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 ...

Some More Coconut Grove(s) History

Cocoanut Grove is a 1938 movie, made well after Coconut Grove lost the “A” in its name I’ve been collecting historic pictures of Coconut Grove as long as I’ve been researching and ...

No Safe Harbour In Coconut Grove

The exact moment the meeting exploded into chaos. Note the police officer about to lead the angry gentleman away. Last night I traveled down to Coconut Grove to attend a meeting ...

A Century of Coconut Grove Racism ► Soilgate Is Trolleygate Writ Large

One of hundreds of thousands of Racist internet memes Follow the bouncing ball: Trolleygate is modern day Racism, pure and simple. Furthermore, the Racism that allowed for Trolleygate is exactly the ...

Grove Harbor ► No Skin In The Game

When I think of seashore I don’t think of chrome and glass superstructures. A faithful reader has written to ask that I get involved in the latest Coconut Grove controversy, ...

A Coconut Grove Grapevine Update

It was just a few days ago I took Tom Falco, of the Coconut Grove Grapevine, to task for his nutty conspiracy theories concerning me and Not Now Silly. I ...

Go Home, Coconut Grove Grapevine, You’re Drunk!

Tom Falco acting inconspicuous right in the middle of downtown Coconut Grove Uh oh! I’m involved in another media bun fight with Tom Falco, writer-editor-grammarian of the Coconut Grove Grapevine. And, ...

Is Gino Falsetto Breaking The Law Again? ► A Charles Avenue Update

The Charles Avenue historical marker with the E.W.F. Stirrup House across the street. It’s always been about the E.W.F. Stirrup House. My research into Ebeneezer Woodbury Franklin Stirrup has led to ...

West Grove Residents Lose ► Polluting Bus Garage Will Go Ahead

Indefatigable Coconut Grove community activist Laurie Cook leading the protest The residents of west Coconut Grove had their hopes dashed yesterday when Miami-Dade County Judge Ronald G. Dresnick ruled that a ...

No Skin In The Game ► Part Four

The One Grove mural in Coconut Grove On the same day I was posting about the upcoming court hearing for Trolleygate, a news article came across my transom that dovetails with ...

Trolleygate Update ► The End Of The Line?

Artist rendering of the Coral Gables’ diesel bus garage designed in a Bahamian style Circle the court date: August 16th. At times it seems the wheels of justice turn ever so slowly. ...

A live update from the E.W.F. Stirrup House

Nothing has changed. Nothing has been done. The E.W.F Stirrup House continues to undergo Demolition by Neglect.

An E.W.F. Stirrup House Shocker! ► Is Gino Falsetto Following The Rules?

The dumpster on the property is finally legit, until August at least Dateline May 17, 2013 – A quick visit to the E.W.F. Stirrup House produced something totally surprising. For the last ...