tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305351002024-03-07T21:59:37.211-05:00Miami Vision Blogarama!Miami, Florida's most popular blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger429125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-32975926000779140492015-01-31T13:46:00.000-05:002015-03-29T13:59:24.536-04:00FIU, aka "Clueless U," strikes deal with Mad Magazine
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Bill Maher sums up the Greek System of fraternities as only he can:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-67315451130048559862014-04-22T11:31:00.000-04:002014-05-21T14:23:19.010-04:00Miami Bicentennial Park Soccer Stadium
MVB loves the PortMiami stadium proposal. Of all of the site options, it may not be the most logical, but it is the most exciting. Unfortunately, most elected mayors and commissioners, i.e., the ones that count, are against putting the 25,000 seat stadium at the port for a host of reasons which in one way or another will put the kabosh on the idea.
That got us to thinking, why not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-57407940498947145942014-03-25T10:56:00.000-04:002014-03-25T10:57:41.732-04:00Beckham Miami Soccer Stadium
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Excuse me, but as much as I love Arquitectonica's work, I'm not swooning over their design for the PortMiami soccer stadium. Remove the "roof" and put the cost of building it into adding more seats. 25,000 isn't enough and will only require additional construction down the road.
I'd also put those extra seats on the side of the field facing downtown Miami, either Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-75527532580055264102014-03-06T16:18:00.002-05:002014-03-06T16:43:56.972-05:00The case for building Beckham's soccer stadium at PortMiami
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The first time we heard David Beckham's first choice for a new MLS stadium was at PortMiami we thought, are you nuts? Gridlock is a common occurrence in downtown Miami as it is whenever something major is happening there. You don't want to be caught anywhere near the American Airlines Arena when the Miami Heat are playing there. Or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-17204560159452764602014-03-06T11:59:00.000-05:002020-02-26T12:07:45.455-05:00A Better Biscayne Blvd
A final inevitable solution to solving the traffic and parking nightmare downtown is quite radical. Although removing the parking islands in the middle of Biscayne Blvd has been talked about for decades, may we suggest that removing and realigning the northbound lanes become priority.
In our approach, Bayfront Park would replace those lanes which would be moved westward (replacing the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-47596625958797089822014-03-04T11:03:00.001-05:002016-04-02T17:39:21.091-04:00CLOG: Miami
One of our intrepid correspondent's essay got picked-up by the influential architectural publication CLOG. Each quarterly issue "explores, from multiple viewpoints and various means, a single subject particularly relevant to architecture now." D.C. Copeland's A Cluster of Brown Dwarfs takes the less fawning and more critical stance in the issue that, although the region has a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-42135959590731965992011-05-01T12:17:00.003-04:002011-05-02T15:07:17.506-04:00Dawntown Miami announces Miami Marine Stadium Floating Stage winners
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Unfortunately, Verticus' entry didn't make the cut but here it is anyway. It's a "fun homage to the Grand Dame." MVB has argued for years that Miami and the Beaches lack any building that could be labeled "destination architecture." Only after revisiting the Miami Marine Stadium (which we were lobbying since 2007 to restore) for this competition did we realize weUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-42003575800000172652009-10-04T14:34:00.005-04:002009-10-04T18:33:17.984-04:00The Best of Miami Vision Blogarama in Black & White Please click image to enlarge.Due to popular demand (really), we've compiled a "Best Of" Miami Vision Blogarama. You can order it here and relive some of the fun and sorrow of yesteryear. Thanks for your enthusiasm, encouragement, and condolences since our last post. For those who still have jobs and can afford the best, the full-color version is available here.Vert. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-15706816528936014872007-12-19T09:36:00.034-05:002017-08-03T14:28:57.811-04:00MVB's Final Post
Most of our hopes and dreams bit the dust with the county's ratification of the "Global Agreement." We feel like that fallen warrior from ancient Greece. We didn't put that smile on his face, but I'm sure he would have appreciated what we did to his middle finger. This is our last gesture to local politics and our first step in acknowledging what unchecked hubris can bring: lots of sound and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-18649045977916436702007-12-18T13:59:00.004-05:002008-09-19T11:10:06.170-04:00The Architecture God Has Spoken: Publix on the Bay Makes My Chosen Building List!It's a freaking supermarket for crying out loud! Can you imagine? Reminds me of the work of the architects from the planet with all of those flying saucers. I absolutely love it and wonder why I don't see more of this kind of stuff on Earth. Carlos Zapata is the architect. Works out of New York City. Owned by Publix Super Markets, Publix on the Bay opened in 1998 and is located in South Miami Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-84417672964801354072007-12-17T09:19:00.004-05:002008-09-30T09:22:55.531-04:00To HeadBlade or Not to HeadBlade or What Would John Wayne Do? That is the question. Growing up with the Duke as a role model, that's always been the question. Whenever in doubt, I finger my elastic dayglo bracelet with the inscription: What Would John Wayne Do? The answer has never let me down. From bar room fights to dealing with the Indians (that Nokosee can be quite a handful now that he's teamed up with that crazy park ranger's daughter), I've either Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-71875383288308243122007-12-16T11:08:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:14:52.222-05:00Cool Things Made In Miami: Bikini.comClick Image to Enlarge.Another great concept from these sun-bleached shores: Bikini.com.