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Now , •or nevepr for reservaion
I Story by MICHAEL KRANISH /Photo by MICHEL duCILLE
INow that the virtues•,i �, ,art„eco �commiWou is acro scheduled to create a
dlstrtct have been de.11'4. all for four hlscrie C'�..; 3.p-./111111. Q ,
months tits c xnmission it scheduled H'ednesMy appointed
the on mrd'a panel of experts y r
to make Its final de ition: abik ed in the city manager.The booed would hold
How much shot k the comms tar get hearings and decide what buildings shook be . ,,• �,;;
dktrict? salon do to save the sargeted for historic designation.The big question now ..1, ., ''''
The city must di u whether the owners of those buildings should be " ?'Pr,—•
Metro something thin week or she a forced to preserve them, ��;�rf
preservation crdinance will automatically take The commission•which has been lobbied by Deco • `
effect.That Metro li w is tougher than the one Miami devotees for ds years to adopt a tough ordinance,Is _f ��p. 4t'r t
Beach N eon4hderint fladfag that the ii:•l-' .
None of the smalkr beachfront munlclpahtles from prewrvat{oaranovetnent Itwll'w ., 0.� :S.....
Surfside to Golden Beach have paved preservation eplMtetN Into fsnlona .. �.
laws..svhey will operate under Metro's 4 ® •
Ware not that old a to One group supports preervation of the entire r` t s 1!
ern.realty,"said Stuart 120•Motk national district,while another wants to w4_.,,•.pLii_
Liberman.North gay Village interim city manager.The shot apart the district,hoping to win at kat a minor •due ""
cily Jost celebrated Its 37th birthday. Massey by compromising. `' k'e `Ir.i:<
"We don't have anyhistorick..aa eves become afaml t.
buildings anyway." family eiD,sign re I {^ :.
added Ray Harbor Islands Tows Clerk Linda Kerkira, D11i`are Capltmak the Miami Design preservatiost ,+ ,.,...N;.:;,
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Ivan Rodriguez,director of Metro's ht n'.......0,"'•^ '
preservation division,rid the cork L~icon tp�di�r.t can only be successful it the r
Yount sort/term beach position kat
towns are of little hlrtafc value. esti**area Is prertv,d.She rya the flamboyant Art ,
"Thoseaveare so relatively reser developments Deco buiklap—with their cupolas flies and portheM•• 1
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that there's not much we are interested in,"ice said —*11/men**led mita unler the dhtrkt MI"iM •„' ! ;r
Watt And she rya all 100 registered registe
baiktngs should be saved. • ill[r
T he Miami Death city admtlt
hratloa Friday ' E
proposed an ordinance tsar basically allows the But her moa.Andrew,a general parser of Art Deco s,:,r '
destructloo of aty buldiag—for any rea on- Hotels Ltd..the mayor Deco pnservatfoe company,
other a six•month delay.Sane pre.ervatbuists predict does**t agree with bee'He ry.'ntnl-d ntrkts ma he 4j1\t��
this will be the death of•unified di11rkt, arceptabk,small enclaves filled wok trendy
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' 'Imia•toners have mixed reviews of the restaurants.Jai:clubs and piths ' t .�`
Ordnance;a consensus has not yet emerged At the league's May II meeting.Andrew Capitman
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The city's provision for demtNt,a the main proposed that the I20•Alock district be reduced by t
difference from Metro's edlaamce,which says a shout 75 pee ant,encompassing the area between les a'� ►•'ot .r
property owners can forced by the spicery to preserve Ninth and 12tH streets,Instead of between Sixth sad 1
a building entente preservation wield ase Use owner 21st***IL He 4110 attested the"Owl bwndw t me i •..404/..*, u•
an undefined"undue economic hrduMp." slept Moieties Amway instead of linos Avenue. 's time
The much tougher Metro otdlaaea would take Diu his proposal wee shammed by all 10 other
el feat in Miami Beech osiethe City Commission present member'of the league'.heard of directors— ,
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adopts its own rules by July I. including his mother.The Meese rid the entire district '
The Metro deadline k why the city hr wrangled mut*be pteaeevN. Per'i a rapist al the variety of 1111trk Au{dib
over :>•!esus,delaying, ayvote three tlwun, or.Mimi Rear es p/4d from
oI' "Input"and forminggWecommittees. That position,howevee,MITI UtMwbtediy he arrhlterta sad bidet/lam ft is oaf Iwtwanh•list suggestima by ttdi
ehsAned is turn by the come•isien,which Says it N the IO"best"et`mem Alastair." ' •
concerned about private-trope, -'_,ts. 111 2111!twat Ceeaaemky CwN,.the.Nast,.
