“At once an epic and sweeping story of the making of a place and a profoundly intimate story of a man and his dreams.”—Beth Dunlop, editor ofModern Magazine“Parks brings George Merrick to life—his res
A look at the history of Miami, with stunning modern and historic photography and captions describing the development of this famous town. Part of the highly successful "Then & Now" series, this b
Contains a host of local landmarks as they once looked alongside the same viewpoint photographed todayMiami, "the Magic City," really began in 1891 when a widow from Cleveland, Julia Tuttle, moved to
By the time the City of Miami was born in 1896, Coconut Grove was already a well-defined community with a variety of interesting residents who liked what they found and were willing to fight to keep i
Guided by a visionary widow named Julia Tuttle, the city of Miami truly came into being in 1896 and has not stopped growing. Halfway through the last century, the apparent domination of land, populati
