Beach commissioner: Involuntary historic home designations unfair

 
Upload and share your own.

You can share related videos and photos.

Submit: Video Pictures Stories

cveiga@miamiherald.com

The Miami Beach Land Use and Development committee will consider a recommendation by Commissioner Jonah Wolfson to prohibit the involuntary historic designation of single family homes.

The commission on Wednesday agreed to send the recommendation to the committee, which meets Feb. 13.

Preservationists have recently vowed to ramp up efforts to save single-family homes from demolition after Leonard Hochstein and his wife Lisa Hochstein, one of the cast members of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Miami, petitioned to tear down a 1920s Star Island home and build their dream mansion in its place.

The Miami Design Preservation League countered by submitting an application to designate the home as historic, and spare it from bulldozers.

Wolfson said it’s unfair to designate someone’s home as historic just because “other folks want to look at it.”

Mayor Matti Herrera Bower said it’s not about aesthetics, but the “character of the neighborhood.”

Read more Miami Beach stories from the Miami Herald

Miami Herald

Join the
Discussion

The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere on the site or in the newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day, and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off point. Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts.

The Miami Herald uses Facebook's commenting system. You need to log in with a Facebook account in order to comment. If you have questions about commenting with your Facebook account, click here.

Have a news tip? You can send it anonymously. Click here to send us your tip - or - consider joining the Public Insight Network and become a source for The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald.

Hide Comments

This affects comments on all stories.

Cancel OK