Tagged: development

Archaeology

6:00 am

Mon April 29, 2013

More Evidence Of Tequesta Civilization Unearthed Near Miami River

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The Third Avenue Circle, pictured with archeologist Ray Skinner and FIU archeology student Adrian Espinoza

By Nathaniel Sandler

Two months ago, twelve dump trucks bursting with dirt and fill from a downtown Miami construction site made their way to the Everglades Outpost, an animal rescue facility in Florida City.

Barbara Tansey, the facility’s owner and overseer is slowly sifting through the remnants looking for clues. Though volunteers occasionally come to help, at some moments the elderly Tansey is entirely on her own, tirelessly sifting in hopes of revealing any artifact.

It should be mentioned that twelve truckloads is an insane amount of dirt.

Arts

3:09 pm

Mon April 1, 2013

Fighting HIV/AIDS With Music, Theater In Honduras

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Women meet during a support group for those who have HIV and their friends and family on Jan. 17 in Triunfo de la Cruz. These kinds of support groups are an important part of making people feel comfortable with their diagnosis and seeking treatment.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Daily life on the streets of a Garifuna community Jan. 25 in Corozal, Honduras. Various factors have contributed to a high HIV rate among the Garifuna, including poverty and migration.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Santos Anael Martinez cooks food in his home Jan. 13 in Sambo Creek. Santos,a fisherman, is HIV-positive; his wife is a community health worker who visits people living with HIV.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

A view of a cemetery in Sambo Creek. Before medicines were made widely available in the early 2000s, scores of people in the Garifuna community died from AIDS. According to local NGOs, the death rate has dropped dramatically.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Women meet during a support group for those who have HIV and their friends and family on Jan. 17 in Triunfo de la Cruz. These kinds of support groups are an important part of making people feel comfortable with their diagnosis and seeking treatment.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Anatolia Ramirez waits outside the home of one of the HIV-positive women she visits in Sambo Creek. Ramirez is a community health worker who visits people with HIV in order to check up on them, and to offer assistance and support.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Francisca Guity, who is HIV-postive, sits with her child in her home Jan. 20 in Sambo Creek.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Nolvia Cruz waits to be seen at an HIV/AIDS health clinic on Jan. 25 in La Ceiba. Nolvia is open about her diagnosis, but many people are afraid to go to the clinic for fear that someone they know will see them and gossip about their HIV status.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

A community theater group performs at a festival Jan. 25 in Corozal. The theater group uses traditional Garifuna music and culture in its productions to help teach about HIV prevention and stigma.

Credit David Rochkind / Pulitzer Center

Carmen Suyapa (right) receives a visit from Anatolia Ramirez on Jan. 21 in La Ceiba, Honduras. Carmen felt so rejected by her family after she was diagnosed with HIV that she briefly considered committing suicide.

By Jens Erik Gould

Originally published on Fri March 29, 2013 11:14 am

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In the village of Corozal in Honduras, men ready boats for fishing excursions and boys play soccer on a beach lined with thatched huts.

On a sandy lot next to the town's main street, two teenage boys begin playing drums while women sing. For centuries, this has been the signature sound of celebration for the Garifuna, an Afro-Caribbean people on the Atlantic coast of Central America. Now this music has an additional purpose: to prevent HIV.

Hialeah

2:00 pm

Wed March 6, 2013

Group Building 'Noah's Ark' Outside Hialeah

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Computer rendering of the completed Hidden Ark project

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View from the inside of the Ark

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Workers forming the ark walls.

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The model of the ark

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Bird eye view of the progress of the construction

By Daniel Rivero

Four animal-loving Christians have begun a campaign to raise funds in order to construct a replica of Noah's Ark on the outskirts of Hialeah in order to "preserve helpless animals as God taught us."

A trailer for Hidden Ark (see below), as the project is called, promises almost exact dimensions of the biblical ark. Animals and all.

Miami Art Museum

12:32 pm

Fri February 1, 2013

Largest Hurricane Proof Glass Pane Installed In Future Museum

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Credit Daniel Rivero

Latest in the series of aerial photos documenting the progess of the Perez Art Museum Miami

Credit Daniel Rivero

Construction crew members installing one of many hurricane proof glass panes

Credit Daniel Rivero

View from one of the windows looking out to Biscayne Bay

Credit Daniel Rivero

Floating Gardens will be suspended 40 to 50 feet overhead

By Daniel Rivero

Having a world-class museum set a few short feet from Biscayne Bay has both its advantages and its headaches. As the Miami Art Museum plans to make its move to future Museum Park, they know this all too well.

Florida's Future

9:15 am

Thu January 24, 2013

'Seven50' Summit Will Plan The Half-Century For New Mega-Region: SouthEAST Florida

By Rick Stone

Movers, shakers, thinkers and doers from the seven counties of Southeast Florida are meeting today in downtown Miami to forge a 50-year trajectory for the region's economy, culture and quality of life.

The Seven50 summit is a recognition that the old Dade-Broward-Palm Beach "South Florida" has swelled out of its borders to become a seven-county mega-region with six million residents and a desperate need for shrewd and unified planning.

Under The Sun

9:30 am

Thu March 1, 2012

Islandia: South Florida’s Own Little Atlantis

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A sign at Biscayne National Park shows a photo of younger Lloyd Miller shaking President Lyndon B. Johnson’s hand.

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Environmentalist Lloyd Miller stands in front of a sign that shows a picture of himself at Biscayne National Park.

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Park ranger Gary Bremen stands next to Spite Highway in Islandia.

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Gov. Farris Bryant and his cabinet members listen to engineer Reginald Waters in a meeting at the Capitol office. Chart shows the proposed improvement Dade County has in mind for the offshore city of Islandia and the submerged land in the area. (1961)

By Sammy Mack

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Fifty years ago, developers dreamed of turning a collection of isolated islands in the middle of Biscayne Bay into a resort destination. This year, the dream of Islandia quietly died. The Miami-Dade County Commission stripped Islandia’s status as a city. In essence, they voted Islandia out of existence.

The city of Islandia is on Elliot Key. It was never populated by more than a hundred people. Now the only people who live in Islandia are park rangers.

Under the Sun

12:44 pm

Wed December 14, 2011

Diana Abu-Jaber's Recipes For Baklava And Tabbouleh

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Baklava

By Staff

Diana Abu-Jaber read her essay for Under the Sun about her family’s heritage of hosting guests during the holidays. Here are a few recipes you might want to add to your holiday table. One is more elaborate–perhaps for a host to serve. The other is super simple–perhaps something a guest can contribute to a party. These recipes are from Abu-Jaber’s memoir, The Language of Baklava (Pantheon Books).

POETIC BAKLAVA

Haiti Earthquake

12:51 pm

Thu January 13, 2011

Haiti Reconstruction: Potholes Aplenty For South Florida Developers

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While InnoVida has not yet been able to erect the prefabricated homes designed by architect Andres Duany, they have been able to start this small project in Port-au-Prince.

Credit InnoVida, LLC

A small InnoVida project in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

By Kenny Malone

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In March, 150 nations pledged more than $5 billion dollars to rebuild Haiti. Construction firms around the world, and especially in South Florida, began jockeying for those funds. Developers and planners from South Florida bid on contracts to build roads, construct housing, and remove debris. And not just developers and planners. Even Royal Caribbean, based in Miami, bid on housing contracts.