In the segregated 1960s, Overtown's Hampton House Motel was Miami's top black resort hotel, and now the classic hostelry that once hosted Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and many others, is reopening today after a $6 million restoration. The lobby, pool area, cafe, and guest rooms were all included in the project. [Real Deal]Curbed Reader Blinded by the Bright Lights of Icon Bay
[Photo by Andrew]
Curbed reader Andrew has a comment about the west facade of the Related Group's almost-complete Icon Bay condo tower in Edgewater.
You should do a story about how ugly and bright the back of the building corridors and parking deck/tennis lights were allowed to be, which I would argue cancels out the park by itself. Possibly the most hideous building backside in Miami. The light pollution is terrible. Pretty much screwed over any inland development (aka the former Ion site) as no one in their right mind would pay for a bay-facing unit looking into the back of this monstrosity. I guess you could save on electricity for lighting your unit at night by just opening your blinds.
· Related Donates Icon Bay Park to City, Makes Millions Off Deal[Curbed Miami]
· Icon Bay coverage [Curbed Miami]
· Icon Bay coverage [Curbed Miami]
What the Kitchen Will Look Like in 2025, According to Ikea
All photos courtesy of Ikea
"Food as design" was one of the big trends spotted at Milan Design Week last month and sure enough, very-busy furniture retailer Ikeadedicated a whole exhibit to Concept Kitchen 2025, a deep exploration of how the kitchen will change in the next decade. The project, a collaboration with design innovation firm Ideo and students from Lund University and the Eindhoven University of Technology, stems from a set of basic assumptions about the world in 2025, e.g. "Our homes will become physically smaller," "'Shopping' will mean 'home delivery'." Unlike "kitchen of the future" predictions from, say, the '50s, these prototypes are less about a magical convenience and more about practicality and the environment.
Proposed Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel Design Towers Over All of South Beach
Portman Holdings, the only team bidding for the Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel RFP, has unveiled their proposed design for the hotel. Located between the convention center and the Fillmore Jackie Gleason Theater, the structure is designed as a single curved slab shaped like the Fontainebleau Hotel that hold 800 guest rooms. In the center is an elevated pool and amenity deck, 80 feet above ground level, with a smaller pool deck overlooking the street and City Hall to the west. Both will have a landscape design by West 8.
Miami Beach's Lifeguard Stands; Parking Agency is a Hot Mess
[Via Curbed Miami Flickr Pool/Michael Wayne Cole]
· Henry Flagler's Royal Palm Hotel [Miami Archives]
· Photo tour of Miami Beach lifeguard stands [New Tropic]
· Overtown's last show repair man closes shop [WLRN]
· MB police got bad press way back in the old days [MB Crime Stories]
· The Miami Dade Parking authority is a hot mess [Miami Herald]
· Plans announced for former Hollywood RV park [Real Deal]
· The evolution of Wynwood in photos [SFBJ]
· Check out this neoclassical mansion for sale in Miami Beach [SFBJ]
· Photo tour of Miami Beach lifeguard stands [New Tropic]
· Overtown's last show repair man closes shop [WLRN]
· MB police got bad press way back in the old days [MB Crime Stories]
· The Miami Dade Parking authority is a hot mess [Miami Herald]
· Plans announced for former Hollywood RV park [Real Deal]
· The evolution of Wynwood in photos [SFBJ]
· Check out this neoclassical mansion for sale in Miami Beach [SFBJ]
Miami is the 8th Most Expensive Metro to Rent, Unsurprisngly
[Via Zumper]
According to real estate rental listing site Zumper, Miami is the eighth most expensive metro area in the United States to rent, with median rents at $1,800 a month. This figure includes all the listings that Zumper tracks, which admittedly is only a slice of the picture and might not reflect on the wild, unregulated world of rentals on Craigslist, for example. In Zumper's more detailed report (click for PDF) one bedrooms in Miami also average the exact same price, although Miami ranks much lower in that metric because apparently one bedroom apartments are a lot more expensive in a lot of other cities. Still, $1,800 is most definitely not a bargain by any stretch.
· Zumper National Rental Report: April 2015 [Zumper]
· Zumper National Rental Report: April 2015 [Zumper]
Is Brickell's Biggest Hole Getting Miami's Tallest Building?
