Palmetto Bay

  • 3/25/09 -- MARSHA HALPER/MIAMI HERALD STAFF -- Palmetto Bay, FL. -- FOR PINECREST/PALMETTO BAY NABORS COVER STORY: Construction is nearing completion on the Palmetto Bay Branch Library and Community Center at Ludovici Park. Here, a worker approaches the library on Wednesday. The building, at 17641 Old Cutler Rd., will house the village's own library -- part of the Miami-Dade County library system -- a community center, amphitheater and park. The two-story portion of the building houses the amphitheater and upstairs, the village community center. (5 OF 5 PHOTOS) Reporter: Howard Cohen. MARSHA HALPER / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Vicente Echevste, and Maria Echevste from Palmetto Bay look at Sentiment IV by artist Puchi Noriega during the Falls Art District Gallery walk in Miami. CHRIS CUTRO / FOR THE MAIMI HERALD

  • Located in Palmetto Bay, the Deering Estate is available for historical tours, nature walks around Biscayne Bay as well as canoe tours around Chicken Key among other activities. Pictured, the Deering Estate house, built in 1922, reflects the Mediterranean revival stone house style that Charles Deering wanted to bring to his South Florida residance. Allison Diaz/For the Miami Heral / Allison Diaz/For the Miami Heral