The 71st Annual Boat Show Cruises into Town Stylish Yachts, Boating Tech Toys, Celebs and On-the-Water Adventure Highlight the 2012 Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail. Showcasing the best of the boating industry, with thousands of the newest boats, marine gear and accessories for sale, on top of five days of on-the-water [...]
Imagine finally having one of those electric vehicles (EVs). You know, the kind that leak out zero pollution, remove you from gasoline dependence and run purely on batteries that recharge through an electrical socket just like your cell phone. Yeah, one of those. Cool, huh?
Well, a greener future just got closer now that Miami has joined the ranks of major cities across the country, such as San Francisco, Sacramento, Austin, Detroit, LA, NYC and Washington, D.C., in installing the infrastructure needed to turn this fantasy into a reality.
Two weeks ago, an EV charging station went live at the Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Brickell with two more set for installation on Miami Beach in the next month or so: one in South Beach, at the 13th Street and Collins Avenue parking garage, where the City of Miami Beach is currently installing the power, and another at the infamous Fontainebleau hotel on Collins Avenue near 45th Street.
Miami Fails in Recycling! Ranks 20th in Water Study. I’m kind of a hippie. I mean, I’m about 80% vegan, trying to grow my own food and committed to car-free living, the reason I initially moved to NYC and, ultimately, to South Beach. Here, I don’t need the subway—or even heat. But the recycling! Oh, it’s killing me. I’ve lived many places, including South Carolina and Alaska, and this is the first where recycling isn’t even a realistic option for me.
Former Senator Bob Graham on the Environment, Casinos, and Military Strategy Bob Graham Admonishes Tallahassee: No More Harm Florida’s 38th governor (1979-87) isn’t pleased with what the Legislature did during last year’s session. He’s not optimistic about this year’s. But it won’t stop him from going to bat for what he regards as the state’s [...]
Pedestrians Beware. Miami Comes in at Number Four in Fatalities.
I heard a metallic crash behind me and a muffled thud as I conversed with a woman on the sidewalk near the corner of Euclid Avenue and 7th Street.
“Ay!” she exclaimed, “the truck hit him!”
I turned around and saw the nose of a big red pickup truck in the crosswalk. A man and a bike were down in the street in front of the pickup. He was writhing in pain, and then went limp. Someone was already calling 911. A female passenger got out of the vehicle and hurried away.
“Where’s she going?” I asked.
“She’s illegal,” the woman replied.
“Or there’s a warrant out on her. He’s illegal, I’ll bet,” said I, noting that the man sprawled supine on the pavement appeared to be Hispanic and dirt poor. Being undocumented is no big thing: probably over half the people in the neighborhood are here illegally; they work for low wages in the expensive hotels and restaurants on the beach.
The cops and an ambulance showed up in four minutes. The hapless man was taken away. We listened to the driver tell a cop that he did not run into the man, that the bicyclist hit his truck and bounced off it after he had stopped his vehicle at the corner.
“He’s lying,” I said to the woman. “He hit the guy in the crosswalk; that much is obvious.”
The Miami Design Preservation League presents the 35th annual Art Deco this weekend from January 13–15, 2012. The festival will include a fashion show, car show, musical performances, furniture fair and a lineup of walking tours. The Miami Design Preservation League is a non-profit organization devoted to preserving, protecting, and promoting the cultural, social, economic, environmental and [...]
A breezy Thursday night outside 1001 Lincoln Road. The mall isn’t deserted, but it’s easy to navigate. The GAP is closed, but a group of people stop to window shop. The nondescript one story building, with the handsome curve might be the reason the preservationist gets a little quieter in south beach.
The Most Moving Miami Moments of the Year Bryan Ferry at The Fillmore Gleason What do Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra and Bryan Ferry all have in common? For one, they’re my Top Five of All-Time, who together would make for one heavenly quintet. For another, they are pretty much the only [...]
What a difference a week makes. On the evening of Dec. 7, Jorge Gonzalez, appearing alongside Matti Bower at her Mayor on the Move forum with residents, was at the peak of his form, briefing an audience of 100 in his typically authoritative, proficient style about the city’s bold hopes and aspirations for its aging [...]
Beach Officially Opposes Casino Development The City of Miami Beach is officially opposed to Florida approving any new casino gambling. The city commission unanimously voted to urge Tallahassee thusly before a chamber filled with residents and high profile allies opposed to the measure under consideration that would permit limited development of three resort casinos statewide, [...]
Basking in the Aftermath of Basel To even simply list the events associated with Art Basel would require a horde of scribes and a good many worked-through nights, not to mention multiple gigabytes of bandwidth. But of course Baselites have better things to do with their days and their nights than making lists, let alone [...]
Miami’s Mean Streets are Now the Most Muralled in the World Whether the paint appeared on the warehouses before the warehouses showed painters is by now besides the point. The fact is Wynwood’s warehouses now feature — inside and out — more renowned artists than perhaps any one place on earth. And even if the [...]
