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 ...

Update to the Update to “The Parking Garage Is The Thing”

I finally received a reply from Miami-Dade country, answering my questions of Thursday last. I said in my previous post I would post these answers should they differ from those I ...

Is the OMNI CRA Expanding?

A vote Thursday at Miami City Hall could be the lifeline West Grove needs to pull itself out from under decades of poverty and systemic racism. District 2 Commissioner Ken Russell ...

Update to “The Parking Garage Is The Thing”

This post is a follow-up to The Parking Garage is the Thing. Something I did not mention in that post is how, after the HEP Board meeting, I introduced myself to ...

The Parking Garage Is The Thing

LONG STORY SHORT: The City of Miami’s Historic and Environmental Preservation Board voted 4-1 Tuesday to raze the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse in order ...

UPDATED: Coconut Grove Grapevine, Stop the Lies!

The back of Tom Falco’s head taken at the Grove 2030 charrette I covered in Intense Intents in Tents. Oddly enough, that post mentioned the Terra Group, the latest rapaciousdeveloper to try to ...

Discovering Coconut Grove ► Throwback Thursday

My latest picture of the E.W.F. Stirrup House with its new historic marker, but it’s no longer the historic E.W.F. Stirrup House. It’s a recreation. Read: Who Is To Blame For The ...

Another Open Email To Miami’s Public Records Department

THIS IS A PUBLIC REPLY TO: Jones, Isiaa <IJones@miami.gov> SUBJECT: Frustration Over PRR 16-452: FOIA RequestDATE: September 28, 2016 CC: Melendez, Eleazar <ElMelendez@miamigov.com>; Russell, Ken (Commissioner) <krussell@miamigov.com>; Mendez, Victoria <VMendez@miamigov.com>; Hannon, Todd <thannon@miamigov.com>; The Loyal Readers ...

An Open Reply To Miami’s Public Records Department

I have chosen to make this a public reply to an email recently received from the City of Miami’s Public Records Department. TO: Jones, Isiaa <IJones@miami.gov> SUBJECT: PRR 16-452: FOIA RequestDATE: ...

Who Is To Blame For The Destruction of the E.W.F. Stirrup House?

One of the first pictures I ever took of the E.W.F. Stirrup House – August 26, 2009 This is the inevitable finger-pointing now that the sad, almost decade-long, purposeful campaign of ...

See Something; Say Something In West Grove

Since my last visit the house has been cited for a by law infraction. When I attended the meeting at Plymouth Congregational Church for South Grove residents to complain that developers ...

Unpacking Coconut Grove & The Writer

The first pic I ever took of the Charles Avenue Historic Marker, 2009 As I mourn the destruction of the E.W.F. Stirrup House, I’ve been asked how I came to write ...

Say Goodbye to the E.W.F. Stirrup House While You Still Can

Right now there’s still a bit of old among the new, but not for long. May 18, 2016 Why was the E.W.F. Stirrup House so important to the community? Read: Happy Birthday ...

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