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"PRESERVING PUBLIC PLACES" For over 25 years. D<lde Heri tage Trust ha s worked 10 preserve Dade Coumy's architectura l, cultura l and cnvi ronmemal heritage thro ugh advocacy. ed ucat ional outreach, and resto ration projects. We work on many fronts. not just to save individual historic sites but to improve neighborhoods and to instill a se nse of place and community in Miami 's diverse envi ronment . This past year. in re sponse 10 vandalism. governmen tal ineffectiveness. and a lack of civic awareness of the value of importam historic resources. Dade Herit age Tru st has led "Preserving Publi c a PI<Ices" campaign to publi cize the pligh t of Miami's most neg lected historic si tes and neighborhoods and to promote their preservation in susta inabl e ways.

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on the community as;:1 who le. improving economi c and social conditi ons. and making Miul11i a better place to li ve <lnd vis it. The Cape Florida Lighthouse is a fine example of a past success in ;;preserving public places." Spearheaded by Dade Herilage Trust. this eight-year- Iong. million-dollar effort was completed in 1996. The beau ti fully resl.ored landmark is once again open to the publi c. a source of great appeal to to uri sts and of tremendous pride to the community.

This past May. as a final e to Dade Heritage Days. Dade Heritage Trust initiat ed a Preservation Hall of Fame. lnducled were ten o utstanding buildings which have preserved their architectural integrity and o rig inal use. Winners we re TIle goal of ';Preserving the Cape Florida lig ht Cope Florido Uglltlllm.~~: house (1855). the Barnacle Public PI::lces" is to focu s A Suc~~ss Slory the attention of the public, (189 1). ViII. Vizcaya the medin. and potiey makers on problem ( 19 16). the Scan ish Rite Masonic Center arens and 10 bring about positive ( 1924). Venetian Pool ( 1924). Hialeah Park and Race Course (1925 and 1932). changes. Of panjcuiar concern are Dade County's hi sto ric landmarks and ne ighGusman Center (1926). the Biltmore Hotel ( 1926). Miami Senior High School borhoods in the urban hean of Miami. ( 1928). and the ational Hote l ( 1940). includi ng the sites and environs of Lhe IOI -year-old Miami City Cemetery. May we all have many more such sucDownlown Flagler Street. and Lummus cesses in the future! Park and the Miami Riverfront. TIlese sil.es not o nly possess great hi storica l va lue. but. ve ry imponanl ly, have the poten tial for making a g reat impact

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DADE HERITAGE TRUST: A Catalyst for Unifying the Community Many people have asked me what I plan to accomplish as presidenl of Dade Heritage Trust. I plan to carry on the legacy of the organization and its vision . wh ich is "U nit y through Heritage:' I also expect to give leudership to its mi ssion, which is to "Secure the herituge of Dade County's cu llumJ. built. and natural environment through advocacy. educ.llion. preservation and reslorution: ' I hope to incrc,L'\e our membership. I hope to mect our budget. I look forward to working with community leaders 10 further develop our foc us on neighborhoods. worki ng 10 preserve. revitalize. ,md beautify our differenl cOllullunities. To achieve these goal s. Dade Heritage Trust has established various committees: Advocacy. Projects. Fundraising Events. Dcvelopment/planned Giving. Membership Growth and Volunteer Utilization. and Publ ic Relations. We invite o ur membership to join a comminee to help us carry out o ur mi ssion. We have sent a que~颅 tionnaire to all members asking lhem for lheir preferences in sharing thei r lime. talents . skil ls and linancial sup-

pon. Dade Heritage Trust is Ihe leading preservation o rganiLation in Miami-Dade County. Ii has given the community the opporlunjty to preserve our heritage thro ugh many preservation projects. including the Cape Florida Lighthou se on Key Biscayne. Dr. James Jackson's Oflice . Dade Heritage Days. the Mainstrcet Program for Flagler SHeet in Downtown Miami. the City Cemetery. and the Wagner Homestcad in Lummus Park. Dade Hcritage Trust we lcomes the contributions of people from all cultures. races and ethnic groups to secure the heritage of Miami Dade Cou nty. Ilhank you for the faith that you have placed in my leadership ability. With your help and cooperation. we can make some much needed improvemenl s in Miami 路 Dade County as we playa pan in ils ever-evolving heritage.

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Dedication of Mary Brickell Statue Opens Dade Heritage Days Cilrmen Pcl:,oules t:ru~adcd for ye.lrs 10 win pu blic recogni tion for the impon anl role pio neer Mary Bulmer Brickell pl ayed in [he deve lopment of Miam i. Carmen lold any and aU the story of Mary. who bought 6-lQ acres o n the Miami River w ith her husband in 1868. and who moved to that wild und dcso llilC place in 1872. Arte r her husband lost Ihe family fortune he Imd made in the who lesale grocery business, Mary ran the IrJdi ng post o n the south bank o rthe Miami River. Though she W it,'} aloof und unsmiling. she was fair with her Semino le cuslOmcrs and ki nd 10 blacks. making loans to many. She never fore· closed 0 11 a l1longnge. With J ulia Tunle, ~ h c he lped pe rsuade Henry Flag lcr to bring the FEe Rai lroad 10 Miami. which he d id in 1896. assuring Mi ami's fUlU re as a ci ty. Be fore she died at the age o f 84; n 1922, Mary had opened up development south o f the Mi am i River. planing Brickell Avenue and making il the c it y's Illost bcauti ful thoroughfare. To recognize M:lry Brickcll'!<o uccol11pl ishmenl!<o. Cannen launchcd a cum· paign 10 crect 11 bust o f Mnry Brickell on Bricke ll Avenue. She raised the funds by se lling commemorative bricks. whi ch wou ld foml the pedestal for the Slatue. nnd by ~cc urin g donations from Gateway Monument. which constructed the base. and contributions from many ot her businesses. She enli sted the ,lid o f the Downlown Development Authority to he lp '" ith the streel requ irements. She persuaded the Sheraton BiM:uync Bay....,... which is located on the exact site o f Ihe fonner Bric ke ll mansion--lo host .. reception for the ceremony. She worked with Dade Heritage Trust to pl nn a gmnd dedicat ion - which prov ided a perfect opening event fo r Dade Hc rituge Days

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Historic Lummus Park. o nc of contemporary Miami 's besl. kcpt secret:.. was, in an earlier era. n popular. even alluring desl;· nalion for residents lU1d visilOrs alike. TIle seven·acre parI.. . Miami's oldest. is nestled between o nhwcsi Second and

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North Ri ver Drive. ncar the Miami River. Carvf..1.i OUI o f a sub-lropic:.1 hammock . the park res ts on an oolil ic limeslOne ridge thai was g rddcd al the lime of its creation in 1909. Even with gmding. [he park still slopes in the direction of the ri ver. Initially known as City Park (and occasionally as Cemml P:lr"). it assumed its prcsem name, which honors lame:. E. (J .E.) Lummus, Miami 's second mayor. in the mid- I92Os. AI the lime of the park 's o l>coing. Millin; was j ust thirteen years of age and developing rapidly. with 0 !Xlpulmion nearing 5.500. While the original city core Mood ncar the nonh bank o f the Miami River between Miami Avenue and Southeast Second Avenue. the rapid growth of the Mogie City pushed scnle· ment o ut in all directions. According ly, the :lrea comprising the park. which was locatf.."(\ within the origina l city limits. underwent mpid develo pment in the ccnlU· ry 's second decade. 'nle beautiful Temple Court Ap:lrtmenls. featuring ice boxes and balconies in each apanment . opcrl(."(\ nonh o f the park in 19 17. Seveml fashionable homes were also built at the time. includ ing thai of restaurateur Frank Gailun . ~tanding just west o f the Temple Coun Ap:mments. The new Miami High School opened across rrom the eastern edge o f the park in the 1910s. In the 1920s de\!c lopment:ll activity accelerJted in the vicinity o f the parle Work was completed on the imposing Seonish Rite Temple across fro m the northwest comer o f Lummus Park in 192~ . Des igned by the stellar archiu..>ctural finn of Kiehne l and ElliOi. the tcmple featu res a z.iggurat stcpped roof. neoClassical columns nC:lr its entrance. and An Dt."'Co n ourishes around other pans of the facade. John Orr. a thiny-sccond degree Mason. built the struclUre :tI COSI. or for the amount of S350.000. Ne;}r the nonheast end of the park stand the Lumuss:. Apanments (fomlerl y the Wonderview Ap:mlllems). bui lt in the mid- 19 20s in the allractive Medi terr.mean Revival style. Across from the southeast edge of Lummus Park stood

