special Places and Building Better Communities: Smart Growth in Florida” at the Art Deco Museum. Lecture […]
Read Time: 2mins On Friday, January 12, 2024, architect Rick Gonzalez presented his lecture “Historic Preservation in Coastal Communities of Florida” at the Art Deco Museum.Lecture DescriptionHistoric places change over time. We can’t stop change, but we […]
Read Time: 5mins This is a guest post by our partner organization, the Historic Preservation Association of Coral GablesArticle by Karelia CarbonellAt its recent Annual Meeting, the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables […]
Read Time: < 1 min On Saturday, January 13, 2024, Rosa Lowinger presented her lecture “Dwell Time” at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum. Lecture DescriptionBased on her just-published memoir, Dwell Time, conservator Rosa Lowinger discusses preserving modern tropical buildings in Miami and Havana. […] 
Read Time: < 1 min On Saturday, January 13, 2024, Dave Bricker presented his lecture “Miami’s Secret Floating Village” at the Art Deco Museum. Lecture DescriptionInspired by people he met while working on the Christo Surrounded Islands project, David Bricker […] 
Read Time: 5 mins Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road Mall is one of the most popular shopping destinations in the world – a pedestrian promenade dotted with historic buildings from the 1920s-1960s. It stretches for about a mile between Washington Avenue and Alton Road. The outdoor shopping mall is a top stop for fashion, shopping, dining, markets, art galleries, and people-watching. 
Read Time: 2 mins Experience Opa-locka’s vibrant fusion of cultures at the inaugural edition of MENA Fest, the first multicultural festival of its kind in the city’s 97-year history. On Saturday, April 13 from 12 […] 
Read Time: 2 mins On Sunday, January 14, 2024, Stuart Reed presented his lecture “Florida’s First Travelogue: A Spanish Shipwreck Survivor’s Memoir of Enslavement with the Calusa Tribe for 17 Years” at the Art […] 
Read Time: 2 mins A World Premiere Play by Nicholas GriffinDirected By Jen WinemanApril 4—28, 2024Miami New Drama presents: Dangerous Days. An exciting play that reminisces on the infamous past of Miami. The play […] 
Read Time: 4 mins According to a 1986 Miami Herald article, in the 1980s developer Gerry Sanchez purchased numerous hotels along Ocean Drive. Mr. Sanchez was superstitious – and since he was 45 years old, the price he’d sell a property for would have to include the numbers 4 and 5: “For everything I sell, I have to make 45 cents or $4.50 or $45 or $4,500 or $45,000 or $450,000. I’m superstitious because that’s my age.” $450,000 is the profit he made while selling the Clevelander to the Kay Family for $1.65 million, after owning the property for four months. 
Read Time: 2 mins MDPL’s Advocacy Committee will review the following applications on the upcoming Historic Preservation Board agenda. Here is a sneak peek of the projects to be heard and links to learn […] 
Read Time: < 1 min On Friday, January 12th, 2024, Bob Kealing presented his lecture “The Beatles in 1964 Florida” at the Art Deco Museum. Lecture DescriptionThis lively presentation examines the two weeks the Beatles spent in the potboiler […] 
Read Time: 2 mins On Friday, January 12, 2024, Haley Busch of 1,000 Friends of Florida presented “Saving Special Places and Building Better Communities: Smart Growth in Florida” at the Art Deco Museum. Lecture […] 
Read Time: 2 mins On Friday, January 12, 2024, architect Rick Gonzalez presented his lecture “Historic Preservation in Coastal Communities of Florida” at the Art Deco Museum.Lecture DescriptionHistoric places change over time. We can’t stop change, but we […] 
Read Time: 5 mins This is a guest post by our partner organization, the Historic Preservation Association of Coral GablesArticle by Karelia CarbonellAt its recent Annual Meeting, the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables […]