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The Miami
Vol. 87, Issue 16 | Oct. 22 - Oct. 25, 2009
HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
Paradise lost
COURTESY RICK BRAVO
RESTORATION IN PROGRESS: Miami Marine Stadium located in Key Biscayne, Fla. is under plans for renovation with the help of UM architecture students.
THE OTHER GREEN REVOLUTION
Architecture students help renovate historic seaside stadium
THE DETAILS BEHIND IRAN’S ELECTIONS PAGE 10
BY COLLEEN DOURNEY | CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER
NOT YOUR NANA’S MUSIC GRANNIE ANNIE NEW TO THE MUSIC SCENE PAGE 11
SHINE BRIGHT, SHINE FAR ‘GLITTER GIRLS’ BRING SPARKLE TO GAMES PAGE 13
nce the Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key was culturally relevant. Now it is covered in graffiti, condemned in 1992 because of damage caused by Hurricane Andrew. “It is unique because of the way the land kisses the water. To be able to have a performance at that union is something unique and beautiful,” said Hilario Candela, the original architect of the stadium. Well-known in its heyday, the stadium hosted a Jimmy Buffett performance in 1985 and
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was the filming site of an Elvis Presley movie Clambake in 1967. Over the past 17 years the seaside venue has fallen into grave disrepair. Two years ago, the City of Miami did not even have the stadium in its developmental plans. “When the Edward Durell Stone Plan for Virginia Beach first came, the plan was the stadium would no longer be there,” said Jorge Hernandez, a University of Miami professor in the School of Architecture. SEE MARINE, PAGE 4