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• After much talk, Miami Beach Planning Board delays decision on 600 Alton Road

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  The Miami Beach Planning Board heard  developer Russell Galbut’s plans for his 600 Alton Road residential and retail project (and residents dissection of it) for nearly four hours Tuesday before postponing a final decision on the 444-apartment complex until its … Continue reading → [...]
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• Proposed 17th Street hotel, 600 Alton Road project on Miami Beach Planning Board agenda today

  Two proposed developments closely followed by Venetian Causeway, Sunset Harbour and West Avenue residents appear on today’s Planning Board agenda, but it looks like only one — the proposed apartment complex called 600 Alton Road — will be examined. The … Continue reading → [...]
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• The next 600 Alton Road reveal: the traffic plan

  Crescent Heights development, which owns the abandoned South Shore Hospital and surrounding properties between Alton Road and West Avenue, has scheduled another session with West Avenue residents — this time to outline  the traffic plans for the proposed apartment/retail complex … Continue reading → [...]
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• Miami Beach rejects digital screens on bus shelters — for now

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  Can you picture Miami Beach’s bus shelters featuring a big flat screen TV that changes that change images every eight seconds? That’s what Clear Channel sought permission to do in Miami Beach with digital outdoor signs, a proposal the Design … Continue reading → [...]
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• West Avenue Corridor group to hold first-ever annual meeting

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  The West Avenue Corridor Neighborhood Association — a  community group that’s been extremely active on issues from bicycle and pedestrian safety to zoning and flooding issues — holds its first annual meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the … Continue reading → [...]
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• On Saturday, go for a South Beach bike ride — or avoid getting caught in one

  The monthly Miami Beach Community Bike Ride happens Saturday morning between 9 and 11:30 a.m. It’s a fun event for participants — and a wise thing to plan around for errand-running South Beach residents. For Belle Isle and other Venetian … Continue reading → [...]
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• Architects behind The Standard Hotel and Lido Spa were stellar, but perhaps not who you think

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  As The Standard (formerly Lido Spa) unveils plans for its third major renovation, it’s a good opportunity to review the architectural lineage of a property that includes work by luminaries in South Florida design history. Most folks who consider themselves … Continue reading → [...]
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