Meet your new neighbor
This is the new Safeguard Self Storage off of SW 27 Ave. and US 1. The builder should be shot for building this ugly structure, which is way out of proportion for the neighborhood. In person it looks much worse. That little quaint area, which I blogged about once, is now ugly. And I would not trust my valuables with Safeguard Self Storage ever -- they can't even keep their sign graffiti free.
Photos by Harry Emilio Gottlieb
posted by Tom Falco at 8:44 AM
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Who cares about that side of US1? I dont even consider that the Grove.
how terrible that looks, maybe all done and painted wont be so bad who knows, the whole area is pitiful but lets see.
i wouldn't judge their ability to store your valuables safely based on whether or not kids spary paint their construction sign. give em break.
Nice attitude - it is still seen as you enter the Grove and that is the problem with with some of you guys - it doesn't affect you so you don't care; well if we continue to allow that it won't be long before it does affect you and they will use that as an example. This is disgusting.
One ugly building doesn't make the rest pretty.
They are all ugly buildings. Really, deeply, ugly.
It is completely out of proportion, for sure, but that entire corner is really ugly anyway.
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It was already ugly, now it's just going to get uglier.
It's U.S. 1, not Bayshore Drive and it is a warehouse district, as well.... On the other hand, yes, it looks bad and it's out of proportion which leads me to believe that it was approved by the city as a "favor" to the builder.... Good job you guys. I swear that between Harry Gottlieb, the Grapevine, and a few energized folks, Coconut Grove could successfully dump the city of Miami and split from it.
Please read Fred Grimm’s Miami Herald column “Is the party really over for developers?”
at http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/fred_grimm/story/451732.html
It pertains to proposed Hometown Democracy Amendment.
If ever allowed on the ballot -- would require local governments to stick with their growth management plans -- unless voters approve changes.
To most of us, that might not seem wildly unreasonable.
We'd just as soon developers stick to the growth plans, which, after all, are about as restrictive as Aunt Mable's big red muumuu.
But local governments have come to regard the rules as empty words.
Local governments in Florida altered their growth management plans 8,000 times in 2005 and reportedly reached 12,000 in 2007.)
Without some tepid enforcement of the rules, the building industry will face that awful instrument of horror -- direct democracy. ''We need to get our planning house in order and regain the confidence of the citizenry,''
But the big strategy against the Hometown Democracy Amendment, so far, has been to change the rules, disregard petitions, find astounding excuses to toss signatures and to run a faux petition campaign designed to clog up the verification process.
RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, RESPONSIBLE TAXES
We set the issue of voter control statewide at the highest level, the state constitution.
The Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment and the SpendingLimit.pdf petition are designed to allow voter control of local government spending and growth.
REFERENDA REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
Establishes that before a local government may adopt a new budget, or amend a budget with any annual increase in revenue/spending beyond the lesser of 5% or inflation, the proposed budget or amendment shall be subject to vote of the electors of the local government by referendum, following preparation by the local budget agency, consideration by the governing body and notice. Local budget voting shall be part of the biannual election process. Provides definitions.
REFERENDA REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANS.
Establishes that before a local government may adopt a new comprehensive land use plan, or amend a comprehensive land use plan, the proposed plan or amendment shall be subject to vote of the electors of the local government by referendum, following preparation by the local planning agency, consideration by the governing body and notice. Provides definitions.
expect more of these buildings throughout the city. they hold outdoor advertising quite nicely.
they are the future of billboards
Perhaps Coconut Grove Residence will be offered a CODE 33 discount so we can afford to seek shelter there during the next hurricane.
Harry Emilio Gottlieb
Nice attitude indeed, wannabe grove. You’re probably the elitist type to slam down any part of the city you don’t “consider” attractive. FYI, this part of Miami is within the “blessed” 33133 Zip code. Look it up.
In all honesty, Imust admit that I was waiting for Gottlieb to take a photo and Grapevine to post about it. It’s hideous. Thank you Grapevine for posting about it. I know see this concrete mess all the time as I live in the “north of the highway”. It’s a sore sight every time I go into “Coconut Grove Proper” by way of 27th Avenue.
The section I live in may not be as nice or as “refined” as say the gorgeous houses off Tigertail, Bayshore or Seminole Avenues, but we have as much say in what gets built as the rest of Miami…basically NONE...and our neighborhood is trying to improve. Tigertail is right, this monstrosity exists in a warehouse district and the building and zoning department must have been asleep…again
One last point for those who “don’t consider this part of the Grove”…ask Marc Sarnoff! He was campaigning in my neighborhood a few years ago and was even at the hallowed Shell lumber giving out American flags as part of his campaign. For the record, I shop stores in the grove all the time: Shell’s, Milams, Fresh Market, Home Depot. I love the Grove as much as anyone and I hate to see this ugly building go up as much as the rest of you.
Perhaps Gottlieb is right: Maybe they’ll give us access during a hurricane!
Harry, Did you see the Simpson's episode when they showed people actually living in self storage, it was featuring a guy with a type writer trying to finish a novel and there came in to his space the fume from the pest control company and he shouts coughing "NOT AGAIN"
Perhaps we can all get code 33 discounts there after the banks, the insurance companies and the city takes over our homes to collect increases in fees and taxes.
By the way, only a connected person can get away with building something that fast and that ugly in the grove, have you heard of GREC Homes of the Sedanos supermarket family , they do similar structures except they call them houses.
I want to know how this building got built - did it go before the Planning Board and the Zoning Board> You will be able to leap from the Metrorail, pick up your stored items and get back on. This is a classic example of poor planning, but they are going to say there is a storage warehouse down the street so why not them.
i vote to tear it down, where do these folks get off trying expand their businesses and live the American way?
grove
–noun
1. a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth: a grove of pines.
2. a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, esp. citrus trees: a grove of lemon trees.
North of US1 is a concrete jungle with hardly any vegetation. South of US1 has homes and a central district nestled under a "grove" of vegetation. I dont care where the "lines" are drawn. Your area is Miami or Gables at the very best in my opinion. It just makes more sense.
I agree with Tigertail. I think we need to take our "city" back again.
Bob Coultas
I called them and they told me they are totally "Climate Control". You know what that means?? What ever the climate is Outside... Controls the climate inside. Just another place for people to put their Stuff.
Not surprised here - the one thing that keeps building around M.D. county with reckless abandon are: 1) Walgreens & CVS, 2) Self-Storage, and 3) Banks - And I thought Home Depot/ Walmart were bad... And to conclude: The only reason these self-storage places are popping up everywhere is obviously because of demand - PEOPLE ARE NOT THROWING AWAY THEIR CRAP. THROW AWAY YOUR CRAP PEOPLE! STOP BEING A PACK RAT!!
Hey wait a minute: if you are going to get rid of your crap DONATE IT:
Coconut Grove Woman's Club 446-2909
St. Alban's Child Center
This 'n That on Commodore.
Hey Silk, I'm thinking of expanding my business - a pig farm and tannery - and am looking for a good location. I think I'll by the house next door to you, get a zoning variance, and put it there.
How about it? Surely, your right to the quiet enjoyment of your property shouldn't interfere with my right to expand my property, right?
great comparison, although with the energy crisis looming a pig farm isn't a bad idea, methane could be an excellent alternative fuel.
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