Historic Downtown Miami/Urban South Florida

Dade Heritage Trust Miami

🚴‍♀️🌳 Pedaling Through Merrick’s Legacy
Join DHT and friends on Sunday, August 17, for a shady summer ride beneath the historic tree canopies of Coral Gables! Discover how George Merrick’s 100-year-old vision for the “City Beautiful” still shapes the lush, leafy streets we enjoy today. A local expert will lead the way as we explore this living legacy on two wheels.

📍 Register now: https://bikewalkcoralgables.org/events

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SHAME, SHAME, SHAME

. . How many historic assets in the City of Miami face the same destiny?

‘Demolition by neglect’ fells historic Miami building long designated for protection The long-vacant 1902 building, best recognized for its sidewalk arcade, has been a protected historic site since 1985.

AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE ON THE MIAMI RIVER

. ."back to the time of the emergence of the first cities in Mesopotamia. It’s thousands of years before the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire." But, hey, this is Miami.

Why would that be important?

A major archaeological discovery was made on the Miami River. Was it kept ‘under wraps’? “It’s thousands of years before the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. By any measure, this is an early manifestation of human activity. This is legitimately old.”

THE GRAND OLD EVERGLADES HOTEL

. . site of today's Vizcayne Condominium Complex.

Celebrate at its best!

Photo of the Everglades Hotel at 244 Biscayne Boulevard on September 9, 1946. Opened in 1926 as an apartment complex, the twenty-year-old building had just undergone renovations and repairs at the time of this photo. The Everglades was razed in January of 2005 to make room for the Vizcayne condominium complex which resides on the land once occupied by the old hotel. Please Share!

TEQUESTA DISCOVERY

. . The newly uncovered deposits could contribute to knowledge of prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns of the Tequesta, the archaeologists said. If confirmed, it would fit criteria that makes it eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places - NPS. Dade Heritage Trust Miami

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Prehistoric Remains Found In Brickell, Jeopardizing Megaproject Miami Real Estate, Construction And Architecture

Extreme makeover, #Miami style: Historic #FlaglerStreet in the heart of Downtown is set for a top-to-bottom renovation that will revitalize our city’s historic Main Street just as more people are living, working, and visiting our district than ever before.

PRESERVATION PREVAILS!

. . With no debate, Miami commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a long-delayed Dade Heritage Trust Miami lease for the tidy 1905 wood cottage that served as pioneering physician James Jackson’s clinic.

Celebrate at its best!

Forget the dog park or the condos. Historic Jackson bungalow will stay in Brickell In the end, there was no talk of turning the picturesque, publicly owned historic site in Miami’s Brickell district into condos or a dog park.