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Despite Vote to Stay, Miami Urged to Rethink City Hall’s Future
After Miami agreed to keep City Hall at the historic Pan Am terminal in Coconut Grove, the Museum of Miami is urging the city to lock in a long-term plan that preserves the property, expands public access and shields the site from private development.
West Grove Affordable Housing Project Nears Completion
Greater St. Paul A.M.E. Church is now accepting applications for its affordable housing units, while the City of Miami considers additional funding to help cover construction cost overruns.
Grand Avenue Rezoning Plan Inches Forward
Miami’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted Wednesday to dust off a long-delayed rezoning plan that city staff says could revitalize an important West Grove corridor.
After Dark, Counting the Homeless in Coconut Grove
Twice a year, teams fan out across Miami-Dade after dark to estimate how many people are living on the streets. The Spotlight rode along as one team searched Coconut Grove.
Where We’ll Be: Cheap Dates, Good Music, Big Weekend
Summer may still have Miami by the thermostat, but the fall calendar has clearly arrived. This weekend alone brings Shakespeare, symphonic winds, circus arts, live jazz, bird-friendly gardening, coastal cleanups, brunch in the Grove and a first-rate New World Symphony concert for whatever you feel like paying. Much of it[Read More…]
Is Coconut Grove’s 27th Avenue a Glimpse of Miami’s Denser Future?
For years, Miami has encouraged more development around transit stations and corridors. Along one Coconut Grove gateway, the effects of those policies are beginning to come into view.
Sight-Visibility Rules Put Grove Greenery in the Crosshairs
Residents and tree advocates say the city is increasingly invoking traffic-safety rules to scrutinize long-time hedges and mature trees, raising questions about what the enforcement could mean for Coconut Grove’s lush character.
This ’N That: A $3-Shirt Survivor in an Upscale Grove
For 69 years, the Commodore Plaza thrift shop has sold donated goods at bargain prices and turned the proceeds into help for the community. Owning its modest storefront has helped keep that mission alive as the Grove has changed around it.
Where We’ll Be: Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs. The fall performance schedules are filling in, and now the game is to claim your seat before somebody else does. New World Symphony is opening its season, Actors’ Playhouse is rolling out Jekyll & Hyde and The Wizard of Oz, GableStage has a New York Times favorite on[Read More…]
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