Category: Gables History
City Hires New Historic Resources & Cultural Arts Director From Miami
The City of Coral Gables is quickly becoming a place for City of Miami employees to find new pastures. Both City Manager, Peter Iglesias, and Assistant City Manager, Ed Santamaria, are former City of Miami employees. Santamaria even boasted about…
OPINION: Has The City Beautiful Gone Over To The Dark Side?
Dr. Karelia Martinez Carbonell, President of the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables No, the City is not starring in the next Star Wars film, but it may have lost its light source—“government in the sunshine” that is. According…
OPINION: Do Not Let History Be Gone With The Wind
By: Dr. Karelia Martinez Carbonell On Wednesday, the Historic Preservation Board will be faced with an important decision: preserve or lose the resource to demolition. The Board will consider local historic designation for 649 Palmarito Court per recommendation of the…
Rare 1926 Video Of Coral Gables’ Biltmore Hotel And Venetian Pool Surfaces
In 1925, the City of Coral Gables was founded in the suburbs of Miami. Extensive photography is available of the early days of the City. Each home was photographed by the developers and they are available on the Florida International…
OPINIONS
The overwhelming numbers are a blowout win for preservation, but in the City of Coral Gables, when it comes to preservation, the game is tied By Dr. Karelia Martinez Carbonell, Local Preservationist It is ironic, that precisely this month of…
Beloved Miami and Coral Gables Historian, Arva Moore Parks, Dies At 81
Confucius once said, “Study the past if you would define the future.” For Miami, Coral Gables and our great State of Florida, if we study the past, we can usually find it in the pen and words of a woman…
Opinion: All Structures Are Not Historic
By: Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community, the City of Coral Gables has been focused on the well-being of our more than 50,000 residents and our more than 800 team members…
Opinion: As America Loses Leading Architectural Historian, Coral Gables Faces Ongoing Threat
A Tribute to Virginia McAlester by Brett Gillis, Vice President, Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables Preservationists across the nation join the residents of Dallas, Texas in mourning the death of Virginia McAlester, longtime preservationist, activist, and author of A Field…
Coral Gables Museum: Miami’s 1899 Yellow Fever Outbreak (VIDEO)
The Coral Gables Museum’s Malcolm Lauredo, director of historic research, produced this video discussing Miami’s 1899 yellow fever epidemic and the impact it had on South Floridians and travelers like Coral Gables founder George Merrick.
