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Old 12-20-2013, 04:10 PM
 
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Which means that if one buys the cheapest land available today,agricultural ,no utilities,near the Everglades protected area,at $50K/ acre,in 30 yeasrs he will sit on gold...[/QUOTE]
Except an acorn grows into a giant oak but the oak does not grow to the sky....but yes, I think back from where I cam and where all this will end?
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Old 12-20-2013, 04:12 PM
 
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This from Chris on this blog about Miami:
Remembering Old Miami: More Memories...
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Friday, November 9, 2007

More Memories...
You grew up in Miami if you remember?

Land crabs in your front yard
The Eagles concert at the Miami Baseball Stadium
Western Sunset Bowl
Don Carter's was the ONLY thing on 137th & Kendall
When you could get a bucket of shrimp at Kentucky Fried Chicken
Miami??See it like a Native When there was a canal down the center
of
Miller Road �The Dungeon� on Saturday morning T.V.
Bowl - O - Mat on US1
St. Timothy's annual carnival
The water tower in South Miami Heights
When Quail Roost Drive was nothing but avocado groves
Big Daddy's Lounge on US1 and Coral Reef Drive
When there wasn't a turnpike - we drove on it before it was opened
When Black Point was the old shack store and
there was nothing but shrimp boats there
A&W Drive-In - served birch beer and the waitresses came out on
roller skates
***MOD CUT***

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Old 12-21-2013, 11:38 AM
 
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Barefoot mailman was there also? I'd buy 'Wacky packs' and comics. There was a drive in milk stand across the street that had good ice cream. There was also a music store in there....
Thanks...that was the 'Front Page ' was the magazine store in there. There was a store next to it that sold crazy stationary, dirty joke cards & T shirts etc. It also has a blacklight poster room in back that sold smoking supplies?Was that Barefoot Mailman or was that in the grove?
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Old 12-22-2013, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Whispering pines, cutler bay FL.
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Max, you brought up long forgotten memories for me, some a vaguely remembered. I don't think we were here when miller had a canal in the middle, but it did end at 117th and the uproar when they opened it up further west.

I remember seeing movies at tropical drive in, and the flea markets during the day.

There was tropical skating rink on 87th and bird that we would spend every Saturday on, they also had a little disco inside there too.

Geez how time flies and how so many things change.
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Old 12-22-2013, 10:00 AM
 
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Just adding a few more thoughts while cruising the net... How about all those shows at the Hollywood sportatorium?
We would get our quart and drive out there via krome. My friend Tom was the only one who had a car. You'd get high in there without ever lighting up. Frisbees flying everywhere. I need to dig out all my stubs from there and the Baseball stadium shows I went to.
This one even has the list of shows below....
Hollywood Sportatorium...Remember when...

Hollywood Sportatorium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:51 AM
 
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Ok, last one...Here's a Tourist Miami 1955 video on Youtube.
Some great shots of Miracle Mile and sites...


Old Miami Tourism Video from 1955 - YouTube
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Old 12-22-2013, 02:25 PM
 
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Ok, one more....ZETA4 and WSHE... We'd have our 'Boombox' cranked on ZETA4 at Southbeach in that broken down garage.
The surfers had their cars backed into the rail with their boards out.. ( Though I never saw anyone surfing?)The racetrack was empty or on it's way out...The smell of coconut oil and green blowing in the breeze. Ah the memories...


WZTA Zeta-4 Late 1980s ID's "South Florida's Classic Rock" (Audio Only) - YouTube


WSHE Late 80s Sweeper - 45 Minutes of Nonstop Rock (Doc Morgan / Randi Rhodes - Audio Only) - YouTube
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Old 12-22-2013, 02:45 PM
 
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ok, last one...here's a tourist miami 1955 video on youtube.
Some great shots of miracle mile and sites...


old miami tourism video from 1955 - youtube


fantastic...
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Old 12-22-2013, 02:53 PM
 
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I guess someone has mentioned Wolfie's. So much fun after a night of clubbing.

Anyone remember Flynn's Ocean 71 on 71 St?
I think it had been a strip club, but in the early 80s we had punk shows there until the cocaine people kinda took over.

There was also 27 Birds which I think was a Big Daddy's. That might have been Miami Springs.

Anyone remember the fanzine Suburban Relapse?

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Old 12-22-2013, 04:26 PM
 
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Ok, really my last one this week! Happy holidays...
For those of you who miss Lum's

Home - Ollie Burger Spices and Lum's Recipes
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