Miami's Often Forgotten High-Rise History

[DGM]

Originally Posted by Pablo63090

The luxury condominium market in the greater Miami area is wobbling in the aftermath of a speculative buying spree.

More doom and gloom . I hope it does topple, so long as it does just as I get out of college.

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by DGM

More doom and gloom . I hope it does topple, so long as it does just as I get out of college.

Assuming you get out of college in 1982 when that article was written That got me for a second too until i saw that it was refering to "luxury" condos as those over $100,000 and goingcrazy over $300,000 condos (that is as expensive as Manahattan)...ah the cheap old days.

[DGM]

Wow, I guess I should read more carefully. Vintage doom and gloom .

[Pablo63090]

Hey guys, this thread is about the past.

[SayHelloToMyLilFrein]

hey thank all that posted these old photos of the city ahhh I love them !!!!!!

[dave8721]

Any of you guys remember the old Miami Stadium (it was called Bobby Maduro stadium at one point too right?)

[Toucano]

Dave, I've been trying to find more information on it...Thanks for the picture, can you possibly share whatever you know about the old stadium and what currently sits at its former site...

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by Toucano

Dave, I've been trying to find more information on it...Thanks for the picture, can you possibly share whatever you know about the old stadium and what currently sits at its former site...

It was located at 2301 NW 10th Ave just to the north of the Jackson Hospital area and near a metrorail stop. After it was demolished a spread out apartment community was built on the site.

Here is an article on it:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Miami_Stadium

Miami Stadium, also known as Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium, was dedicated on August 31, 1949 and demolished in 2001. It was the home of several Minor League teams and was also home to Major League Spring Training. Most notably, it was the spring home of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (for "A" exhibition games only) from 1950 to 1958 and to the Baltimore Orioles from 1959 to 1990. In 1987 the stadium was renamed Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium after Bobby Maduro, owner of the Havana Sugar Kings. The ballpark was also briefly used by the Gold Coast Suns of the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association in the late 1980s. In 1991 the stadium was the host to the Caribbean Series, marking only the second time the event had been played outside the Caribbean. (It was played at Miami's Orange Bowl football stadium in 1990.)

Minor league teams who played there were:

Miami Sun Sox, Florida International League (1949-1954)
Miami Marlins, International League (1956-1960)
Miami Marlins, Florida State League (1962-1970, 1982-1988)
Miami Orioles, Florida State League (1971-1981)
Miami Amigos, Inter-American League (1979)
Gold Coast Suns, Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989/1990)

An article about what replaced it:
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/010419/story7.shtml

If all goes as planned, the site at 2301 NW 10th Ave. will become the Miami Bobby Maduro Stadium Apartments, with 336 apartments, 480 parking spaces, a swimming pool, volleyball and tennis courts, a playground and a small baseball museum as a memorial to the ballpark

[Pablo63090]

I remember driving on I-95 and seeing it.

[magic-city]

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[Pablo63090]

Wow, look at that cute fishing village. LOL! Twenty years later the population in Dade County was 1/2 a million people. Twenty years after that, post-war Dade hit the one-million mark.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by dave8721

Any of you guys remember the old Miami Stadium (it was called Bobby Maduro stadium at one point too right?)

Speaking of baseball, I ordered a throwback baseball jersey and they called me today to say it was ready to be shipped...finally. They said the logos were done by hand and it takes 12 weeks!
It's a replica of a 1953 Miami Beach Flamingo's Jersey.

This jersey has the Flamingo patch. The Flamingos were managed by John "Pepper" Martin, #1, the "Wild Horse of the Osage." Martin was a member of the Gas House Gang-era St. Louis Cardinals. The scrappy outfielder-third baseman led the National League in stolen bases in 1933, 1934 and 1936. He also set a record for best lifetime World Series batting average at .418. After his retirement in 1940, Martin went on to manage in half a dozen minor league cities. His managerial career was interrupted in 1944, when the war-era Cards persuaded a 40-year-old Martin to return as a player. He hit a respectable .279 that season.

To check out a picture of it click here and enter keyword "miami beach" in the search box.

[brickell]

Driving through the civic center area yesterday I saw a sign for the Miami Stadium. I too remember seeing it from afar when I first came here 8 years ago.

[spellbound]

Miami Stadium was considered pretty state-of-the-art when it opened in the 40s...especially the swooping cantilevered roof.

Unfortunately, my memories of being there were mostly as the ballpark (and the surrounding neighborhood) were in serious decline. It just became a place you really didn't want to go eventually.

There's a "small baseball museum" in the public housing that replaced it?? Hmmm...I wonder if that really happened (doubtful, I'd guess). Anybody know?

Anyway, love this thread. Keep those great old photos coming, fellas!

[ChuckScraperMiami#1]

Originally Posted by brickell

Driving through the civic center area yesterday I saw a sign for the Miami Stadium. I too remember seeing it from afar when I first came here 8 years ago.

Brickell , my Friend ,Your so right !!!

The old green sign is still there, I drive by there almost everyday of my work ,
Southbound on N.W. 17th Avenue approching N.W. 20th Street, directly accross the street from the Walgreen's Store on the corner,
The " Miami Stadium " Sign, with a left pointing arrow below it . for N.W. 20th street back then was one of the main arteries to the old Baseball stadium where I worked at part time for games and Concerts such as " The Steve Miller Band , and the Commodores , with Earth ,Wind and Fire concerts on the big huge concrete stage built by the City of Miami during the 70's into the 80's.

[Pablo63090]

Miami, "The Magic City", 1983

[SayHelloToMyLilFrein]

Wow are you sure thats 1983 and not 1953 lol .Also judging from that 1902 photo I wounder if there is any original houses in some of the ghetto areas around down town Miami that should be preserved as land marks. hummm

[Pablo63090]

Originally Posted by SayHelloToMyLilFrein

Wow are you sure thats 1983 and not 1953 lol .Also judging from that 1902 photo I wounder if there is any original houses in some of the ghetto areas around down town Miami that should be preserved as land marks. hummm

Most have been torn down, but some, such as the Jackson House have been saved. I wouldn't say that the areas outside of Downtown are ghetto's. They are areas that have been stagnate for a long time, but with someone investing and giving a crap about the area, things can be quickly changed. Simply said, all those areas just need investment. The problem is finding someone suitable to manage it. Going back to historic homes, the areas just outside of Downtown have great examples of early 20th century architecture, but they are in need of serious repair.

[magic-city]

Originally Posted by Pablo63090

Miami, "The Magic City", 1983

Pablo:

Great image!

No CenTrust Tower now BOA
Metro-Dade Center under construction
Southeast Bank parking structure u/c
No 700 Brickell
Flagship Bank's Drive-in tellers in view next to Four Ambassadors

Imagine what the next 20 years will bring - Perhaps Miami's tallest will be in this future view.

[TopperCity]

Miami.. humidity is a killer but the water in the ocean is truly a paradise. It surely has changed so much.