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-80550094914936140342007-12-14T12:45:00.007-05:002009-08-06T22:18:57.190-04:00Miami Commissioner Tomas Regalado: He gets our "Yes" vote for the only "No" vote against special interests and the Port of Miami tunnel Miami's Manny Diaz is one tricky guy. Yesterday he got everything he wanted-- at the people's expense. Instead of putting the issue of diverting needed tax dollars from Miami's slums to building a new baseball stadium, tunnel, and propping up the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, he worked behind the scenes with Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess to come up with the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-58856755401859500702007-12-12T08:00:00.001-05:002008-08-14T09:36:55.250-04:00Florida Marlins Baseball Stadium: You can build it, but Miami won't come if it's in a cornfieldToday's Miami Herald reports the county is ratcheting up the pressure on the Florida Marlins and MLB to accept their offer to build a new stadium on the old Orange Bowl site. According to team president David Sampson, the next 10 days are "critical." If a deal can be brokered, he says, for the first time, that the team will play at the Orange Bowl site.How disappointing to hear. That site sucks Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-50410236734311496342007-12-11T19:40:00.003-05:002010-10-16T08:05:37.664-04:00One more time: No! to the Port of Miami TunnelWe'd like to think the graphics beat Chavez, that the iconic comic bubble caught enough people's attention down there in Venezuela to turn the tide on madness. Perhaps it will work here with the City of Miami Commission. For MVB, it's all we got because we've outlined our reasons more than once on this humble blog to the point of embarrassment.This Thursday the City of Miami commission votes on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-56460454748648087082007-12-10T15:03:00.000-05:002007-12-10T16:27:15.389-05:00Foreign Devils: How a South Florida filmmaker made a movie in China without them knowing about itIf you want to find the pulse of a city's creativity, check out its blogs. There you'll find its most creative. If they ever get together in one place like they did last night at a party hosted by Miami Beach 411 at Tuscan Steak, it's quite possible you'll meet this century's best poet whose alter ego writes a blog called Sex and the Beach. Or a rising guerrilla-style filmmaker named Avery Pack. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-84964396916113753522007-12-10T10:10:00.000-05:002007-12-12T06:23:18.340-05:00Tuscan Steak: Sensual Dining in SobeTuscan Steak may not look like it has a pedigree from its less than ostentatious facade at 433 Washington Ave in SoBe, but it's part of China Grill Management which is known for its world-wide far flung empire of restaurants serving up great food and style in equal portions. Basically it's exactly what it's PR machine says it is, a "sophisticated, family-style Florentine grill" specializing in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-61162366598398853662007-12-06T10:30:00.000-05:002007-12-06T22:32:29.447-05:00MiamiSpeak: "Media Up!" As a public service to our readers, we are happy to offer "MiamiSpeak©." These are words and phrases used by Miamians and may come in handy for tourists or those just passing through this sun kissed burg.Today's offering is "Media Up!" "Media Up!" is a great way to keep the police from busting your head in. It's best used just before an arrest, especially if you've led them on a wild police Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-35274226167105365692007-12-05T11:09:00.005-05:002008-07-19T08:47:22.448-04:00Hope Springs Eternal: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez vetoes UDB ExtensionWe were wondering what if anything Miami-Dade County's mayor had done recently since winning the right from the people to be a "strong mayor." For those who backed his proposal as we were proud to do, we are given hope by today's news that he vetoed extending the sacrosanct (at least to a few county commissioners) UDB. Hopefully Alvarez will become more pro-active on equally important issues suchUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-43081622643998372762007-12-05T08:49:00.006-05:002008-09-12T13:52:17.511-04:00While the nation's largest school districts scramble for teachers, it's 4th largest (Miami) locks up it best and brightestBesides the economic crisis bubbling just below the surface of our sunbaked landscape where more than 71,000 residential property owners in Miami-Dade and Broward failed to pay property taxes for 2006, there is another one ready to burst forth in education. As we reported earlier:Florida "will need 12,000 more teachers per year than are projected to be supplied (italics included)."Increasing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-24303362488470556192007-12-04T19:09:00.000-05:002007-12-04T19:17:48.864-05:00Holiday Shopping Tips from MVBShopping in Miami can be scary. But if you can do it here, you can do it anywhere. To shop Miami style, please play the video.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-91699166743892311422007-12-04T09:47:00.001-05:002008-03-28T15:27:57.807-04:00Elita Loresca stars in Miami's End of Hurricane Season Parade and FestivalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-16412524135655353792007-12-03T15:23:00.000-05:002007-12-04T07:50:39.173-05:00Backseat TheatreAlthough MVB's main focus is Miami and the Beaches, some things demand posting no matter how far they stray from our narrow focus. In this case, we find ourselves getting excited about a new series of plays in Los Angeles. All of them take place in cars with the audience in the backseat. Cool. Real cool.This is how Gary Garrison, editor of The Loop newsletter for playwrights, sums up his take on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-41652447311197629272007-12-03T07:31:00.000-05:002007-12-03T10:37:06.414-05:00The Good, The Bad, and the UglyThe Good: Venezuelans said "¡No!" to the Asshole of the Americas.The Bad: Russians vote for the Asshole of Russia.The Ugly: Both assholes will make the world an uglier place; one will try to reverse the election, the other will use it to steer his country further away from ally to foe by all means necessary. Both fuckers will affect where we live.Where is Blondie when we need him?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30535100.post-64583070863673704262007-12-02T14:28:00.000-05:002007-12-02T16:55:51.176-05:00Florida Governor Charlie Crist for MASS TRANSIT CZAR! 16 years. That's how long Florida and the Seminoles warred over casino gambling. And then along came Charlie Crist. Within months the newly elected governor hammered out an agreement between the Seminoles and the State that the Florida legislature couldn't do, a deal that would guarantee the state $375 million in the first three years and to share 10 to 25 percent of the gambling pot after that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2