airtommy Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 MV filmed at Nuta's Boatyard at 1884 NW North River Drive in "Miami Squeeze" and "Cows of October". So, naturally I got excited when I saw this in the Wiseguy Season 4 episode "Black Gold": 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Miami shot , current day, at the same angle we see in the great Miami Vice season finale “Freefall” from April 1989. Shot above SE15th Rd and the northern end of Brickell from the bay. Of course back then it looked a hell of a lot better and individual and not like any generic city. Edited September 30, 2023 by Matt5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) For those interested in Miami history here is a very long but comprehensive 1994 documentary. Miami Vice is given credit for giving the city a whole new image. The documentary was written by my friend the late Arva Moore Parks. Edited October 1, 2023 by miamijimf 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 4:47 AM, airtommy said: On page 2 of this thread I wrote a series of posts about the Big Fish property at 55 SW Miami Avenue Road. In the TV series "Wiseguy", most of Season 4 is filmed in Miami. The main character Michael Santana is down on his luck and lives in a rundown old houseboat docked at this property. In the background we see Dawson Marine and Big Fish a few times. the big fish is for me one of the major losses of the city. that place was for me the epitome of Miami coolness. great posts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted October 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 1950s view of the Greystone Hotel, 1920 Collins Ave. Designed by famed architect Henry Hohauser, it was refurbished and reopened in 2022. It can be seen in the background of The Good Collar and Home Invaders and perhaps other night time driving scenes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, miamijimf said: 1950s view of the Greystone Hotel, 1920 Collins Ave. Designed by famed architect Henry Hohauser, it was refurbished and reopened in 2022. It can be seen in the background of The Good Collar and Home Invaders and perhaps other night time driving scenes. Great Jim - remind me where it appears in “The Good Collar” ? . We see this stretch in the teaser of “Little Prince “ also and “Florence Italy”, “Streetwise”. Edited October 17, 2023 by Matt5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 8:03 PM, miamijimf said: For those interested in Miami history here is a very long but comprehensive 1994 documentary. Miami Vice is given credit for giving the city a whole new image. The documentary was written by my friend the late Arva Moore Parks. I missed when you posted this, but it’s a very good overview of the city’s history, almost a whirlwind in its pace, but well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 This was all over the news in Key Largo a few days ago there were reports of a number of drive by shootings and two schools were lockdown. Just north of Liberty City near West River in Miami this is near the “Over the Line” location on NE 79th St. https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/lockdowns-lifted-at-2-miami-schools-after-man-found-shot-nearby/amp/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 the stones of the monastery of Bernard of Clairvaux are older than the discovering of the Americas https://secretmiami.com/ancient-spanish-monastery-miami/ (map included) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 at the time of Jack of all trades was directed was Escondero house already a school, or was it a private property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 vor 5 Stunden schrieb jpaul1: at the time of Jack of all trades was directed was Escondero house already a school, or was it a private property The Miami Dade database does not give any historic sales history for that property (very unusual), but as far as I know the whole compound that is now the Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart was a private property back then. Evidence backing that up is the fact that on the location sheet for Lost Madonna (filmed right after) the owner for 3645 Main Highway (second neighbor property used for the art party scenes, now also part of the school) was given with Hughes Medical Foundation. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Tom said: The Miami Dade database does not give any historic sales history for that property (very unusual), but as far as I know the whole compound that is now the Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart was a private property back then. Evidence backing that up is the fact that on the location sheet for Lost Madonna (filmed right after) the owner for 3645 Main Highway (second neighbor property used for the art party scenes, now also part of the school) was given with Hughes Medical Foundation. It seems that it was already a school when they filmed MV there. The School was established in 1961 and the property was gifted to them. I don’t know when it was gifted, but it’s been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. The school is referenced as already occupying the property in the following document from that year. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/74000614 Here’s another link about El Jardin: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Jardin Edited October 29, 2023 by pahonu 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 so according to wiki it's clearly a major Miami building, not to say south Florida. i knew it was a beautiful house, but didn't think it was of such importance. Mediterranean term is large though. there is lot of stuff in Mediterranea. mauresque, greek, italian, provencal, persian, and probably many more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, jpaul1 said: so according to wiki it's clearly a major Miami building, not to say south Florida. i knew it was a beautiful house, but didn't think it was of such importance. Mediterranean term is large though. there is lot of stuff in Mediterranea. mauresque, greek, italian, provencal, persian, and probably many more Yes, the Mediterranean Revival style, of which this an example, was very popular in the teens and 20’s among the wealthy in the sunnier parts of the US. It draws elements from all over the northern Mediterranean, from Andalusia to the Adriatic. The Spanish Colonial Revival style was more focused on Southern Spain with a bit of Moorish North Africa. It was more popular in California and the west. Greek Revival was considered separately and was popular earlier, in the 19th century. Provencal was often included with other French vernacular buildings from small towns and villages all over the country, not just southern France. The high style of Paris and other cities was referred to as Beaux Arts in the US. I just got a reprint of a 100 year old architectural style book by a popular society architect of the period. It focuses on the small architecture of villages around France. It’s one of dozens of such books that I have collected of the years. Edited October 31, 2023 by pahonu 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 @pahonuif you have any book suggestion about that i'm taker. i just bought Fitzgerald book. but if you have any other i take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, jpaul1 said: @pahonuif you have any book suggestion about that i'm taker. i just bought Fitzgerald book. but if you have any other i take Lots of books like these, usually by architects from their travels in Europe, were used to show client’s historical details they might consider as inspiration for their projects. They would have shelves of them in their office libraries of various European country’s architecture. This was popular in the first part of the 20th century. The cool part is that most have now fallen out of copyright and inexpensive paperbacks can be had for very little money compared to most architecture books. The one in the photo was less than $10 on Amazon. They are very basic. Just photographs in black and white, with some measures drawings for some, and short descriptions. However, they are showing the vernacular architecture, much of which is gone now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 maybe i should have been more precise. i was talking of mediterranean style in the US. yeah i forgot a bit your post covered a larger scale. i just purchased that one for 2€ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, jpaul1 said: maybe i should have been more precise. i was talking of mediterranean style in the US. yeah i forgot a bit your post covered a larger scale. i just purchased that one for 2€ I’ll get back to you with some titles. I have a couple of titles by Rexford Newcomb on the topic. Edited November 1, 2023 by pahonu 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Veres Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 1969, as the operations of the Port of Miami are transferred from the mainland to its current location. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) On 10/31/2023 at 11:44 AM, jpaul1 said: maybe i should have been more precise. i was talking of mediterranean style in the US. yeah i forgot a bit your post covered a larger scale. i just purchased that one for 2€ This is the best one. I bought it used for about $20 several years ago. Also bought this for about $10. This is a book by Mizner, himself, and also good. Edited November 2, 2023 by pahonu 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted November 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Posted in www.skyscrapercity.com by someone who sees beauty in what Miami has become. As an old Miamian I prefer the past but in a way I can appreciate the beauty here. Time stands still for no man, especially in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDP3wAQva8 Edited November 6, 2023 by miamijimf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Veres Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, miamijimf said: Posted in www.skyscrapercity.com by someone who sees beauty in what Miami has become. As an old Miamian I prefer the past but in a way I can appreciate the beauty here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDP3wAQva8 I think that person posts such vids there regularly. I followed skyscrapercity since 2008! I'm currently working on a map laying out all the recently finished, under construction, and proposed highrises, and let me tell you... I think there might be around 40 of them coming up in Brickell and Downtown. By 2027 it's gonna be incredibly dense and tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Veres Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 Went to the vintage car show at the Deering estate yesterday, few photos from there. It's really small as far as car shows go, which is definitely not a bad thing, and with a location like this, it was a "boutique" kind of beauty. Note the lady: A Volvo! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Veres Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 I cannot readily find history of this hospital online, but folks inside told me that the original owner/builder wanted it exactly to feel like a luxury hotel, and it really does. It has a chapel, a koi pond, and a jelly fish aquarium (don't have a photo of the latter, was kicked out of that lobby quickly as a non-patient). It's Baptist on Kendall, let me know if you know anything about it. 20231106_144209.mp4 20231106_145610.mp4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 Beautiful! The Biltmore of hospitals. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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