Temple Be th David . the city's fi rs t synugogue. which the congregation moved into in 1920. J. E. Lummu!>. the park 's namesake. lived in a commodiou ~ homc near the southwelit comer of the park. Postcards and pholOgmphs from this erJ indicate a cenain "coz.i ness" or synergy between its residential and institutional buildings and the green space. Even the ri ver bank ncar the p:lrk's \.\ este rn perimcter hO!ited several hou:oeboats. From the beginning the park olTered visitors a wide arr.lY of activities. Early in its development. the city im talled a baseball dimTIond. term is couns nnd greens for lawn bowling. By the mid 1920s. when Miami and much o f Flo rida was embroiled in a spectacular land boom . an al1l'l1ctivc Mediterranean·style clubho UM! arose in the eastern half o f Lummus Park. In thm era. the city 1Iiso lIddl.:d fi\'e roq ue (I.:rtXjuet) couns in the nonh eentml porlion of the faci lity and expanded its offerings to include fllcilities fo r hor..eshoes. card games. checkers. che'is and dom inoes. Card players used two 'ihe ltered. lighted pavilions. while dOfllino !abies we re installed fo r the popular game brought by the Spanish fO fhe New World. Park panicipants also gained access to large locker room!>. Later. the c ity added twenty--cight shumeboard couns near the croquet couns. Shurne board quickl y became the most popular :Ic tiv ity in Lummus Park . The park \ design fo llowed the pullern of fIlan y conte mpomry urban green spaces. Ncar its center was II circular walkway. Radi:tting from the c ircle were walkways connecting it to different plln ~ of the western half or Lummus Purk. At the height of the boom in I 92.'i. the park received a new additio n. which ha:. re presented. since thllt (ime . its Illost hbtoricall y imponant clement . The hi , toric Fort Dallas/William Eng lish Slave Plantation House (sometimes called the long building as opposed to a more compact structure built ncar il at the ~:tme time) was moved to the city facility from its ori ginal s ite near today 's lIyan Regency Hotel in downtown Miami through a joint e lTon of IwO womcn's groups. William Eng lish. a South Carulinillll . buill this historic structure in the second hal f of 1840 for his slaves. who labored on both li i de~ of the Miami Ri ver ncar its

mouth. A t the lime. the structure consisted or walls one story in height. It was roo ncss. The Anny occupied the building in 18-l9. during an Indian scare. At that time. the A nny added a second n oor for sk-cping quaners. as well a:. a roof. Bet ween 1855 and 1858. du ring the Third Seminole War. the Anny re-occ upied the sluve quaners as ",ell as the res t o f the EngliSh complex.. H e Anny re built the ~tru c ture . adding, oncc again. a second noor and a roof after those S\."'Ct i o n~ of Ihe building had oc-cn removed. in all like li hood . by people in quest of wood. u sca rce commodity on the southeast Rorida frontier. The military called the complex Fon Dallas for an earlier fon thai stood on this sile. In a later era. the fort served as the county counhousc. a post o mce. a trading post. and even as a lell room. In 1925. with downtown Miami l>Crv· ing as Ihe stonn center of a real e~t ate boom reaching its crescendo. Dr. R. C. Hogue purc hased the old harrJcks propen y prepamtol')' to razing it to make way for a new bu ilding. When news of the plan began circulating. the Daughters of the Ame rican Revolut ion. Everg lades Chapter. and the Miami Wom an'~ Club moumed a dri ve to move the historic build ing to new quaners. The t\.\o groups mised approximately 10.(X)() and over· saw the disassembling of thc ixlrr.lcks rock by roc k bero re moving them by barge to Lummus Park where the build· ing wus rclls!>Cmbled. This was Miami 's first historic preservation accom plish· ment. Soon aft er. Ihc Daughtcrs or the American Revolution began meeting reg· ulnrly in the reconstituted build ing. The boom wa.<; over by 1926. but the crowds continued to come 10 Lummus Polrk. In the century's middle decades. the fac il ity's o ffering:. grew. During the Christmas season of 1943. the city planted a Christmas trec ill the park and illuminated il nightly. Occasionally. plans for the park contained s urprise~. In 1 9~ 8. Lummus Park was designuted a.. lhe first pennancnt home of a downtown main library building. Howeve r. the city changt."(\ its mind and chose Dayfront park in:.tcad. In the same year. the Miami Pioneers built a clubho use across the stree t rrom the park 's castem border. As late as the 19505. the nonhwe!il ...ector o f the faci lity hosted a baseball/softball diamond.

Lummus Park remained a popu lar de~ dnation in the dt..'C lides immediately ;.fter World War II. Many Frcnch·Cnnadians bi..'Camc regular visi toN to the park. In 1965. the Lummus Park Shumeboard Club conl:lined about 600 members. but many park users were angered by what they considered to be the city's d iHcgard for the upkecp of thc faci lity. At the 3amc time. an eastern pon ion of the park was removed to make way for the construction of 1-95 into downtown Miami . The c ity of Miami received $ 120.00 from thc Florida State Road Depan rnc llt fo r the land. spending n portion of it on park improvements. as well as on additional tn!cs. ~h rubs. and :t new community building. Shuffleboard games remained popular. especially at tournament time. However. ;L' downtown declined as a residential ;lIld entcn:tinmcnt center in the 1970s. fewer people visited the parI... although Canadian visitors continued to usc it through the I;ne 19!1():". In 1979. Lummu ~ Park welcomed another hi ~ t oric structure aftcr the Willinm Wagner I-Io mestead I-louse. erected in the latc 18505. was muved there from its original location north west of downtown Miami. Interestingly. the Wagner structure grew o ut of the pres· ence of the Anny's occupation of Fa n Dallas d uring the Third Seminole War. William Wagne r. who was of Gernl:m heritage and who g rew up in the northeastern United Stmes. fought with his country's forces during the Mcxic:m War (1846· 1848). At the time that his military enlistment expire::d in 1851. he was living in Charleston. South Carolina. Whe n Wagner's fomler unit WItS senE to reopen Fo n Dalla~ in 1855. Wagner decided to follow the unit and open a busine!>s next to the fon a!> a sutler. Wagner homestead<.'<1 near a creek named for him. Wagner's two-story home. which was built fro m Dade Coullty pine. stood ne::ar the site of today's Culmer Park Metrorail :.talion.

