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Topical Currents
1:00 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

South Florida's Unique Architecture

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Miami's Tech Scene
7:00 am
Tue February 12, 2013

Start Up Cities: Event Looks At How Miami Can Get More Talent, Tolerance And Technology

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During its inaugural program, Start-Up City: Miami will look at how tech hubs are taking root in Cities like Miami.
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A conference looking at how Miami can become a nebula for technology start-ups is taking place Wednesday at the New World Center on Miami Beach.

Called Start-Up City: Miami, the conference is in part the brain-child of urban studies expert Richard Florida who lives part-time in Miami Beach.

Florida is a senior editor at the Atlantic and runs an institute for the study of economic prosperity at the University of Toronto.

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Historic Open House
8:10 am
Fri November 30, 2012

Local Group Goes To Great Lengths To Preserve Historic Broward County Home

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William and Sarah McDougald standing in front of the house, ca. 1960s.
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Early years of pineapple cultivation on the farmland of Albert Neal Sample, who constructed the house in 1916.
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The Sample-McDougald House prior to it being moved to its current location, 2001.
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The Sample-McDougald House being moved on Dixie Highway, May 30, 2001.
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The Sample-McDougald House at its new location on 4 acres of City of Pompano Beach property, 2012.
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Broward residents are reclaiming a little bit of county history. The nearly 100-year-old Sample-McDougald House is opening to the public this weekend.

The house has 17 rooms and a two-story wrap-around porch. It's considered a colonial revival-- an architectural style that became popular following the United States' centennial.

The newly minted museum has had a long journey to its new home in Pompano Beach.

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Arts
7:40 pm
Wed October 3, 2012

Bacardi Buildings To Become New Arts Headquarters

Bacardi Tower.
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The iconic Bacardi Tower and Museum located north of downtown Miami has been sold.

And in keeping with its artistic exterior, its interior will serve as a new home to the arts.

National YoungArts, Foundation,  created by Ted and Lin Arison in 1981, will set up shop in the blue-and-white-tiled building, which was designated historic in 2009.

The tower and the nearby smaller stained-glass building complex will be revamped in part by Frank Gehry, who designed the New World Symphony's home on Miami Beach.

The purchase price is $10 million.

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