City of Miami Beach

[UK-LINDA]

We enjoyed your warm and sunny weather last winter we were there. We are returning this January. Florida is the only place in the US where we can count on warm sunny days tanning on the beach in the dead of winter.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by UK-LINDA

We enjoyed your warm and sunny weather last winter we were there. We are returning this January. Florida is the only place in the US where we can count on warm sunny days tanning on the beach in the dead of winter.

Thank you! We do have our share of bad weather, but the odds here are usually in favor of our guests!

[Roark]

If you haven't been yet, go check out South Pointe Park. It is fantastic and you can tell that it will grow better with age.
The park wraps from the Ocean/Beach around the tip of South Pointe and winds along the waterfront at Government Cut around through to the Miami Beach Marina all the way to the 5th Street Bridge.
A winding elevated path provides great views and beautiful green banks of grass for laying around or picnicing.
The park is extremely active and really worth a trip. Here are a few pictures that don't do the park justice.
South Pointe Park from a boat



The elevated path


Continuum South Beach. Ocean Drive terminates at the entry to Continuum and another pedestrian entry to the park.


Miami Beach Marina

[noland123]

Miami Beach in my opinion is the most beautiful beach in the continental United States.I love its parks ,the beautiful Coconut and Royal Palms,the beautiful ocean water,the beautiful architecture and just the name "Miami Beach" has a national and international appeal to make people want to flock here.

[Animo]

It really is! I can't wait to be back in Miami again.

[southfloridamiamian]

Is the city still planning to build the iceberg s the centerpiece of the park? Or has it been canceled?

[Södermalm]

here is a cool retail center that is going to be built near 1111 lincoln on lenox avenue:
1681 LENOX AVE

[kevinkagy]

It's a nice building. It's on a great site because it's currently a surface parking lot, so that's great. The block immediately north of Lincoln Road is almost exclusively parking lots, so it's nice to see an infill project like this to promote more pedestrian activity north to 17th St.

[Södermalm]

scumbag developers at seville hotel/ ritz carlton residences

http://cbs4.com/local/howard.graham....2.1154901.html

this structure is a huge embarrassment for the city, and the city should fine these people for every day that the building remains vacant

[Roark]

Originally Posted by Södermalm

scumbag developers at seville hotel/ ritz carlton residences

Quick to judge with one side of the story Sod, and that is some harsh name calling.

My parents raised me not to call people names, can you define "scumbag" and how that applies in this case.
Also, which developer are you calling names and what was your experience with them?

[salaverryo]

Originally Posted by FIDEL CASTRO

The same can be said about Hialeah, Homestead, Kendall, Florida City, etc...

Not quite. Miami Beach is separated from the mainland by a body of water (Biscayne Bay), which makes it even more isolated from Miami.

[1772]

It would be kind of nice if they made a "Washington Square" at the end of Washington Avenue in South Point Park. We're talking real 18th century statue in the middle of George Washington.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by 1772

It would be kind of nice if they made a "Washington Square" at the end of Washington Avenue in South Point Park. We're talking real 18th century statue in the middle of George Washington.

The entry at the end of Washington Avenue is excellent. I love the new modern park that Hargreaves & Associates has created there.






However, you bring up a provocative point, 1772. Maybe instead of a modern and Miami Beach appropriate entries, citizens should demand that the creative people copy the old squares, and perhaps at the South end of Ocean Drive, instead of a modern park, citizens could demand that the architects build an old European square with a real old statue.
We're talking real 1980's Billy Ocean statue at the end of Ocean Drive.

[Södermalm]

Originally Posted by Roark

Quick to judge with one side of the story Sod, and that is some harsh name calling.

My parents raised me not to call people names, can you define "scumbag" and how that applies in this case.
Also, which developer are you calling names and what was your experience with them?

try to envision someone buying a house in your upscale neighborhood in lansing, fencing it off with an ugly chain link fence, leaving trash strewn about an overgrown yard, boarded up windows etc. this goes on for years with no end in sight and brings down the value of the whole neighborhood. safe to say you would have choice words for them

the city should be slapping massive fines and liens on these people until they are forced to cede control of it and go back to argentina

[Aceventura]

One statue at a time. Let's get Telly Savalas' right foot in South Point Park first.

[spellbound]

Originally Posted by Aceventura

One statue at a time. Let's get Telly Savalas' right foot in South Point Park first.

Damn right.

I even hear there's stimulus money available for the once-proposed revolving head and lighted eyes so the colossus can serve as a shipping beacon.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by Södermalm

try to envision someone buying a house in your upscale neighborhood in lansing, fencing it off with an ugly chain link fence, leaving trash strewn about an overgrown yard, boarded up windows etc. this goes on for years with no end in sight and brings down the value of the whole neighborhood. safe to say you would have choice words for them
the city should be slapping massive fines and liens on these people until they are forced to cede control of it and go back to argentina

What???
You avoided every question.
When you are calling someone a scumbag, who are you referring to??
Who are you calling a scumbag and why?

[1772]

Originally Posted by Roark

However, you bring up a provocative point, 1772. Maybe instead of a modern and Miami Beach appropriate entries, citizens should demand that the creative people copy the old squares, and perhaps at the South end of Ocean Drive, instead of a modern park, citizens could demand that the architects build an old European square with a real old statue.
We're talking real 1980's Billy Ocean statue at the end of Ocean Drive.

One thing dosen't exclude another IMO.
A Washington Square could be a nice transention between South Point Park and the Miami Beach Marina.

[Roark]

Originally Posted by 1772

One thing dosen't exclude another IMO.
A Washington Square could be a nice transention between South Point Park and the Miami Beach Marina.

The brand new transition from South Pointe Park to the Miami Beach Marina is excellent. You are posting as if you haven't been there in the last 2 months. You should really go and see it for yourself.

[Södermalm]

Originally Posted by Roark

What???
You avoided every question.
When you are calling someone a scumbag, who are you referring to??
Who are you calling a scumbag and why?

the owners of this property who have displayed a blatant disregard for their neighbors.