Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a festive and safe holiday season and that this new year brings great health, prosperity, and happiness to you all.
Preservation Miami has a lot of exciting programs and events on tap for 2012 including tours of historic Miami neighborhoods, organized efforts to save a local landmark, more articles and features on our website, and a continuation of our popular our wine & cheese socials in historic homes.
As always, we invite you to return often to our website to check for updates and explore the community calendar for different events and opportunities to learn about and stay active in the world of preservation in Miami.
Coral Gables Community Foundation 3rd Annual TOUR OF KITCHENS Saturday, January 28th, 2012
TICKETS ON SALE NOW. Tickets support the Foundation and make great gifts for foodie and designer friends.
Our self-guided Tour of Kitchens offers something for everyone. The tour will showcase some of Coral Gables’ most spectacular designer kitchens, local area restaurants, and sought-after chefs. To tempt your taste buds, each kitchen will offer a cooking demonstration or tasting (some will have both!) by a favorite local restaurant chef. Each of the homes will feature unique and stunning designer table settings that are sure to inspire! Also included are special features along the way such as napkin folding origami, foodie merchandise, home goods from local purveyors, and an optional presentation on Kitchen Design by nationally recognized Kitchen Designer, Julia Johnston.
Preservation Miami would like to express its sincere apprecation to Bob Smith and Marc Campbell for graciously opening their home and hosting a fantastic holiday celebration on behalf of our organization. The pictures below provide a highlight from the evenings festivities.
The possible historic designation of the Herald Building as become a very Hot Topic in the greater Miami community over the past few days and weeks. Preservation Miami would like to take this opportunity to encourage a thoughtful and intellectual discussion, one that explores the pros and cons of pursuing such designation in an effort to save the building. To better focus this discussion, we would encourage participants to exclude any consideration or conversation about the possible use as a casino but rather, to focus on the following aspects: architectural significance, historical significance, context of and contribution to the surrounding neighborhood, possibilities of future land use and buildings thereof, usage and functionality of the existing structure if saved, and any other aspect which one might deem important in such a discussion. Using these points as a framework, please click the link below to participate in the Poll and then leave a comment sharing your thoughts and perspectives.
The organ at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Miami, FL) was installed at the time of the church’s construction in the mid-1920s. It was built by Ernest M. Skinner and Company, who had developed a national reputation for building large organs for some of the most prestigious churches, concert halls, colleges, and auditoriums in the country. These include The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (op. 150, 1906); Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh (op. 180, 1910) and St Thomas Episcopal Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City (op. 205, 1913). You can view the original specification of Trinity’s organ (op. 471) on the Skinner website here. The organ’s initial specification was four manuals, forty-three stops, thirty-six ranks and 2,497 pipes, including an Echo chamber in the rear gallery containing four ranks of pipes (removed in 2001 to undergo repairs).
To learn more about Trinity Cathedral, the Organ, and opportunities to support the restoration, please click the article title above or the "Read More" Link to the lower-right.
I am writing you today as the Chairman of the City of Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board, a lifelong preservationist, property owner & resident of Miami Beach, to express some serious concerns I and many others in our community have as to the future character & preservation of vital elements of our city. More specifically, we have recently witnessed projects affecting the character and integrity of many of our Historic Districts, specifically projects overseen by county & state agencies that I am very concerned about, and I urge your participation, support and involvement to assure our communities needs, quality of life, uniqueness and character is paramount in any/all decisions going forward.
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On the evening of October 15th, 2011, Preservation Miami held its Inaugural Celebration at a beautiful residence in Coral Gables, Fl. owned by our good friend, Ernesto Fabre. The event was a great success with over fifty people in attendance including individuals representing all aspects of the preservation community. Preservation Miami would like to sincerely thank The Copper Box (catering) and Books & Books for their generous donations in helping to make our event a fantastic success enjoyed by all.
There are many more events in the works so please stay tuned! In the meantime, we invite you to enjoy the following slideshow from the evening's festivities.
Preservation Miami is excited to launch 'Perspectives on Preservation', a new periodical that will feature the viewpoints of different individuals throughout the Miami-Dade community as they relate to Historic Preservation. Please click on the article title above or the "Read More" link below to read our first issue. For future access, we have provided a link in the main menu, "P.O.P". Enjoy!
Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a festive and safe holiday season and that this new year brings great health, prosperity, and happiness to you all.
