Posts Categorized: Historic Preservation

Little Havana: Miami’s Emerging Neighborhoods

Posted by & filed under Commercial, Historic Preservation, Single Family, Urbanism.

This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking a bike tour of Little Havana with Jose Fernandez, owner of El Barrio Workshop.  Jose began investing in apartments on South Beach in the late 1980’s and over the last ten years or so he  has invested in several properties in Little Havana.  He’s extremely bullish… Read more »

Historic Morningside. One of Miami’s Best Neighborhoods?

Posted by & filed under Community, Cyclists & Pedestrians, Historic Preservation, Residential, Urbanism.

One of my favorite Miami neighborhoods to bike around has to be Morningside.  Located in the Upper Eastside of Miami it is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. Morningside was a planned subdivision with tree-lined boulevards that sprang up in the 1920’s with a predominantly Mediterranean Revival style of architecture.  Homes built in… Read more »

Historic Wynwood home becomes TSL Lounge and The Butcher Shop

Posted by & filed under Historic Preservation, Retail, Taste & Toast, Urbanism.

The entrepreneurial sprite is alive and well in Wynwood.  Igor Niznik and his son Fred, along with partner Mark Dorfman, have just opened TSL Lounge in Wynwood.  Next door to TSL they will soon open The Butcher Shop. A historic 1927 single family home has been persevered and  retrofitted and now houses the TSL indoor and outdoor… Read more »

Cafecito & Real Estate

Posted by & filed under Community, Historic Preservation, Market Watch.

Have you RSVP for the The Deal Roundtable discussion yet? (The Real Deal) A plea for better mass transit in Miami Dade County (Miami Herald) The Miami Herald gets fired-up about All Aboard Florida (Miami Herald) The James Royal Palm Hotel on South Beach gets a facelift  (Curbed)