Coconut Grove

Gaslighting Another Black Community For Fun & Profit

Scratch beneath any story in Coconut Grove and you’ll discover the issue of race lurking. We’ll get to that eventually, but this true fable — with a twist on the race issue — starts with the approval of a Wawa gas station in the City of Coral Gables. So what? Cities approve gas stations all the time. However, this approval didn’t have any public consultation with the community, nor public hearings, both of which would normally have taken place. And, that’s ...

The Latest Play on the Coconut Grove Playhouse

Click to enlarge One of my sources sent me the following document. This appears to be the memorandum that will be voted upon during the Miami-Dade Commission meeting on Thursday, March ...

A Playhouse Trojan Horse Update

These are the arrows in Question 3. I’m not sure why they were blocked off this way yesterday. Last week I received a call from the executive assistant of Art Noriega, ...

The Coconut Grove Playhouse Trojan Horse; Part II

Gate left open for the valet parking allowing traffic to go out onto William and Thomas Avenues. Note the arrow on the ground directing traffic out onto Charles Avenue. Part ...

The Coconut Grove Playhouse Trojan Horse; Part I

Some of the parking lots described in this post. Background: Looking south towards the E.W.F. Stirrup House, dwarfed by The Monstrosity, aka ...

Marc D. Sarnoff ► Everything Old Is New Again

I’ve managed (mainly) to avoid writing about corrupt Miami Commissioner Marc D. Sarnoff, except as it related to Trolleygate. However, that doesn’t mean Sarnoff was totally off my radar. ...

Another Charles Avenue Bad Neighbour Update

The empty residential lots are immediately behind the Charles Avenue Historic Marker. One of the things the folks who live along Charles Avenue were promised was the valet parking at The ...

Aries Development: Bad Neighbour Or Worst Neighbour Ever?

Gino Falsetto, the Anti-Midas I’ve written so many times here about Gino Falsetto, that I should rename this joint The Falsetto Voice. Gino, who ran away from a string of bankrupted ...

Shocker!!! E.W.F. Stirrup House Plans Are Finally On File

CLICK TO ENLARGE: This is the overall plan for the E.W.F. Stirrup House and Property. Charles Avenue runs along the top and Main Highway is the angled street at the right. The ...

Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins ► Chapter Three

CLICK to enlarge: Red lines represent streets never built, despite being on original planning maps. I’ve written about Marler Avenue previously (Read Part Two of Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins). ...

Fighting Blight In Coconut Grove

The most recent notice on The Bicycle Shop, citing the owner, Coconut Grove Playhouse LLC., with “First Year failure to register a Blighted, unsecured, or abandoned structure.” My recent trip ...

Packing for the Road Trip ► Unpacking The Writer

I’m writing and posting this month’s Unpacking The Writer a little early to get it posted before I leave on Monday for the 2nd Annual Sunrise to Canton Road Trip ...

Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins ► Chapter Two

Our next destination in Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins. This path runs along another section of The Colour Line in Coconut Grove. Note the fence. We’ll get back to ...