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Welcome to the Big Bubble MIAMI. The Big Bubble is edited by Sean McCaughan. Sean was the Founding Editor of Curbed Miami at miami.curbed.com, a position he held for three and a half years, and has written extensively about the real estate, development, architecture, design, art, and culture of South Florida and beyond. You can find more of his writing at seanmccaughan.com. For Big Bubble-related inquiries, you can reach him at sean@thebigbubblemiami.com. For other writing and copywriting inquiries, please email spmccaughan@gmail.com. Thank you.

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Vintage Postcards of Miami Beach Street Scenes Show the Urban Side of a Vibrant Subtropical Resort Town

A variety of vintage postcards of Miami Beach, found in the Flickr collections of two avid postcard collectors Phillip Pessar and More_Than_Sunshine, show a side of Miami Beach as seen from the sidewalk, the street, or even the curb.

Brightline Officially Launching Orlando Service This Week; Five Miami Galleries Exhibiting at Art Basel Miami Beach

And now, your roundup of the latest South Florida real estate news from around the web:

Morningside’s Historic Laura Cushman House Hits the Market for $6 Million

The historic Morningside house known locally as the home where Laura Cushman, the founder of the nearby private Cushman School, lived just hit the market six days ago for a very nice six million dollars, having last sold way back in 2007 for a comparatively modest two million.

Miami’s Historic Cuban Consulate, Villa Paula, Has Reopened As An Event Venue

The historic Villa Paula, used off and on by its owners as an art gallery over the years, appears to have been turned into an event venue, with a brand-spankin' new website, and even had somewhat of a debut, hosting an industry night about a week ago, with various hospitality and event industry vendors who had booths and everything.

Restoration Hardware Not Top Bidder at Nikki Beach; The Clevelander Hotel Controversy

And Renzo Piano's designing something that sounds kinda big in Boca Raton. Here's a roundup of the latest South Florida real estate news:

With Ugly Dead Ends And Bush Barricades, Aventura Mall is Giving the Brand New Esplanade The Cold Shoulder

After publishing our recent post on the Esplanade at Aventura, an outdoor shopping center that to the average person could appear to be an expansion of Aventura Mall, the Big Bubble got an earful from various public relations representatives about how, in fact, the Esplanade is in fact no way connected with the mall, and is merely "near" it. So, the Big Bubble went back to take another look.

Margaret Pace Park Renovation Master Plan; Brightline Pushes Back Orlando Service A Few More Days, Again

The Brightline is tying up last-minute odds and ends and won't be able to fully launch its rail service to Orlando for a few more days, but they're so close, and other South Florida estate news

Little Alfred Browning Parker House in the Grove is For Sale For $2 Million

A simple but adorable, and very sensitively renovated, house by iconic subtropical modernist architect Alfred Browning Parker has been on the market for about four months in Coconut Grove for just over two million dollars.

Miami’s Iconic Coppertone Girl Building is For Sale

In the heart of Miami's Upper East Side, a.k.a. the MiMo District, or Miami Modern District, an iconic sign depicting an adorable, bare-bottomed toddler, her bathing suit being yanked down by a little doggie, and no bathing suit top in existence, graces a swinging midcentury building.