Once the Miami-Dade county gets the necessary city permits, it can begin site preparations, procure the construction contract, and then begin the partial renovation and construction of the playhouse. The procurement can take up to a year, followed by two to three years of construction. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
Miami Applies For Coconut Grove Playhouse Building Permit Read More »
The current plan for the thousand-seat theater is to reduce it to roughly 300 seats with retail space. Those who support full preservation say they will continue to fight to ensure the sun doesn’t set on the Coconut Grover Playhouse, adding that the City of Miami agrees with them. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
Fight Over Future Of Historic Coconut Grove Playhouse Heats Up Read More »
The fate of the historic but shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse is ratcheting up again as a freshman Miami-Dade commissioner pushes a modified “compromise,” even as Miami Mayor Francis Suarez doubles down on his effort to kill it. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
Some feel that the theater is not large enough. Others want the entire structure preserved as it was in its heyday.
Coconut Grove Playhouse Redo Strikes A Balance: A Modern Theater That Preserves History Read More »
In the latest in a saga that dates to 2017 when the county first applied for its project, the circuit court appellate panel cited “troubling” emails between Suarez and several preservationists sent to him before his May 2019 veto. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
Miami-Dade County Wins Lawsuit Over Coconut Grove Playhouse Partial Demolition Read More »
A court appeal appears to have opened a path for a long-planned and controversial overhaul of the Coconut Grove Playhouse, which has been closed since 2006. A three-judge Miami-Dade Circuit Court panel just issued an opinion rejecting a 2019 veto by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
Miami Mayor’s Veto Of Controversial Grove Playhouse Redo Overturned By Judicial Panel Read More »
The 3rd District Court of Appeal revived a 2019 county lawsuit that seeks to overturn Miami Mayor Francis Suarez\’s veto of its plan, controversial among some preservationists and Grove activists, to redevelop the publicly owned 1927 playhouse. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
A Court Ruling Gives New Life To Stalled Plan To Revive Historic Grove Playhouse Read More »
The county is challenging a veto by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez last year that effectively blocked the Miami-Dade plan that called for the demolition of the publicly owned playhouse’s auditorium and replacing it with a modern, free-standing theater behind a restored front building.. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
Miami-Dade Files Another Court Appeal To Save Its Plan To Remake The Grove Playhouse Read More »
The long-running saga over the fate of the deteriorating, state-owned 1927 landmark, shuttered since 2006, still remains without a resolution. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
A Court Dismissed Miami-Dade’s Latest Bid To Restore The Grove Playhouse. Now What? Read More »
Hopefully getting an answer sooner than later, the fate of the Coconut Grove Playhouse, considered one of the Miami-Dade’s historic landmarks. will be determined by a panel of three judges from the Appellate Division of the 11th Circuit Court. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
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