't eanwhiN,Metro says the city's propene.] 'The ditrkt must hated."Barba a Captm an m I htiMkug la Miami Deark,211x1 N'ehingtne•
pterrvation erdinana weal receive the esy"The city u trying to ruin the district." Ar,
required Natal approval,and ernes that it be The comtMrics Is considering three"hematite
rewritten.Metro officials say the city is trying to acrid method.of encouraging historic preeer%ation,all boli 11 the Garvi�**fa imam it FUAse hlamd. ktassiaw
forcing the preservation of bulletins—the reason revolving around owners consent. i„Cael p sue% fast
behind the ordluana. Metro r there should be no owner contra.That et.' pYtaeS beast a Sf'sn"A-slyk mansinm
"h'a obvlow that ma raw the 's Mt Serb and Aloes rodw II
I city ere ei building
oak preservation thou board eau ill The w a.leo Areas*
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vies prepared by the clans cal d bond to 4w the deMny* any Thatalking or considered
thetoug the cram �d ue Assays,,e OM..wt M
weakest psadbN punch:'mid Dates Wahl**,Metro i tJ any omen. is tonakerN toughest.tame. /.110 el
historic preservation chief. esalsrht pte.ervstioa. sakihugca Ase
The city's tediannce wast W The beach CIO'Cosnlalasioa has:estathrly sdofeN teealq�ls 111.•t.'.dh,n Bpenish silage lot
Y fedraMr t pre ed 6444 ordinance offline for 100 per cent owner consent Washington Avenue, and phe wn'nn r., i
becaue it only calls foe the p eeeresthom of luildlwp CCNketed the weakest approach.'bin mens eve171 The Art Daee interim.the•vsesue N.aew IW-
because
within the national Deco district.WPM,"Mt Thar wepeny owner must consent to haw Ms,",..„,.;;I'' t""ally eefitteesd district la the ewwt n. 7'140 hx1,
buildings have already been certified for federal ism pinwee. Omen
see d laded M�'1ed some,:Stith�ereet,
Breaks,oto the city's pntptlyd M'dte.ma dor ts0lhlmg The city•degMstrstbn,acting on the flew.°IMM sad Immo"MasaIl
to create additional federal bcewtivea.he salt re[grrr mea of go ad hoc mmmittte. lel The Amsterdam!k bee,I Ire Omen Ile :i
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city's propoed ordinance does.however. recommended Friday that the commission ad Irl The t N w Star Inn Tornio Are
create Same cal ib own Incentive.for prern.tloa 11 a aargwhsr raugfler ehernative of 31 per cent adopt
i la'�g Now Star bled Taal(hR at the
bulking within a certified district Is preserved.as •which means a maim-fly of property owner'in n'ethero up d Star Island The 1-neem mansion;s a (T
1•rn.d by(maw Mimi D•lpMa F4
owner gets city tax breaks and an OWa"seMag a d.Mgnand district can vore to top the email Ina of Itch K.,henlsrrg III la
density Mow' elsewhere to MNssl Dick.For M beeldiags it that district.That is oral•:a ea-moth
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rxample,a condominium builder might N all ho,..„ed seho,..„er,to find a p,p,,„,,,,,...64.4lhaver
put rata(WWII emits lm certain a ter- ssluioar bite%inter.the only ansaµ.w
Themare ter Mak Naatbs.the twmJ..4_recast s.in the N hate_u,"„,meetings.se .the .•4rr Ice mime Mil a pfapertr owner riled**the rpm 4s •
decide: Wee prapoas'is a tool COW morn,.
w Immo W eMki.e. r
• Whether the dry wants to prereve the entire "kly position Is to support a meaningful ordlrunt. 1M COMIlis ds er Sy ti er hays visa.•are arnt
I30•blotk national district of the whimsically deigned Weak."To me.IM per cent owner content v."Win "tic 'trams pe 'enl the net
par ol,do,sa h
IhSOa-en hutkinp,or lust wants to ensurethe Isrlty. thwart the process' of gos.rnment ser,co of 111 fee 100 pint ens ON mer rnaavnt," o said n
sorriest*?several two-block m,N•dltrkt. whether to preserve districts hehes'e we issues prol.at the ngnt cat.,.mer'**.toy. p
a hat tbry went a1MwedM Mc'Ide• And ^A er ehy►af ked flding property T shoo* 't•d Sinter ng yid thager the proposed hi per cent myna n,r h,t prest•,altnh�.s's.d len t their encs aBut 1 M.+rho.a t.
owner's consent,11 a the key rose drwshitaat of ant-ANION/atter•ar•mnnth Asia. — Fl`"heef a ry�,•"cu es .nticat/n u'5 lai,.n n.tit,
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