1875. after two earl ier priestly VISitS to the Wagner Homestcud. where Mass was celebrated and sacraments dispensed on the vcr.mda of the housc. Bishop Verot came 10 the area as pan of his annuulmis-.. ion visits thro ug hout Florida. The pre late promised Wagner. a devout Catholic. that he would send a priCSt to conduct services at lea~t once II year if he bui ll a small church nellr his hou:.e. Soon after. Wagner bu ilt a c hupel from DlIde County pine. measuring ten feet by fony feel. In the next filk"Cn years. priests came periodicaUy to cciebr.lIe Mass and admi n i ~ter the sacnllllents. Fire destroyed the chapel in the earl y 18905. but Miami 's rirst Catholic congregation. the OlUrch of the Holy N:tme. was organized soon after the entry of I-Ienry M. Flag lers Florida Ellst Coast Railway in April 1896. Thi s development was an outgrowth of thc ,piritual services conducted over the previous twenty· fi ve years at the Wagner Homc.'itcad. When the Wagner I-Ia mestcad house. sti ll standing but saddled with man} t:l'itcless additions. wm. threatened hy demo litio n in the late 1970s. Dode Heritage Trust and the City of Mi:.mi col· labomtt..-tl on a move thm broug ht it to Lummus Park.. Thc structure stands lIear the old S!:lVe quane~ in Ihe non hwest pon ion (If the park. In the years subsequent to its move. Dade Heritage Trust worked me thodically and painst;lJ..ingly to restore it to its original design. E.'Ich year. during Dllde Heritage Days. the old homestead house. along wilh the fonner Anny b;trrdch. is opened to tile public. In recent times. the park received lmother. albei t human. addition. At the OUl'\Ct of the 1990s. a large homeless I>OPulation moved into Lummus P·.Irk. After the city removed the homeless in 1992. it

erected a \lI1i green fence around the p:Lrk and tcmpor.irily closed the facility. Be· fore:: the park's reopening. Hurricane Andrew rippt..'<1 into the area. causing widespread dumage in the southweMem ponion of Lummus Park when :.eveml lurge trees fell on the newly illst:llled fence. Fo llowi ng repairs and re planting. and the erection of a t\.-crcational area for children. Lummus Park reopened in the mid 1990s but with li mited operating hours. Soon after. the park again fell victim to Mother Nature. A destructive IOrnado lashed lillie Havana and downtown Miami in May 1997. damaging a ponion of the stand of black olive trees along the soUlhem perimeter of Lummus ParI.. and nearby fence. Tomorrow prom ises to be a beLler day for the venemble park. As pan of Dade Heritage Days. the City of Miami . in con· junction with Dade Heritage Trust. has celcbmted two annual event-rilled festivals there. called Miami RiverDay. before emhusi.lSlic crowd.... In J une 1998. Dade Heritage Trust sponsored a LUlIlInu!ot Park. Vis ioning Workshop bring ing together fift y community leaden. to discuss the fUlU re of this imponant riverfront park. The city has plans to keep the p:trk open througho ut the day lhis com ing year. City officials have unveiled elaborate plans to redevelop the riverfrom area with shops and restaurant... The park will playa centrnl role in th is revitaliZation e ffon . serving liS n venue for public g:lthcrings and events. while the attendant in crease in activit)' along the river will. hopefull),. bnng many people back to the green space across thc way. On the eve of its ninetieth bi nhday. LUmmus Park eM look back at an eventru l hislOry. and ahead to the bright prospect of the renew· al that il richly deserve3.

Even though Wagner and his family lived ill a dc~olute area far away from the mainstream of civi lization . they entertained seveml prominent people including Schuyler Colfax. Vice l'resident of the United Stmes during the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant. and two U.S. Senators. who were returning from a visit to the Everglades. as well as Bishop Augustin Verot. tilL' first leader of the Ro man Catholic Diocese of SI. Augusrine. Verot·.. visi t marked the beginning of modem Catholicism in Dade County. In

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AI 10 1 years o ld . the Mi ami C ity Cemetery is one of the c ity's mosl chcr+ jshed landmarks. Its binh in 1897 fol+

lowed by one year the incorpor.uion of the C ity of Miami, which arose almost magically from the wi lderness in 1896. fo ll owi ng the arriva l o f Henry M. Flagler's Florida E;,ISI Coa.sl Railway. A Gilded Age prince who:.c fortu ne ernamlled prim .. ri1y from his vast holdings in the Standard Oil Company. of which he was a fou nding part ner. Flagler launched a second career as a milroad. resort, ilnd community builder unc I' movi ng 10 SI. Augustine in the

1880s. Encouraged by the Flagler organi za-

middle decades of this century. the city ceased selling gmvesites since most were :Ilready !:Iken. Tnday, a I>crson or family desirou!> of owning a plot could <lcqui re one through purchasi ng it from someone already holding such propen y. Inirially, the city cemetery was bar路 ren of vegel:lt ion. Accordingly, concerned Miamians organized a cemetery association in the e:lrly 1900s to enhance il:o. appe:lr.mce. The ci ty installcd a wi ndm ill to provide water for nourishment of the trees .md plants that began to arise in the gr:tveyard. A significant improvement in the physical beauIY of the cemetery came with the employment of Alex KorsakoIT, who held

tion to purs ue incorpor'.lIio n. Millmi officially bccmnc a city o f some 700

persons on July 28. 1896. Soon after. the Miami M l'flVpolis, the city's lone news paper. ca llcd for a municipal cemetery as a proper resting pl:lce for its decem.ed. Despite additional c1:1moring by the M etro/Jolis. the city did not provide the funding for this undertaking until June 1897, when the city council appropriated $750 to purchase a ten and one-half acre lract of hmd from Mary Brickell. matriarch of a hmd-rich Miami fa mily. The property stood :lbout ~ve n bl ocks north of the boundaries o f the nascenl city. Soon :Ifler the purclmsc. A. L. Knowlton. who had surveyed the future city of Miami for the Allgler organil..3tion in the previous year. conductcd a survey of this tract.

Soon the graveyard began to take shupe . An cast-west road, c:tllcd Ccntml Avenue, bifurcated the cemetery. dividing it into northern and southern hal ves. while segreg:t ted sections for whites and black.-. were c.\tablished. with the fomlcr spread over nearly three-quarten. of the cemetery and the laller occupyi ng ilS we~ t ern quaner. Burial plolS sold in the c:lrly years for ten :lnd fifteen dollars. depending on their loca tion in the ce metery. Burials proceeded in the Mitford srylc. which prov ided for one body in a plot to be stacked on top of another. By the

a doctorate in science, as sexton ;n the I920s. K O~l k o ff. known .. s the "Mad RU!ot.!l ian." was :t se lf-taug ht authorit), on subtropical trees and plants. and he, lind Dr. David Fairchi ld. a world renowned honicu ltumlist who heuded a plunt labOf'Jtory on Brickell Avenue. were responsible for the planting of (I vast varict), of trees and plants. 8 y the middle decades of this century, the cemetery had become :1 beau tifu l subtropical g:trden. Its beau ty increased as the decades unfolded and as its foliage grew in size and number. The fury of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, howcver, toppled .!Ieveml of its t:llIec;t and gmndest trees. m:m;ng its beauty. The neighborhood around the ceme-

Icry began developi ng in the early 1900s. us the city's population increased threefold in the first decade of the twentieth eentury :U1d :It an even faster clip in s ubsequent decades. Miramar. the one-time upscale neighborhood of which the cemetery :tnd the surrounding area is considered a part, contained some of the city's mosl beautiful residences. as well (b the neoC lussical -styled Mimmar Elemelllary School :md the imposing Temple Is rael Synagogue. Combs Funeral Home. which sal three blocks southeast of the graveyard. prepared the funeral arntngements for mllny bodies intem.xI there. The Miami City Cemetery contains many interesting sections. A Cuthol ic section ne:lr the front o f the northern half of Ihe gmveyard contains the remains of m,my members of Gesu Catholic Church. known unti l 1924 U!ot the Church of the Holy Name. These parishioners bought burial plots adjacent to one another around the bcginningof thc 1900s. ln 1915, members of Mi ami's firsl .!Iynagogue. Bfnai Z ion. Imer called Beth David, bought four lots lying just eaSl of the black section toward the fCar of the gmveyard . :lIId in its northern half. erected a wall around them, and secured its consecrJtion by u mbbi. The cemetery also contains black and white indigen t sections. An American Legion seclion, comprised of men who served their nation in wartime. Iic!t jusl east of the black section in the southern half of the gravcyard. A nearby Spanish-American War burial area abu ts the Mcdi lerrancan-rcvivalstylcd offi ce of the !>exton. Ringing the cemetery along its lengthy nonhem and southern borders are two p:lmllel rows of graves representing hundreds of servicemen. The cemetery offers a Confedcrate Memorial Circle containing the remains of nC:lrly twclllY Confcdemtc Civ il W,lr vcter.ms (there are scores of 'Idditional Confeder.tle vets buried elsewhere in the cemetery. and even a few Union soldien. interred there). Standing 15

