Monthly Archives: May, 2017

Brickell Heights is Done; Bookstore in the Grove Closes; Zaha Hadid’s Condo Lists for $10M

Well, now that Memorial Day's over, it 's back to business. Here's the news:

Palace’s Last Dance at 1200 Ocean Drive Will be on the 4th of July

Palace, the famous thirty year old gay bar on Ocean Drive has announced a closing date at its original home before its planned relocation to an as-yet-unknown new space. That date is July 4th, when it will host a blowout 'last dance' with "special lights, sound, and production."

The Rehabbed Española Way is Taking its Top Off, Metaphorically, on June 6th.

A big, showy, open-to-the-public party is being thrown for the big reveal of the new Espanola Way streetscape, in exactly two weeks from now.

South Beach’s Sexiest Self-Storage Only Stores Wine, Whatever The Sign Says.

When SoBe Wine & Self Storage was seeking approval to build its new facility on Alton Road in South Beach, a classy MiMo building with all the panache of a 1950s beach hotel that is downright gorgeous for a self storage facility, it went by another name: Urban Box Self Storage. Since its recent completion, however, the sign on the facade says something very different: Wine & Self Storage, a name just vague and cheeky enough to make people take a second look.

‘Florida Architecture’ Praised the Office in the Grove When it Was Brand New.

A building that is integrated with landscape and art: an office structure that is completely humanized, and architectural design which was dictated by the unusual site and the desire to give maximum views of the tropical environment: That is Office in the Grove. The building concept developed by Kenneth Treister, FAIA in 1970, offers a contemporary structure delightfully in scale with its environment and the people who make use of its facilities on a daily basis. Integrating art, architecture and landscape into a harmonious whole is an achievement, which will distinguish the building as a landmark for future generations to enjoy.