Can the Grove win Best Urban Block contest?
I can see Liliana Dones and the Chamber getting all over this.
The Miami Herald is having a "Best Urban Block in South Florida" contest. People are to nominate their block for best block. The Herald states: "For the longest time, Americans who wanted to experience the pedestrian-friendly charms and dynamism of a “real city’’ had to fly to Paris or Rome or Barcelona, old places the automobile colonized but never conquered entirely." I could almost add Coconut Grove to the list, except for the cars. At one point the Grove was so congested with cars that there was a "no cruising" rule, which was where the cops gave people tickets if they drove around the same block more than once!
Anyway, the Herald contest is really about the re-urbanization going on in the US. People are moving back to the cities, and Coconut Grove is included, our population has gone up, too.
The rules are posted with the Herald story, August 14 is the deadline to enter our hood.
The Miami Herald is having a "Best Urban Block in South Florida" contest. People are to nominate their block for best block. The Herald states: "For the longest time, Americans who wanted to experience the pedestrian-friendly charms and dynamism of a “real city’’ had to fly to Paris or Rome or Barcelona, old places the automobile colonized but never conquered entirely." I could almost add Coconut Grove to the list, except for the cars. At one point the Grove was so congested with cars that there was a "no cruising" rule, which was where the cops gave people tickets if they drove around the same block more than once!
Anyway, the Herald contest is really about the re-urbanization going on in the US. People are moving back to the cities, and Coconut Grove is included, our population has gone up, too.
The rules are posted with the Herald story, August 14 is the deadline to enter our hood.
posted by Tom Falco at 12:30 PM
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