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was bll ried bert! ill 1898

rhe J ell'is" sectioll ,,"us ,,·:alled all d cOllsurated by a rabbi ill 1915

ncar the front of the circle is a truncated monument to the Confederacy that stood in an earlier em in front or lhe old county courth ouse. Its lOp segmCrll.

which reached I WO s"IOries upward. \Va." apparently destroyed in a hurrie.me. This monument was typical of southern cl lies in Ihe years and decades fo llowing the conclusion of the Civ il War. Loc.lled on Central Avenue. it stands about one hundred yards west of a cir-

cle of simi lllr dimensions aWlIrded (0 the Tunle fa mily in honor of Julia Tun ic. the "Mother of Miami:' who 16

was buried there in September 1898. Scvcml impos ing mausoleums represent Olher prominelll features of the graveyard. TIle largest of these wa.<;, buill by the oil-rich Belcher (:unily. wi th burial places for thirty-two people. Also noteworthy tire the Burdine and Budge mausoleums. Lik.e the Belcher mausoleum. these two Iwve lost their original. ornate doors to vandals. Addi tional interesting ele me nts of the cemetery include sevcml gmvcsitcs marked by ma'mnry replicas of cut logs.

emblematic of me mbe rship in the Woodmen of Ihe World. a burial a~soci al ion. Many tombstones are obc l i ~ k in design, and while there is no dominating archi tectural style in this burial ground. a laIC Victorian-em innucnce is nOliceablc. The Miami City Cemetery received its first burial in July 1897. whe n an elderly black mtln who had succumbed to dropsy. or congestive heart fa il ure, was placed there. The re is. however, no other infonmllion on this person, not even hi ~ name. 'Ille firs t recorded burial

TV prodm;er Stel't: Greet/berg f{f/b til IJUT lIIelllber Mill/a Hall aooll/ It t!r UllcesUJrs b/lried it/ Iht! cellleft',,'

was Ihal Or Henry Bmnscombe. an En glis hman nnd nn early Mi:nni entrepreneur, who died in his mid -20s or tuberculosis. a common and fatal malndy in thnt em. Bmnscombe 's remains are locUied near Ihe easle m edge o r the cemetcry. south of Centml Avcn ue. An Epbcopalian. Bnlllscombe's burial s ite is mnrked by a cross. Since the ime nnent of BrJl1scombc, nearly 9.000 pe~ons have joined him in Ihe old ceme tery. These include muny promincnt early Mi:mlial1s, headed by Jul ia TUllle, Willi:lm Wagner, one of Ihe area's earlie.'I1 nine teenth cenlury homestcnder... Dr. Jame!. M . Jackson. a prominent pionee r physiciun. and Joseph A . McDonald. a top licutemull or Henry Fl:lgle r and the person who oversaw the incorporJ lion of the C it y of Miami. Many of the de nizens or Ihe cemetery clai m " first s:' For in ~tance , Ihe graveyard cOnlains Ihe remains of the first mayor (John Reilly). fiNt police chief ( Fnmk Hardee). firsl sheriff (Billy MCllair). first b:mke r (William M;ICk Brown). fiNt black attorney (Richurd E. S. Toomey). firsl hardware SIOTC opemtor (Fmnk Budge). and the lirsl blac k judge (J udge Law~o n Thomas). II is also Ihe linal resting place for one of the firsl department store owners (William Burdine) lind one of the 1i ~1 bakers (John Seybold). Many additional n1:lyoN (John and Everest G. Sewell. Clifton Reeder. John Wa t ~o n . and Redmond Gautier) are imcrred in Ihi,

DUT Trustt't Carl Mitchell stullds besidt! Oil' oj tilt! flowerillg tretS plallted by I'OIUlltt'tn IMt fail ot tilt!

graveyard, as are two members of "roy'llIy'路: the IOmalo and pineapple "kings" of Dade County (Tom Peters and T. V. Moore, respectively). T he cemete ry also cont:lins the TCmains of Reverend Theodore Gibson, the premier civil rights leade r of his lime, and Jack Tigertail. a tall Miccosukee Indian . who W:IS murdered in the early 1920s lit Coppinger's Tropical Garden. Indian Village and Alligmor Farm a ll the Miami River. Most of those buried in the cemele ry are, of COUNe. of less renown than Ihe above. but they contributed . in Olhe r, onen less vis ible ways. to Ihe developme nt of the Magic Cily. nle cemetery contains an additional element. It hosts the remains of persons from as fa r south as Homestead and Cutter and as far non h as today 's Nonh Miami and Oju~, includ ing ~uch nOl:lble families ~ the Peacocks of Coconut Grove and the Zumwa lts of Lemon City and Buena Vista. The cemetery's recent POISI ha~ seen few buri;lls and many instances or vandalism. Surpris ingl y. however. the future holds muc h brighter prospects for the gmveyard because of the great residue of love for it on the pan of longtime Miamians as well as those of muc h younger vintage. Both categories see Ihe ccmetery fo r what it is: A rich TCminder of Ihe are.. 's colorful past. Fed up with Ihe v:lIldalism that has bedeviled il in recent limes. as well as the ci ty's apparent inability 10 provide

Celllell'ry Hea/itijiculiO/t Day.

proper care and proleclion for the revered burial Spal . in 1996 Dade Heritage Trust created a Cemetery T:ls k Force 10 mobi lize citizens to lend as~ i s颅 IUnce to the cemele'1', In the fall of 1997, scores o r people turned OUI on a sunny Saturday for n " Beautification D.ty" to pl ant 130 s hade trees. Hundreds panicipated in the annual Dade Heritage Days' Commemorative Service in April. In the spring of 1998 . the CilY of Miami. with strong encountgeme nt from Dade Heritage Trust and other group!>. awarded the cemete ry SI IO.()(X) for the cons truclion of a tall security fe nce and lighting. However. more is needed. The Cemetery Task fon.-e. chaired by Penny I...:lmbeth . is working to secure enough fundin g to restore the cemetery as the bOlanictl l park it once was. where citizens can honor the de .. d. the dead can resl in peace, and the cemetery wi ll be a secure site for those wishing 10 appreciate the past amid an ambiance of tradition and beauty. Itllli S. Gl'ofge holds II PII.IJ. degrt!e III f/i$lOn' Jrom Ih~ Front/a Slmt! Unll'usll), lit! is t ill Ar.wdll/e Professor. Sellior 1II Millllli路 Ot/de CouII/lllnif). I\'ollsoll. /IIItl Hiswrian /() lilt' Hlsl(Jrlcul Assof.'imion 01 SlJlllh~rn Florida. A paSI prrsidl'nI QJ lilt! Flomla HlslOriwl Sod,.,)'. he IS cllrrrnll), elliror al Tcque.<;I!I. IIII! sclllll/lr/) jOll mol oj Iht! llis路 torieul ASS(}CllItioll of Sollihem Flondn. n,t' I(l/Ir lIJ Ihr M iamI ellv Ct!lIIeIU)' is Ihl' mosl fKJ/Jllftl r of '''~ IIIUIIY IIIS/Ilrie 14'lllklllg Illllrs r(lI/dlir le/lb.I' 1Jr. GI'II'8~.

Dade Heritage Days' 1998 Commemorative Service Honors Veterans Buried in the City Cemetery

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sel'eral '"",drtd lIIarcllul jll'o tht h il-Iuric Miami Cily Ctlmtft!ry.

Ctlfltltry Task Foret ChaiTmoll l 'l/lllY l.JJlllbtt/â&#x20AC;˘. IJHT Trf'aslIrn Bill Mllrp/,y. Jm't! C.urcia-Pedrosil, Dlld Coml/le",Qrati ..e Serviu ellDimultl I!lIid i' ill lw t!)' aJumhle at St. JINlle!> /;,piscupal C/II/ rdl.

