Historic Preservation Watch: Vagabond Motel & Art Basel

Developer Avra Jain has her boys working six days a week in order to have the Vagabond Motel ready for Art Basel. Although guest rooms won’t be available until early 2014, the historic 1953 MiMo Motel will be ready to host an Art Basel exhibition and swank party- every room will host a different artist’s… Read more…

Event: TEDxCity2.0

TEDxCity2.0 Viewing + Discussion + Happy Hour will occur from 6pm – 8pm on Friday Sept 20th. Hosted at Elwoods Gastro Pub, this event will broadcast three (3) TEDxCity2.0 talks. Each talk will be followed by a short discussion session based on how the information presented relates to Miami. Join us in thought sharing, discussing and… Read more…

Miami Small Urban Buildings: Course, Book (Free!), Exhibit, Bus Tour, Presentation…

This comes to us via Andrew Frey, Executive Director, the Townhouse Center (via Knight Blog) Jason Chandler, a licensed architect and an associate professor at Florida International University, writes about a joint studio course with the not-for-profit Townhouse Center that is supported by Knight Foundation. Miami has built to the sky and horizon with towers and subdivisions but lacks neighborhoods… Read more…

Proposals Are In For Prime Overtown Real Estate

All Aboard Florida and BDB Miami have put together their own proposals for a prime piece of real estate that sits within close proximity of the proposed All Aboard Florida station in Overtown. The developers will present their proposals on Wednesday September 4 from 5pm-7pm at Camillus House.  Here are the respective proposals: All Aboard… Read more…