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Miami 21 and the Redevelopment of Biscayne Boulevard

Posted by: Mike Lydon

6 August 2009 - 10:00am

The Miami Herald looks at the redevelopment of Biscayne Boulevard, which was unofficially accomplished using the still proposed Miami 21 zoning regulations, and wonders if all of the city's corridors could redevelop in such a manner.

"The key to revival on Biscayne Boulevard has been an influx of residents drawn by reasonable prices and rents at several new buildings lined at street level with commercial space.

New businesses, including a rock memorabilia store and a bicycle shop, have also moved into historic 1920s buildings protected by the city in recent years.

It's not happenstance, city officials say, but a strategy embraced by city planning Director Ana Gelabert-Sanchez and her staff under the tenets of New Urbanism."

Full Story: Can Miami 21 plan replicate Biscayne Boulevard's revival
Source: Miami Herald, August 5, 2009
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