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Sarita Kainell, Inuit Elan ill IIIfI stroUt r

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famolls "Good Nigll" My Belm'td"

/JireC'IIJr of City Parks

1I00mred at tll f! ceremo"y M'er t H'j'lll en of tlt e /)(I(lr lIeritage /Jays' Sc/IOIJI Essay CO f/ltSI Oil " Why I 'm l'rIlI/lf of My lIeritoNc": Curios )UllltS, III/ssal/ II/grahalll, lIetlllt t r CnrtM"igllt, Asltley CartH'rIg',I, Tocora Elliott, NiyoII/a Humlnll, CI/(/rlil/t SI. I..(J//is. Mirt ilft LeOI/, Tin Cllill, HiclUlm UiJgllflr, alld /)m'id 1I0skin,

Flagler: Miami's "Main Street" by Jackie Sousa

Adam Lukin, projects manager at the Downtown Development Authority. has

a clear vision o f what downtown Miami should be in the coming decades: h shou ld be fu ll of people. day and night. To thai end. Mr. Lukin is spearheading the Flagler Streetscape Project, a $2 million eITort to beautify. bener and boost the Hagler Street corridor from Biscayne Boulevard 10 the Miami Ri ver. The Strcciscape cffon is working in conjunction with the area's Main Street program. which is beginning plans to revitalize the surrounding downlown seclOr.

The firs t visible signs of the Slreclscape program could begin appearing within the next year. when eleclric, open-air shuttle buses arc expected to replace many of the public metro buses thut clog the street's main downtown corridor. TIle plan. says Mr. Lukin. is to lurn Flagler into a two-way slreet served primari ly by the shull Ie buses and to make intersections more pedestrian friendly. "We want to have stops at mid block in every block along Hagler Street:' he says. "The idea is to relurn the function of being a main street to Flagler."' Other public transportation would be concentrated on the roads that frame the main corridor. Program organizers also are working on ways to improve the area aesthetically. Plans include sidewalk and crosswalk improvements through the usc of new patterns and color schemes created by concrete pavers.

When that traffic stops fl owing. she says. many retailers have no choice but to move. Nonetheless. Ms. Rios says she continues to believe that downtown can once agai n be the vibrant retail and comme rcial center it once was. As proof, she points to the Main Street program, whe re volunteers in recent weeks have begun organ izing their efforts. Last winte r. organ izers and volunteers met to discuss the key issues facing the downtown area. working on one of three committees: design, promotion or economic restructuring. Many volumeers panicipated in Main Strect training sessions desig ned to teach organ izers how 10 imp lemen t their ideas. Some of the ideas already have been implemented. says Neil Fritz. M<lin Street coordinator for the DDA and a one-time organizer or efforts to revitalize Washington Aven ue on South Beach. For example. s ince lasl February, Main Street supporters have organized Downtown Thursdays. a project thai seeks 10 lu re visitors 10 the area with special events such as cocktai ls at the Gusman Center or concerts at Bayfront Park. And organizers are identifying opportun ities and incentives for property owners to improve bui lding facades.

RestOring historic buildings will play no small part in the revitalization effort. Plans include programs that will encourage facade refurbishi ng of historic buildings. A major concern has been the loss of large numbers of histOric buildings in the area. Between 1978 and 1980_ the Metro Dade Historic Preservation Division conducted a survey of historic si tes in the area. A follow-up survey completcd in 1986 showed that about a third o f some 241 downtown buildings identified as historically sig nificant had been demolished during the intervening years. And organil.ers want to encourage efforts that beautify buildings in other ways. For example, a large marine mural by Wyland was painted last April alongside the Burdines complex downtown. Visual themes and slogans may also he used to unite the downtown area. "We s hould explore unifyi ng BEFORE:

"The re are many issues that we've identified and we will continue to identify over the next months and years." Fritz says.

Such plan s encourage longtime downtown merchants like Sonia Rios, manager of the Seybold Building, a conglomeration of 250 jewelry stores on N.E. l~t Street. In the 17 years Ms. Rios has becn managing thc building. shc has watched many of her retai l neighbors slow ly vacate the area for less congested and roomier sites in the suburbs. One reason for the vacancies. she says, is that fewer and fewer local s hoppers flock to the area, fearing cnmc.

In addition to crime -or the perceplion of crime. since the crime rate in the area has fallen nearly 30 percent since 1992 - parking continues to be a major problem in luring customers and merchants to the area. And organizers would like to find a way to c reate spillover elTect from the hundreds of thousands of shoppers who visit Bayside Marketplace each year. For example. one idea is to create a link - perhaps a bridge - that makes it easier for shoppers to cross Biscayne Boulevard and flow onto Flagler Street.

"Our stores (ut the Seybold Building) are nOl geared toward tourism;' she says. "'so we depend on local traffic:'

The Main Street program. whic h is backed by a $10.000 cash grant and $35.000 in technical su pport rrom the

state. in addition 10 commitments from local organizations. also hopes to hoi st downtown busi nesses through the crealion of periodic events such us festivals. concerts and grand-opening parties.

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Sergio Rok. 11'110 elwin tile Mai" Street I'rogram. is re.(lOri1lK tile oriRillal facade /Q mall>' uf IIiy OUlI'lItUM'" prupertin, i"eliidillg lilt' SlIIIRuk Blliltlilll: til S.E. Pio路t Street mId First AI'eml l!

themes so that «onomie restructuring can leud to design, and design can lead to promotions," Mr. Fritz. says. What 's more. organi7.crs have been encouraged by a wave of development aimed at luring residents to the area. Take, for example, the Congress Building. a dilapidated 20-slory structu re thai symbolizes the area's downfall. But the 71-year-old fanner oflice builtling may soon benefi t from a $ 12.5 mi ll ion effort to tum it into a 128-unit apartment complex with retail shops along its base. And developers have found success with si milar conversions at the Olympia. Metropol and Colon buildings downtown. Yet. at the heart of any effort to restore downtown is an attempl tO bring baek Flagler Street. Not th at there haven't been past efforts 10 keep the street look ing its best. In the 1970s. for example, sidewalks along Aagter Street were tiled and garnished with new planters and landscaping. thanks to public and private fu nds. In 1982. a one-block area was pampered with new landscaping and nower planters, new phone kiosks, trash receptacles and li ght fixtures . Earlier thi s decade. palms were plunted along the street. What 's more, the Dade Heritage Trust and downtown organi zers have been active in eITons to connect Flagler Street and the Mi ami RiverfLummu s Park historic area. Such efforts haven't gone unnoticed. Recently, retuilcrs have been showi ng renewed interest in the area. Spons Au thority hm'i signed a 20-ye:tr lease for the forme r Wal green 's Drug Store dow",own and has opcned an "urban prol'Otypc" store allhe sile. focusi ng on appare l and footwear. The lease wi ll ensure a viable presence for the 1936 lItruclU rc. which underwent a S2 million renovation that included refurbishing the exterior cast stone facades. canopies. and windows. The agreement . !t:.tid Tony Alonso, a principal in the historic Walgreen's property lIhon ly after lhc deal was announced I:lst ovember. "confirms that the private sector continues to be interested in Flagler Street and downtown Miam i:' I (Actil! SmlSCI if (l Mimni·lxlU(/ II"ri/t'f I'njo)"s fl'"m'mlllg (11.1 hOl/Ju.

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Investment Tax Credits - Opportunities for Downtown Miami b)' T. Neil Fri.:.

