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Found another great image of ..

… The Great One! Hmmm, how to best preserve/save an historic Miami Beach building in honor of  the man who put this place (“SoBe”) on the map, back in the 60′s - how sweet it is … Jackie Gleason!

Please mark your “calendars“. Next community meeting (us/them) – 2/27/13 (Wednesday)

The full schedule of meetings, most of which start at 6 p.m., is as follows:

• Feb. 27: MBCC > Flamingo Ballroom 4, Hall C Entrance – “to identify guiding principles for the master plan based on community input.”

• Feb. 28: MBCC > Flamingo Ballroom 4, Hall C Entrance, city commission workshop.

• March 27: MBCC > Flamingo Ballroom 4, Hall C Entrance, city commission workshop and public meeting with 3D diagrams that will show scale.

May 13/May 15: Location not determined, city commission meeting to vet completed master plans and terms of proposed letters of interest. June 5: City commission chamber, commission meeting to select the final proposer.

*special thanx to South Florida Business Journal (blog) website.

NEWS FLASH!

Just uncovered on Miami Beach, FL …

A classic vintage sign has been revealed, from layers and years of plaster on the wall at the Alamac Pool - Pvt./Salt Water – btwn Washinton & Collins on 13th. (detail)

Always nice to see typography, from the old days, pop-up every now and then and show its timeless style.

And, the “local” Double Decker buses looked even more (UK) authentic in the rain. (d*ng, enough already.)

… Stay tuned for more!

5/31/12

Here are some shots of the oldest gallery on Lincoln Road.

It’s moved about a few times, but they’ve managed to keep 33139 as its zip since 1963 (?).

Carel Gallery … specializes in modern art and the 19th century. 

… “Part one of this three-part series, hosted by Andrew Yeomanson, producer, Miami music historian and DJ Le Spam of Spam Allstars, examines the years preceding the rise of the disco era in the early 1970s.” …

The series that started with The Record: Contemporary Art & Vinyl at the MAM, a couple of weeks ago, continues this fun look back on the Disco history of vinyl in Miami – the producers, manufacturers, talent/artists, distributors, buyers, etc. … “the music biz in its glory”.

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 6-9pm MIAMI VINYL: The History of Record-Making in Miami Part I: The 1970s and earlier.

April 5, 2012 – Panel discussion begins 6:30pm, doors open 6pm (limited seating):
• Willie J. Clarke – legendary Miami producer and songwriter
• Jeff Lemlich – Music historian; author of Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands, The ’60s and Beyond; founder of Limestone Lounge Florida Music Forum
• Henry Stone – founder and owner of the famed TK Records, home of disco stars KC and the Sunshine Band; known for defining the “Miami sound” since the 1960s.

Some big players present, Willie Clarke & Henry Stone (pres. TK Records) going through a lot of fun stories, of what it was like back in the day and who some of the people they worked with back then.

Good to hear collectors/historians Andrew Yeomanson & Jeff Lemlich tell their side as a fan/collector that paints a picture of a Miami Music landscape, called the Miami-sound. Great gathering of various different people, from different corners of Miami.

[Show as slideshow]

*thnx Smirnoff.