Mimo on Bibo is the Miami Modern District on Biscayne Blvd.
Their Website says:
Our volunteers are from all walks of life with sights set to continue on the path to bring the MiMo Biscayne Boulevard Historic District to the forefront and show everyone it is a [...]
Miami Herald Columnist, Jackie Bueno Sousa, reported in the Herald yesterday that property records are not being listed accurately on the My Home, property appraiser website. People buying distressed properties (foreclosures) are listed as the owner, but the prior selling price and prior sale date is listed under their name. This is printing false records. [...]
Change of plans. We tried to post the video of the Editorial Board meeting but it crashed the blog. Now it is gone from the Herald site. Here is the Marlin’s groundbreaking instead and much more embarrassing and should be seen by Miami Dade residents so they know who to thank when they go to [...]
What I’ve read about the EDSA plan makes me wonder about the creative talents of the Stone family. This is not meant to speak ill of the departed, but the late Edward Durell Stone Jr., founder of EDSA, was the son of a prolific architect. In the 1960s, Edward Sr. was commissioned by Vanderbilt [...]
Today’s UEL blog features a Letter to the Editor (borrowed from the Miami Herald) that hails from a Chicago resident. Readers may recall that Chicago is often cited by the Mayor of Miami as the “world class city” that Miami wants to be. Yet somehow this writer’s take on [...]
Mayor Carlos Alvarez will release and discuss details of the proposed budget for FY 2009-2010 at a news conference today, at noon. He said:
“Miami-Dade County is facing a budget gap of nearly $400 million, my goal is to present a responsible budget proposal that balances the demands for service with the costs of providing [...]
The Department of Planning and Zoning is in the process of updating the Miami-Dade County Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) and invites you to participate in the process. Long range strategic planning has never been more important for this community. The CDMP establishes plans and policies for the County for important topics such as land [...]
Posted on Sunday, 07.12.09 – Stadium is a bad deal for taxpayers
BY NORMAN BRAMAN
I read with great disappointment, but not surprise, Wednesday’s front-page article about the Florida Marlins’ stadium’s final costs being more than $2.4 billion.
This does not include the cost of the city-paid parking garage (about $100 million), the land, infrastructure [...]
With 83% of those responding NO to the question: Will the new baseball stadium benefit Miami Dade County? — you might think the elected officials would think twice about their decision or at least conduct their own scientific poll.
News has been grim in the dog days of Summer: We have to fight with lawsuits to protect our quality of life in South Florida as our elected officials are not doing it for us. It was recently announced that Lowe’s is going to appeal an Administrative Hearing decision, which would not allow them, through [...]
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Planning News- Editorial Intern May 17, 2012[…]Jonathan Nettler
- Visionary Skyscraper Finally Completed May 17, 2012Add this to the "oh yeah" file. After eight years of construction, the completion ceremony for the OMA-designed China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters in Beijing was held this week. read more […]Jonathan Nettler
- Major Stumbling Block to Transportation Bill May be Removed May 17, 2012In a promising sign for the negotiation and passage of a comprehensive transportation bill, the GOP is hinting it may be willing to part with demands to include a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the final bill, reports Ben Geman.read more […]Jonathan Nettler
- California Tries To Wring Every Last Cent From Redevelopment May 17, 2012California's erstwhile redevelopment agencies are pleading with the state to maintaing funding for projects they consider crucial. So far, the Department of Finance has taken a decidedly conservative approach. read more […]Josh Stephens
- Quick Fixes for Transit Safety May 17, 2012Transit rider and Good reporter, Alissa Walker, describes some simple solutions for making transit safer. read more […]jerinbrent
- Will Generation Y Drive a Rust Belt Redux? May 17, 2012In search of cheap rent and an urban experience with some bona fide street cred, young people are making the move out to the Rust Belt, Will Doig reports.read more […]Ryan Lue
- America's Rivers Under Threat May 17, 2012Hillary Rosner speaks with Bob Irvin, president of American Rivers, on their newly released list of the most endangered rivers in the country.read more […]Jonathan Nettler
- New Urbanists Duke it Out With Mayor Over Expressway Conversion May 17, 2012"We should not let the lame be the enemy of the perfectly adequate," says one critic of the New Haven mayor's proposal. read more […]newurban
- Onward, Singapore: Setting the New Standard for Urban Innovation May 17, 2012Boyd Cohen takes us through a brief tour of the Lion City's many progressive and wildly successful programs, from affordable housing to traffic management and beyond.read more […]Ryan Lue
- The Housing Market Revolution May 17, 2012Haya El Nasser describes the housing market's fundamental structural changes as the housing industry rethinks what type of housing to build and where to build it. read more […]Jonathan Nettler
- Editorial Intern May 17, 2012
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