Since [he Downtown Miami Mum Street progrom Degan last Octobc:r. downlOwn propcr1y o"men; have been o: ploring the ~ibill ty of usmg the Federal Rchabilitlltion In\ cstment Tax Credit (n 'q program to help fimmee pro~pecti\'e rehabili tlllion of commcrcilll bullding~ dowmown. The program has been 1I.'>Cd very su(:ce~~rully nationwide to mllke hisloric pre.~r v:nion projec:t ~ ~ atTtmlable for propeny ownc:n;. Yo hIll'. en\unng (or encourngmg) tlUlI projects ure undcnaken aecordmg to the Seerttar)' of the InteriOf 's SlamJurd for RchabiliUltion. TI1Crc are IWO types of lax credits available in the

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The ZIYl- Credit - for rebabil liallOO of commercilll. industriul. or reu tllt n.:s ldenllal prop. enlcs lis ted in the N:ll ional Register either mdlvlduall y or a.~ pan o f II desillnaled hbtoric dimict. The lOll: Credil - for re habi titatlon of nonres idential. income producin1! build mgs that YoC-re constructed before 1936. These bulklings CIIJII10l De certified hiS lonC. While. the IWO pmgrJJ n~ are ~inlilar. there afe imporuulI differt"nc~ . And IlleS!! dlfferelll."C!i nughl help dctemllllC our Slrdteglc.~ fOf desIgnating hbtonc districts in Downlown Miami. 1bc 2()'I, credit can be used for ren lal re~ldentjal. lin cxcuing prospe:CI for relmbili tation of some of Dowmown Miumi's mO~1 historic structure.-.. Several projects in the downtown are3 are Demg eon~idered for conveniion to residemial locludmg these propenies In It N:uionRI Re!l-i,tc:r historic district could Simplify their quulification for Ihe t'ttd ils. If thl~ happeru.. even some non-conlribuling properties wl thm a di~tnct could be- eligihle for tM 2<Yf- credIt. On the olllCf lumd. the to% credit is :l\'ailabJc for nny non ·n:~ident ial commerdal rehabilitations of pre- 19J6 buillhngs. The architectural requiremems fOf" proJCClS M.-ckmg this tax credII arc. far le~~ resnicti\>c, but fo llowing the: Sccrt:tury of the Interior's Standanl for Rehabilit:l1ion IS encouraget.l. Thll> mcenm'e mighl be u!>Cd by Downtown Miami property owners Yoho wish 10 nlltkc improvemcrus In buildings OOt incl uded in designated h i~loric dlstnets Of bui ldings thai are "non-conlribuling" in any designated diStriels. Marty downlown proper· ties could qualify for Iht.~ credll. To quulify for tnc crcdib. a rdmbililntlon must be ~ubsUlntlal. According to an ankle in the February 1998 ISSue of MlIIn S"1'1'1 N~s, by Kt'vin Mihtcad. Urban ArchI tect for ttlC T~as Main Street Program. ~ I)uring :1 24·month period seil:elcd by the tuxpaye r. rehubili tll llOll expenditures mu!ot exceed Ihe grcat~r of S5.000 or the adju~ted ha...is of lhe bultding and us MnlCturnl components. The adJusled basis is gencmlly the purchase pnee plus u nprovement~ already maue, minu~ lbe: ~t of the laud, minus depreciation alrcad) IUlen:' MII~lead

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building wililOUi approval As our Downlown MJIIIlIi Mam Stftct progntm movc~ forw~l rd. v..e linticlpmc a lurge number o f l'Iu:adc and building rchabll i[ntions as pan oftOc overall prognlm to rt'Vital iu Qov..ntown Mlll nli. We hope the ITC progrnm will provide an opportunllY for us 10 work wi th downtown properly owners to recognize the imponance of preserving our hen tage. Last month, OUf Promouon Commi" ce clime up wuh an tOl tial SIOgWl for !)ow",oYon: lilt: 11 ..,1(/ of 0/(/ /111(11111- lIlt' bt!(ll ofU Nt'", WorM Working CTC:lIiYely with prnpcny ov,.. ne .... will allow us to move forward tOWltrd Ii brighl fUlure while ~n'ing our hiStoric pa~1. Anicle Credil Infonnution:

(Ntil Fri.::, is Coordimllor for fh e Dol/mlolt'" Miam; Mo;" StrC"-' program. Mai" Srfl!l!t NI!II'S is ,he monrhly ptriodico/ of .he NOlil}llal Mai" Srreel Celller, 0 ProRrtJlII 011111'. Na/jo llal TrllSI for Hi~·tofic I' rl'.$en·alio" . For /IIore i"!Orl/WI;OIl 011 Main Street, call II" DoIt'IIfO""" Miami Ma;" St",-el progmm 01 105.518·)881.)

A Stroll Down Historic Flagler Street The hean o f any Main Street program is its historic archi tecture . Towns and cities a ll across Fl o rida and throughout the country - have di sco\'cred that interesting old buildings. once restored. can rejuvenate tired downtowns. generating a new sense of discovery and commerc ia l acti vity. On Mia mi 's Flagle r St reet are fou nd many wonde rfu l structures recall ing different eras of Miami 's past and offering great promise fo r the fUlUre.

So let's stroll Aagler. O Uf "historic corridor" fro m Bi scayne Bay to the Mi ami River. An irreplaceable architectural treasure along thi s path is the Gusman Center fo r the Perfonning Arts. localcd at 174 E. Flagler Street. Orig inally called the Olympia Theater, the Mediterranean Revival structure was built in 1925 by Paramount Enterpri ses for $1.5 mi ll ion to show sile nt movies - accompanied by the music of its mag nificent Wurlitzer organ . The interior o f thi s "atmospheric theuter." designed by re nowned Chicago architect John Eberson. resembles an Italian palace's wall ed garde n. A cloud machine and hundreds of twinkling lights can transfonn the cei ling into a starry night. Twe lve- foot-lo ng crystal c hande liers. Rococo statuary, and near-perfect acoustics enrich any performance or event held ut this Nationa l Reg ister site. Across the street from Gusman . at 200 E. Flagler Street. is the Walgreen Building, renecting a different era. Thi s building was erected in 1936 on land Ori ginally donated in 1912 by He nry Aag ler to the Married Ladies Afternoon C lub for a cl ubhouse and free publ ic library. Walgreen's was 22

By Becky Roper Maiko .. designed by Zi mmerman, Saxe & Mac Bride. Ehmann in the Streamline Modeme style. wi th ho ri zontal banding and rounded comers. The structure is c urrently being restored as a Sports Au thority store, attesting to its enduring appeal. The Alfred I. Dupont Building, at 169 E. Aagler. was bu ilt in 1938 and epitomizes the Depress ion Modeme Style. Magni ficent brass e levator doors depict A orida's tropical environment . The e legant second fl oor lobby features a coffered ceiling wi th handpai nted scenes from A o rida's history adorning the wooden beams. Ornate gates and eiabonllc ly wrought teller screens are beautifully preserved. The bui lding is now home to Union Planters Ban k. Farther west on Flag ler is Burdines department store. opened in 1898 by W. M . Burdi ne and moved to its present locatio n at 22 E. Flagler in 1900. Roddey Burdine built a new fivestory building in 1912 that boasted Miami 's fi rst elevato r. The building was remodeled and en larged in 1936. In 1947. a second building was constructed on thc western side of Miami Avenue, connected to the first by an elevated crosswalk. The store has recently been renovated. and the world fa mous art ist Wyland was hired to paint a marine mural on the exte rior. The Dade County Courthouse. at 73 W. Flag ler. was constructed in 1928, built around an earlier. 1904 structu re. Des igned by A. Ten Eyck Brown & August Geiger, the edifice displays class ical a rchitectu ral details, includ ing Doric columns on the lower fl oors and Corinthian columns on the upper floors . With its zigguratlike peak. it was for many years "the tallest bui lding sou th of Washington:'

