South Beach Morning Aerial 4K

May 26, 2017 in Aerial, Miami Beach, Video, South Beach

This Was Brickell In 2014 In Timelapse

May 04, 2017 in Brickell, Brickell City Centre, Golden Dusk Photography, Miami, Video, Timelapse

Much has changed in Brickell in only three years. Brickell City Centre was still under construction and months aways from the East Hotel topping out. Nine Mary Brickell Village was also still under construction. Brickell Heights had just started ground breaking on its two towers and is now close to opening. SLS Lux Brickell had not started construction and was still being used as a parking lot. Solitair Brickell was also months away from demolishing the parking ramp and starting construction on SW 8th St.

Inside The Abandoned Coconut Grove Playhouse - Photos & Video

May 01, 2017 in Coconut Grove Playhouse, Abandoned, Coconut Grove, Golden Dusk Photography, Miami, Video

Built in 1926, and located at the corner of Main Highway and Charles Street, The Coconut Grove Playhouse opened 90 years ago on January 1, 1927, with a D.W. Griffith production of Satan of Sorrows that was attended by over 1,500 people. The building was originally named the Coconut Grove Theatre.

The Coconut Grove Theatre was built by Miami locals Irving J. Thomas and Fin L. Pierce as movie theater for the Paramount Enterprises Chain and the largest in Miami. The theater was designed by architect Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliot to resemble a Spanish Rococo Palace in the style of Mediterranean Revival. The building originally had seven stores on the ground level, ten offices on the second floor and the third floor were apartments. It had the latest Wurlitzer pipe organ and had a very modern amenity at the time - air conditioning.

Before the theater opened, Irving J. Thomas and Fin L. Pierce sold the building to Paramount Enterprises and the theater thrived until the Great Depression of the 1930s hit and attendance dropped significantly. The Coconut Grove Theatre eventually closed in the mid-1930s until it was used to train Air Force Navigators during World War II.

A Look At The Paraiso Complex - Photos & Video

March 29, 2017 in Architecture, Arquitectonica, Condo, Construction, Edgewater, Golden Dusk Photography, Gran Paraiso, Miami, One Paraiso, Paraiso Bay, Paraiso Bayviews, Piero Lissoni, Plaza Construction, Video

The 11 acre Paraiso Complex in Edgewater is growing taller as the four buildings - Paraiso Bay, Gran Paraiso, One Paraiso and Paraiso Bayviews continue to top out.

The 55 story Paraiso Bay topped out in July 2016 and is expected to be completed by this Summer. The 53 story One Paraiso is about to top off and will be completed by the end of the year. Gran Paraiso should top off in the next 3 - 5 months and will be complete by Spring 2018. Gran Paraiso will have 8 bay homes at the base of the building. The last tower, the 44 story Paraiso Bayviews is also close to topping off and will be completed by the end of the year. In total over 1,300 residential units will be delivered to buyers.

Also under construction is the Meyer Davis designed Paraiso Beach Club, which will have a Michael Schwartz Restaurant on the first floor and private residents club on the second floor with a pool.