To the Editor: Dear Aspiring Resident of Coconut Grove, If you answered yes to all of the above — and D for No. 4 — have we got the place for you. Located on Biscayne Bay, a stone’s throw from Miami City Hall — where residents can express their petty[Read More…]

To the Editor: David Villano’s April 23 article, “The WELL Traffic Study Clears Key Threshold — But Only Barely” discussed an engineering study that examined the incremental traffic that would be expected to be created by The WELL project, a development astride Tigertail Avenue between 27th Avenue and Mary Street.[Read More…]

To the Editor: The Future We Build: A Play in One Act about the Magic City’s imminent destiny… or not. Scene: Greenstreet Café. Tuesday morning. A man in tennis clothes is having breakfast with someone in business attire. They are discussing the previous evening’s screening of “The Future We Build” with[Read More…]

To the Editor: At the April 9 City Commission meeting, Chairwoman Christine King sponsored an amendment to PZ.1 to increase in the amount of additional density that can be received under Affordable Housing Transfer of Density Program from 50% of base density to 100% of base density. There was no[Read More…]

To the Editor: A sincere thank you to the residents of Park Grove and the South Bayshore Alliance who showed up en masse at Wednesday night’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board meeting at City Hall. Your presence made the difference, and it wasn’t just symbolic.   You helped to change[Read More…]

To the Editor: Last Saturday’s Community Conversation on Freedom and Justice brought together friends and neighbors from across Coconut Grove and the broader county for a meaningful morning of dialogue and reflection.  Attendees from diverse faiths, backgrounds, and cultures engaged with two local champions of freedom — pioneering journalist Ms.[Read More…]

To the Editor: On Saturday, April 11, 2026, we attended an open discussion on how to advocate for freedom and justice with Bea Hines and Marvin Dunn, long-term civil rights activists and authors.  Organized by Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, We The People of 305, and the Woman’s Club of Coconut[Read More…]

To the Editor: Scene: The lobby bar of a downtown hotel where a program entitled “Developing The Magic City” is about to begin. Two people in business attire are sipping espressos at a stand-up table in the middle of many others similarly occupied. Players: Beeg, a developer of high-rise condos[Read More…]

To the Editor: Is it actually true or an April Fools prank that Miami City Hall is finally vacating Coconut Grove’s historic Pan Am Terminal to relocate at the Miami Freedom Park and Soccer Complex? It’s about time. After all they have squatted there with million-dollar waterfront views for way[Read More…]

To the Editor: Hello Fellow Real Grovites and Miamians. We have lost the Coconut Grove Playhouse, now the historic City of Miami City Hall is being “moved,” read demolished. That historic property will soon be demolished and purchased by developers who will tear it down and put up more 30-story[Read More…]