It has been undergoing a multi-million dollar restoration over the lasl few years . If you can ' l resistlhe te mptation to ex plore some streets just off Flag ler, you' lI find even more historic treasures, Like the beautifu l 1927 In g raha m Building at 25 S.E . 2nd Avenue. designed by Schultz & Weaver to resemble a Aoremine Renaissance palace. O r the 1925 Huntingdon Building at 168 S.E. lSI Street. wi th kni ght-like sculplUred busts topping the rcofli ne, Or the grace ful 19 12 Neoclassic Revival structure that was originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 100 N.E. 1st Avenue - and is now an Office Depot store. And perhaps most the 1925 intriguing o f a ll Shoreland Arcade at 122 N.E . 1st Street, fea turing a facade with eight carved arches and an interior fill ed with architectura l de ligh ts like rosettes. coffered ceili ngs. and mosaic fl oors depicting marine creatures. And if you continue down Aag ler. with a stop at the Cultural Cen ter. designed by Phi llip Johnson, and then zig and zag a bit. you're at Lummus Park on the Miami River. There. in a beautiful five-acre park, are two o f Miami 's most hi storic sites - the 1858 Wagner Homestead, the o ldest house in Miami-Dade Cou nty. and the 1849 Ft. Dallas Barracks. From the Bay to the River. 150 years of history in j ust a few bloc ks along Downtown Miami's "historic corridor," Dade I/emage Trust ÂŁl'u rdil'e Director Reeky Roper Ma/kol' .,.,rote tlris jor tire DOM'/IIown Del'e!opment Autliorit)' 's Spring /998 lIewsletter, Cit} Ne ....s Miami. Dade Heritage Trust is portnering with /Jowlltown Dtl'e!opmelll Authority 011 Mlollli's M um Strut Progrtml.

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DOWNTOWN'S HISTORIC STAR by Jemlllie P;tlWI-ZuII;ga

If yo u're looking fo r a landmark mov ie palace where the stars shi ne brightl y over-

head and mag ic is in the ai r, go west at Biscayne Bou levard fo r two blocks to the comer of Flagler 'Uld Second Avenue. 111ere, at the " Broadway of Miami ," yo u' ll find the regal Gusman Center for the Perfomli ng Arts.

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Ori gina ll y named the "Olympia," the theater was built by Paramount fo r $1. 5 million. For the des ign, Chicago architect John Eberson departed from the usual theaterstyle bu ilding and created the first of many "atmospheric" theaters which brought the outdoors inside. The ex teri or suggests a Venetian palazzo. The interi or was built to resemble a palace's walled garden. Complete with a cloud machine and hundreds of twinkling lights, th e ceiling could look li ke a

starry night , going fro m dusk to da rk. A un ique underground cooling system, the first of its kind in the South , prov ided comfo rt for the movie goers. For the grand ope ning, in February, 1926, peo ple lined up for blocks to get in to see the silent film "Grand Duchess and the Waiter," wi th Paul Whi teman prov iding live music. Mu sic from a Wurlitzer organ

accompanied the si lent fi lms. Vaudeville shows were featured from 1929 to 1954. At its height , the Olym pia presented fi ve live acts, a feature mov ie, a carloon, comedy and newsreel. Stars grac ing

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= Mov ies continued to be shown at the Olym pia th ro ugh the I960s, but telev ision was taking its toll and the crowds shrinking. Third-rate movies and hard rock gro ups played the house. Damage was visible in the decapi tation of the theater's statuary, a prize e lement of Ebe rson's an ists.

In 1971, the aging bu ilding was in danger of being tom down. It was saved by Miami philanLh.ropist Maurice Gusman , who purchased it to house the Miami Philhanno nic Orchestra. Renovations tota ling $5 million were made under the guidance of the wellknown Miami Beach architect Morris Lapidus. The O lympia Theater was renamed the Maurice Gus man C ultu ra l CenLer and reo pened October 2 1, 1972, with a symphonic tri bute to Maurice Gusman. Ind uded on th e program for that evening was

Beethovan's Ninth Symphony, to which the audience th rilled in the aco usticall y perfec t thealer.

To ensure the surv ival of his regal movie pa lace, Gusman donated the thealer LO Ihe C ilY of Mi ami, wilh the stipul alion Ihal the G usman Center be managed by the Depan ment of Offs!reel Parkin g, a semiaUlonomous agency o f the C ity of Miami. The long- te rm frie ndship o f Mauri ce Gusman and the Offslreel Parking Board Chairman, Co lone l Mitche ll Wolfson of Womelco Enterpreses, was the bas is fo r Ihis unique arrangement.

Major resLOrati on projects have been completed under Ihe manage rial guidance of Offstreet Parking. with the architectural expen ise of Richard Heisenbollie. Thro ugh the financial assis tance of capital improve-

ment grants funded fro m the Secretary of State 's Office, the thealer has continued 10 update ils sound, lighl and lechnica l stage eq ui pment. Elec lrical improve me nts and upgrades throughoul the building have been made 10 meeltoday's building codes. A grant

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The stage has seen the birth of the Miami Cit y Ballet, the inception of the New World Symphony, and the evolution of the Miami Symphony Orchestra into the Florida Phil harm onic Orchestra. Stars of every sorL . fro m Frank Sinatra to Luciano Pava rotti , have left Ihe ir sp iril in this mag nificenL theate r. The Ameri can Mov ie C lass ics was broadcast fro m G usman in 1996. Over 35,000 IlImgoers annuall y attend the Miami Film Festi val, held during Febru ary. Many local non-profit organ izations use the stage for producti ons, with G usman prov iding a home fo r Jamaican comedy, African

American Gospel pl ays, Spanish novellas and Ita lian fi lm fes tivals. Gusman Center has recenll y been honored by the Dade Heri tage Trust, which placed il in ils Preservation Hall of Fame. Many people over the years have dedicated their time, know ledge, expenise, efforl and money to cOnLinue the history and preservalion of the Gusman Cenler. Threalened in the last few yea rs with fi nancial shon falls, this magni ficent theater needs the suppon of all those whose hean s and souls be lieve in the herilage and fUlure of our community. j('{/II/Iie Piau lI -ZIIII;ga i,f the DireclOr of Th eater OpermiOlIS for Ihe Cusmall Cemer f()r Ihe Petj'()""ill8 An.{.

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DHT 1998 A NNUAL A WARDS CEREMONY SHINES ON STAGE AT GUSMAN

Rtuj~ing awards f or Outstanding Indi~idllul Sf!n'iu 10 Prestrvt Our Comln/mity 's /luilage " 'r Tf! j ack l..uft, Tom Glennoll, Alichad Beeman,

Comnlllllity Service A I>'(lrds fo r OrgOll i;zalioilS ....er.. acuptrd by Candace Marti" jor Burdines, Dorothy Pields und uUlll r Cillmer fo r lite Rlack

Rurll Jacobs, Stt l'f! I' f!ar r all, GraTgr Childs " lid Patrick Schaefer. Otller awardees 110 1 i" pllolo: } acqu e/ilu SUlllebergtr, Mina SeemOn, Gay Bond,/rant, Ernie Mom-" , " nd Rep. Brlll/ o HarTt ira.

Archil'ts, ) 01111 May j or ,IIt Florida Rt-ellacwrs, Qlld Judy Pruitt/ or Til l! Villagers.

A ccrptillg CuriJicuu s oj Apprrcialiofl for support of Dade Heritagr Days "'err K e ,' j /l n jon" jor Miomi-Dadr TV, Gail Meadows jor tile Miami HtraltJ, Bill Rryes f or Ill e Sheral Oll Hiscayllf! Bay, Daisy Delgado jar WTVJ NBC 6, Bill Murphy jar Northern Trust. Jeanette Poole jor J. Poole ii ssocitJus, Inc., Carm en I'e/soulesjor US Parking and ,ht 600 Brickell Offiu Plaza, Erik Sptytr jar his artwork, J uellt Htlsuin jur tilt Peacock FOIllldarion, Cllarll!S BOJce jar Union flamers Bali k, Sally Ba/lmgardner jar tilt Merrick Festil'al, and Don SleSllick jar tile M iami路 Dade Co/lUty Cll ltrlral Affairs Cuuncil. Not SIIO""II : FI' L and tile !lliam; Beach Visitor and CO ln'elltian A flillorily.

