The Restoration of La Palma
The Return of a Piece of the City’s Historic Fabric In 1924, the Cla-Reina/La Palma Hotel opened as one of
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Historic Preservation
Little Treasures in the Gables
The Enduring Charms of the City’s Small-Scale Historic Buildings Coral Gables has its share of grand architectural showstoppers: The Biltmore
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The Saving of the Streetlights
How a leading preservationist, with help from the city, rescued a trove of historic Coral Gables streetlights. It was five
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Coral Gables, A Site to Behold
“Architecture is about trying to make the world a little more like our dreams.” — Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Historic
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Changing Course: Robert Murray Little Reimagined UM’s Architecture
Circumstances beyond his control radically altered George Merrick’s design scheme for the fledgling University of Miami campus, resulting in transformative
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A Garden City: Green Acres
A Look at the Signature Garden Apartments of the North Ponce District Coral Gables emerged when the Merrick family’s 1,200-acre
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Beauty and the Brutes
Brutalist Architecture in Coral Gables One of the liveliest ongoing conversations in the City Beautiful centers around the concept of
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The Googie in the Gables
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a side of space-age architecture You may well wonder — if you stop to look
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Ranch House Rediscovered
Taking a closer look at the Ranch-style houses of Coral Gables Between Neo-Classical and Contemporary, there’s an overlooked South Florida
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Historic Waterfront Properties – A Treasure or a Teardown?
A New State Law Could Doom Historic Waterfront Properties, Starting With a $45 Million Gables Estate Masterpiece A waterfront mansion
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