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SATURDAY AT LEGION PARK Out Door Markets on MiMo Boulevard |
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Saturday,
January 24, 2009 Dogs on the Catwalk, 11 – 3PM – Free – presented by the City of Miami, Prizes, Give-a-ways, Contest Shorecrest/Poet
Laureate Walking Tour - This tour focuses on the pioneer era of
North East Miami, starting with a walk along a stretch of the Military
Trail and views of Dr. Potter's 1874 canal, 1920's mail order bungalows,
and private homes from the pre-Boom, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco and
MiMo periods. This tour ends under the 60 year old Poinciana that Mrs.
Vivian Laramore Rader, Florida's Poet Laureate (1931-1975) planted
across the street from her home on Dixie Highway.
This tour begins at 10:30AM from Shorecrest Mini Park located at
the intersection of N.E. 84th Street, N. E. 8th
Court and East Dixie Highway. As this is the first year the tour is
offered, voluntary donations are accepted but not requested. This tour
lasts approximately 1 and a half hours and covers 1 and a quarter miles. |
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Saturday
January 31, 2009 A
TASTE OF MiMo – 12 – 5PM – Area Restaurants - $2 to $5
Tastings Belle Meade/ Biscayne Boulevard Walking Tour - Covers 160 years of recorded history of North East Miami starting with the 1857 Military Trail that became Biscayne Boulevard in the 1920's and served as the spine for the development of the area. Focuses on the boom time Belle Meade and Aqua Marine subdivisions and the architecture of the Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco and MiMo periods. The Tour begins at 10:30AM from the Vagabond Motel, 7301 Biscayne Boulevard. It lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes and covers about a mile on foot. A $10.00 donation for the Biscayne MiMo Association is requested. No credit cards |