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OlltgO;IIg /J U T Prts;d,wt Htrb StISO prtStllts tilt IItllriette Utlrris 1h4·tln/ fur OUlSUJ1Idillg Dediration and Uodtrsllip ill Prtu n ·jllg Miami's Ji('ritage w Carmtn Petsault$.

Fol/owint: tilt al4'llrds at GIISIIIIII/, guests croued lilt stnet 10 Ill e histllric Illfr~d I . Dul'ont Huilding for a rtaption IIosled by UniOll Planters Jlank, tilt I'reStll/;IIJ: Sponsor of Dade IItrilogt Days. Ar1ist Erik Speyer lind Ullioll I'lollters Wce Presidelll Cllarll!S Hoyce ""e/comt gllests hu idl! Q Dade lIerilagt' /klys poster ill til e belll/tiJIIII)' nSlored bank lobby.

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THE FREEDOM TOWER by lackie SOll sa

During the 19605 and '70s. Mi ami's Freedom Towe r he lped an estimated half a mill ion immigrants start a new life in th e United States by se rving as an immigrati on processing center. It became South Florida 's " Ellis Island," a symbol of li berty and freedom . Now, many are hoping that this long neg lected landmark will soon have a new life of its own.

Purchased by the influenti al fami ly of C uban ex ile leader Jo rge Mas Canosa in September. 1997. for $4.2 milli on. the Tower has endured sev-

e ral decades of binge- and-p urge pop ul arit y. Investors have both nocked to and abandoned th e

building. Listed on the Na ti onal Register of HislOri c Places. the 17-srory stucco building, located o n Biscay ne Bouleva rd , was o rigin all y called the News Towe r. It was built in 1925 , commissioned by one-lime Ohio Governor James M. Cox to ho use Mi ami 's fi rst news paper, whi ch late r became the Miami News. Modeled after the Gira lda Bell Tower in Seville. Spain. the building was designed by the finn of Schultz and Weaver, architects of the New York Waldorf-Astori a, the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gab les, and the Breakers HOIe l in Pal m Beach. The Spani sh Renai ssance Revival style structure cost approxi mat ely one million dollars and lowered above the Miami skyline. Some 32 years later, in 1957, the News left the building, whi ch was no t air-conditioned and whose floor plates by then had become too small for a news o pe ration. The bu ildin g remain ed empt y fo r fi ve years until the federal governmen t in 1962 went searching for a place to process and serve Cuban refugees arrivin g in Miami . Known to man y of the immigrant s as hel refugio" (the re fuge). the bui lding was where they visited when they needed to see a doctor or to pick up government rati ons of peanut buner, processed cheese and oth er food and medi cal items. Eventuall y, it becam e known as the Freedom Tower.

A Miami lalldmark sjllCt 1915

But as the waves of refugees subsided. so did the need for the tower. In J 974, the building was left empt y once agai n when th e gove rnment moved out. ft remai ned vacant for nearly 14 years. lnterest in tJle buiJding was rekindled in 1988 when Zaminco Internati onal. a Saudi Arabian inves tm ent group. purchased th e Tower and spen t

$8.5 milli on ren ova tin g the towe r fl oors. With investors that included a prominent Saudi Arabian sheik. the group crea ted a luxurious banquet hall and began offeri ng the small e r upper fl oors as office space. In Dece mber, 1988. Dade Heritage Trust sponso red a blac k-tie fundraising gala as the g rand opening event o f the Towe r. reslOred Freedom Handcut crys tal c hande li ers. restored tile. custom des igned Awaiting nstoratiotl: Th e Mas family bollglll th ~ f"rudom TO~'rr a )'rar ago (md hQl'~ alllltllll/crd to rrrwl"mr il as a "",stlr"" til fh e CllbQl/ a ilr exp~rie"u, willi offir~s for Ille JOl'Kti Mas carpelS and eleg.lIll furnishings plu,,~' CUllosa f)-redo", Fllild. provided an unforgettable se tshowcasing Downtow n and historic neighbor. ting for the hundreds of guests. who dined, danced hoods. and Miami Dade Communit y Coll ege and celebrated the preserv ing of so significant a wou ld utili ze excess space for its pe rforn1in g arts part of Miami 's past. sludents. When the hi gh ly compelili ve CA RL volBUI al Ihe end of 1992. Ihe building fell viclim in g lOok place. the Freedom Towe r was ranked as to foreclos ure. Mu ch of the aesthetic progress was the thi rd most important property in the State for undone as many of the contractors who had acquisition. Its funding was assured. needing on ly worked on the building removed items they had a willing seller. installed in li e u of payment. Li ke Cindere ll a aftc r In the interim. the Mas fami ly acqu ired the the ball, the tower's moment of glo ry was to be Freedom Tower. announcing intenti ons of creating short-lived. Financial and legal e ntang lement s a museu m documenti.ng the plight of the thousands kept the building in limbo for the nex t four years. of Cuban immigrants who fl ed Fidel Cas tro 's comFrustrated by the escalating deterioration of muni st governme nt. Famil y patriarch Jorge Mas Mi ami 's sig nature landma rk and fearing Omosa was a longtime chairman of the Cuban irreparable damage from missi ng windows and American alional Foundation . an organi zat ion vandal s - Dade Heritage Trust. in the fa ll of that champio ned thc interes ts of Cuban ex iles, 1996. launched a campaign 10 publicize Ihe plighl before he passed away in ovember, 1997. Afle r of the Freedom Tower and to seek its penll~m e nt his dealh . Ihe fami ly decided nollo sell 10 Ihe Slale preservation. Working in partners hip wi th the but to restore the Freedom Towe r private ly. They Trust for Public Land, Dade Heritage Trust app li ed have announced the creation of the Jo rge Mas to the State CA RL (Conservati on and Recreati onal Canosa Freedom Fund " to defend and promote the Land ) Fund, asking the State of Florida to acquire ideals of democracy and li bert y." Plans call for the Ihe property. DHT developed a man agemen l plan Fund's offices. alo ng wi th the mu se um , to be which e nvis ioned th e Freedom Tower as a ho used in the Freedo m Tower. He ritage Visit ors Cen ter. wit h a museum ce lebrating the building 's past and the Cuban ex ile ex peri jackie SOl/sa is II Mi"mj路lxu/!(I writer Itho elljm .f f"f'1I111'ariI1R old ence. Trolleys wou ld fan out from the Tower. hOlU"f:'s. 29

THANK YOU, THANK YOU! As a nonprofit organi zalion with a sma ll staff but a big mi ssion . Dade Heritage Trust could never succeed in our many efforts withou l lhe support of good friend s who give generously of their lime. money and expertise. OUf sin路 cerest appreciation to you all!

SPONSORS AND DONORS Un ion Planters Bank Miami-Dade C ultura l Affairs Counci l

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J Poole Associates, Inc. Realtors Miami Beach Visitors & Convention Authority Nonhern Trust Ballk Burdines Florida Power & Light Publix Supermarkets Sheraton Biscayne Bay

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Gusman Center for the Perfornling Arts

Coral Gab les Merrick House

Coral Gables Merrick Festival

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Downtown Development Authori tylMain Street tBPOE of W Elks

Chester Fair Fairchild Trop ical Garden Dr. Dorothy Jenkin s Fields Friends of the Military Museum of South Florida al NAS Richmond Fruit & Sp ice Park Gamma Delta Sigma Chapter - Sigma Gamma RHO Sorority

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Ll. Bobbie Meeks

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Bill Murphy Ruth Jacobs

Joe Ward

City of Miami

Genie Oppenhe imer

Darrel Stuckey

Miam i- Dade Public Library

Roben Lopez

Donna Gaines

Miami Design Prese rvation League

Phoebe Emmons

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Miami Memombilia Club

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Mi ami River Marine Group

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