Miami's Most Ambitious Planning Project

With a focus on simplifying the development process and historic preservation, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the lead consultant on the Miami 21 Project, unveiled the first quadrant of the City's most ambitious urban planning project to date.

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May 16, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT

By Mike Lydon


"Tattered Northwest Second Avenue could be lined with town houses and live-work units -- homes where residents live above their own businesses. The bayfront might see no more supersized condo surprises. No longer would exposed parking garages mar city street fronts.

The first public peek at Miami 21, the city's months-overdue zoning overhaul, served up ample details Saturday to scores of residents, activists, developers and lawyers at the Coconut Grove Expo Center -- and left some as-of-yet-unresolved questions on their plates.

It also brought the first, if still tentative, schedule for enactment of the initial portion of Miami 21, covering the city's development-crazed eastern quadrant: After numerous public hearings and workshops, a final City Commission vote would occur in September."

Sunday, May 14, 2006 in The Miami Herald

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