As another highrise condo development towers in Miami, local historic preservation advocates complain that the historic Vizcaya Museum's garden views will be permanently damaged.
"The view south from Vizcaya's terrace: fountains, elegant gardens and -- someday soon, perhaps -- three condo towers rising as high as 410 feet."
"That last part may come as a surprise. But if Miami city commissioners approve a controversial development plan, the wedding parties, quinceañera photo shoots and hordes of casual visitors who have flocked to Vizcaya for years may notice the National Historic Landmark's view has gone a bit more condo."
"In dueling artists' renderings, museum backers and the condo developer offer competing visions of the future Vizcaya view. In both drawings, the condo towers are visible, but in the museum's version, the towers appear much larger."
"'Yikes' is my only reaction,' local historian Paul George said of the museum version. 'Absolutely yikes ... Your whole sense of Vizcaya is altered because you've got that thing in your face.'"
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