The Chinese consortium that bought the former Capital Brickell Placesite, which has been sitting empty for years and as of right now is the biggest open hole in the ground in Brickell, is claiming on its website that they are building the tallest building in Miami there, according to The Next Miami. The website is only in Chinese though, which Curbed unfortunately doesn't speak,and the website of their Chinese/ American partner isn't revealing much, so, umm, yeah. Either way, until it's verified, this is totally just a rumor. They also supposedly claim to have gained "preliminary approval" for the project, although no details are given.
· China City Construction Corp. [cccc-group]
· American Da Tang Group [Americandatang.com]
· China City Construction Completes Preliminary Approval [NM]
· Capital Brickell Place coverage [Curbed Miami]
· China City Construction Corp. [cccc-group]
· American Da Tang Group [Americandatang.com]
· China City Construction Completes Preliminary Approval [NM]
· Capital Brickell Place coverage [Curbed Miami]
Buena Vista Homeowners Object to Replacing These Three Blah Houses With a Sculpture Garden
[Via Google Street View]
Some Buena Vista East homeowners aren't too happy about the encroachment of the new Institute of Contemporary Art on their neighborhood, a symbol of the perceived expansion of the Design District into the historic residential area. At yesterday's Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board meeting, they objected to the demolition of three homes in the neighborhood, none of which are actually considered contributing historic structures, and two of which are really ugly. The third, a two story structure with exterior staircase, is cute, but nothing to write home about. All three houses would be replaced by the museum's sculpture garden, with the building itself staying completely on the south side of the block. According to the Real Deal, the board deferred the vote until after the Historic and Environmental Preservation Board meets to take up the issue.
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Contemporary Jungle House on South Miami Avenue is $5M
Built by a developer as his/her ('his' actually. According to Dade County property records, the house belongs to Miguel Baena) own house in 2013, this place on South Miami Avenue, one of Miami's most classic streets, faces Simpson Park while extending the park's jungly ambience into the house's big yard. The $4.879 million property is very much a family house, with big living and dining areas and a whole bunch of bedrooms, a few of which have internal staircases that the listing doesn't mention but we imagine to lead up to little loft areas. You know, to play 'Fort.' The house has a couple of unique features, including a big pool with a little glass window on the side, a basement (!), and an outdoor fireplace. How many houses in Miami have those? Probably, like, two.
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Miami's Tallest Building?; Ferries to Cuba
[Via Curbed Miami Flickr Pool/Michael Wayne Cole]
· Testa's restaurant wants to build condos [SFBJ]
· Miami's tallest building for Capital at Brickell site? [The Next Miami]
· Legislation could alienate bulk condo buyers [Real Deal]
· Four ideas to fix affordable housing in Miami [New Tropic]
· Overtown's Lord Calvert Hotel [Miami Archives]
· Four Florida companies approved for Cuba ferry service [Sun Sentinel]
· 7 Miami homes with the great outdoors [Ocean Drive]
· What's next for Miami walkability? [New Tropic]
· Supply & Advise almost ready to open [Racked Miami]
· Miami's tallest building for Capital at Brickell site? [The Next Miami]
· Legislation could alienate bulk condo buyers [Real Deal]
· Four ideas to fix affordable housing in Miami [New Tropic]
· Overtown's Lord Calvert Hotel [Miami Archives]
· Four Florida companies approved for Cuba ferry service [Sun Sentinel]
· 7 Miami homes with the great outdoors [Ocean Drive]
· What's next for Miami walkability? [New Tropic]
· Supply & Advise almost ready to open [Racked Miami]
"If downtown was the heart of the city, uptown was where Miami showed off" says the Miami Herald about Biscayne Boulevard in its early prime. "Even the Piggly Wiggly supermarket was high style." 900 royal palm trees gave it its signature look. [Flashback Miami]Related Donates Icon Bay Park to City, Makes Millions Off Deal
[Photo via Miami Today]
Edgewater just got its first new park in a long time and, designed by Arquitectonica, it's small but quite pretty. There's a dog park, a sculpture garden, the works. The Related Group has just officially donated the almost-complete Icon Bay Park to the City of Miami according to Miami Today, and promised that the residents of the building above it, Icon Bay, will maintain the park in perpetuity. The residents will also contribute to maintain the inlet adjacent to the building.
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