MIAMI | Development Thread - Page 68

pj3000 · #**1341** Posted **Jan 5, 2011, 10:57 PM**

Beautiful shots. I love the colors reflected in the bay.

Haven't seen Centrust (or whatever it's called now) lit up in that golden yellow color in awhile. Nice.

mechanesthesia · #**1342** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 4:07 PM**

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I am SO tired of seeing that huge gap between Marina Blue and Everglades on the Bay. I can't wait until they build that new building by Freedom tower.

Great pictures as always, QuantumX!

pj3000 · #**1343** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 4:46 PM**

Looking at the above image, I'm wondering about the Miami Marine Stadium. Walked around on it after it was closed after Hurricane Andrew, but never got the chance to see an event there. I know there is a drive by local preservationists to have it designated as historic and renovate it, but have there been any recent developments that anyone knows of?

I think it could be such a cool venue for Miami again and don't quite understand why nothing has been done for almost 20 years now.

QuantumX · #**1344** Posted **Jan 6, 2011, 8:49 PM**

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Beautiful shots. I love the colors reflected in the bay.

Haven't seen Centrust (or whatever it's called now) lit up in that golden yellow color in awhile. Nice.

The new owners of the now Miami Tower are in search of a new prestigious major tenant for the prestigious tower. I was hoping it would be Chase after Bank of America left, but they don't seem to be interested.

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Originally Posted by pj3000

Looking at the above image, I'm wondering about the Miami Marine Stadium. Walked around on it after it was closed after Hurricane Andrew, but never got the chance to see an event there. I know there is a drive by local preservationists to have it designated as historic and renovate it, but have there been any recent developments that anyone knows of?

I think it could be such a cool venue for Miami again and don't quite understand why nothing has been done for almost 20 years now.

When I went by there a year ago (almost to this very date), there was some renovation work being done on it. That is how I was able to get in to get these pictures. Otherwise, there would have been a security guard posted. I'm not sure what is to become of the Miami Marine Stadium, but there is renewed interest in it.

skyscraperfan23 · #**1345** Posted **Jan 8, 2011, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by QuantumX

The new owners of the now Miami Tower are in search of a new prestigious major tenant for the prestigious tower. I was hoping it would be Chase after Bank of America left, but they don't seem to be interested.

When I went by there a year ago (almost to this very date), there was some renovation work being done on it. That is how I was able to get in to get these pictures. Otherwise, there would have been a security guard posted. I'm not sure what is to become of the Miami Marine Stadium, but there is renewed interest in it.

I Really Hope Miami Marine Stadium gets a revival again.

bobdreamz · #**1346** Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 7:31 PM**

click on the link below to reach a photo gallery that has 9 albums with over 100 photos of the MetroRail construction of the extension to the Airport/Intermodal Center. There are even pics of the new station there.

http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/photogallery.asp

QuantumX · #**1347** Posted **Jan 25, 2011, 12:31 PM**

This has the Marine Stadium in it that we are trying to save. Can I share it with the volunteer committee that is trying to save it? It makes the setting wonderful. A

S

Thanks very much for this photo. What a great view! We don't have anything quite like it. I'd like to post it on our website (with a photo credit for you, of course.) Please let me know if this is ok-and if so, how you would like your name to read.....

Best regards

DW
Friends of Marine Stadium

http://www.marinestadium.org/index.php

lviz · #**1348** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 2:44 AM**

N830MH · #**1349** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 2:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by bobdreamz

click on the link below to reach a photo gallery that has 9 albums with over 100 photos of the MetroRail construction of the extension to the Airport/Intermodal Center. There are even pics of the new station there.

http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/photogallery.asp

Wow!! Its looks awesome!! I can't wait to be completions in 2012 or 2013. I would try to get on metrorail once again. I do missed in South Florida very much.

QuantumX · #**1350** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 10:02 PM**

Great aerials of 1450 Brickell and great night shots of the Brickell area.

How did you get them?

lviz · #**1351** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 2:10 AM**

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Great aerials of 1450 Brickell and great night shots of the Brickell area.

How did you get them?

Thanks, I'm a Realtor in Brickell, so I'm up and down, in and out of buildings all day. The photo of 1450 Brickell was taken from the Palace.

QuantumX · #**1352** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 12:05 AM**

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Thanks, I'm a Realtor in Brickell, so I'm up and down, in and out of buildings all day. The photo of 1450 Brickell was taken from the Palace.

I tried to get shots from up in the Palace while I was doing freelance work for Coastal Construction, but they wouldn't let me. I was only able to get shots from the walkway. How did you get the night shots of Brickell Village? Was that from up inside of one of the Axis towers?

skyscraperfan23 · #**1353** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 10:40 PM**

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Nice Miami.

lviz · #**1354** Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 10:46 PM**

patriotizzy · #**1355** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 12:36 AM**

^^^^ Beautiful pictures of a beautiful city

pj3000 · #**1356** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 3:18 AM**

^ Near the water it is beautiful. Just about anywhere else... flat, ugly, and unnatural as it gets.

robhut · #**1357** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 6:39 AM**

I am sorry, but since when a city is natural. Plus there are many beautiful areas in miami that are not close to the water. Like Coral Gables, Miami Lakes, Kedall, Doral. Of course we have a lot of butt ugly places too.

QuantumX · #**1358** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 10:42 AM**

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Come on Brickell Citicentre! We can't be certain what shape it will take, but Swire will put something there eventually.

QuantumX · #**1359** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 11:24 AM**

Club 50 at Viceroy Hotel and Spa.

pj3000 · #**1360** Posted **Feb 1, 2011, 9:16 PM**

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I am sorry, but since when a city is natural. Plus there are many beautiful areas in miami that are not close to the water. Like Coral Gables, Miami Lakes, Kedall, Doral. Of course we have a lot of butt ugly places too.

A city is natural when it is shaped by the natural environment. Miami can only claim that to a small extent. Most of South Florida has been drained, filled, bulldozed, and paved over. This can be said about any city to an extent, but Florida's utter flatness posed no obstacles to development... and also offers zero topographical relief features.

That is why is said near the water (which offers the only unique natural feature of the Miami area... yeah, I know that there are parks and preserves and everything like that, but I'm talking about the cityscape in general) is all that offers beautiful views. Everything else is pretty much the same sprawly crap. Coral Gables, the Grove, and other older areas near the bay and coast are beautiful... as I said they are "near the water"... and they were either planned with the natural, tropical environment in mind (Coral Gables) or they were left in a more wild state, owing to their being the very first settlement areas of Miami.

If you think Miami Lakes, Kendall, and Doral are beautiful... then you have a very limited definition of beauty, in my opinion. I don't happen to find highways lined with planted palm trees, endless strip plazas, and suburban tract housing and apartment buildings to be beautiful... no matter how nicely they are landscaped. That is what most of the Miami area is. Miami's natural environment is, by and large, limited to the coast... and that's where it obviously exhibits its natural beauty. Miami is scenic when you are going over a causeway, looking at downtown and Brickell with the bay as a backdrop, on the beach, or happen to be in one of the older neighborhoods near the water... like the Gables or the Grove. Other than that, you can have Miami.