Summer Issue

As George Gershwin had it in his opera Porgy and Bess, “summertime, and the living is easy…” Summer evokes traveling, lazy days by the ocean, discovering a new bar in the neighborhood, catching up with your reading or a new exhibit. It’s also time for some serious reflection on issues affecting the neighborhood.

Cover Story: Chronicling a Movement. An in-depth analysis and chronicle of a neighbors’ campaign to save the park.

Our Streets: The Future of Iconic Flagler St., a sardonic view from columnist Terrell Fritz, who lives and works there. An accompanying photo essay by Niels Johansen.

The Neighborhood: A dispatch from NE Avenue 3 by Steve Dutton: The Making of a Downtown Espanola Way. Guest Columnist Brad Knoefler considers A Chance to Complete Miami Baywalk. Social Media Review: A group of downtown Citizens created the Save Bayfront Park Facebook Page to document abuses inflicted on the community’s park.

Highlight: Come Aboard the Brightline with Downtown NEWS.

Culture: Columnist Islara Souto reviews The Inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci. Two essays by Raul Guerrero: The Miami Metropolis, the city’s first newspaper. Once I Watched the World Cup with Nuns and Other Digressions, a guide to watching the World Cup in downtown Miami with pertinent digressions.

Drink & Food: Columnist Aurea Veras takes us inside Tuyo’s in Cocktail Hour.

Opinion: Guest Columnist; City of Miami District 2 Commissioner Ken Russell writes about a proposed ordinance to disband the Bayfront Park Management Trust: A New Bayfront?

Letter from DNA President: Parcel B Again Under Attack.

Letters to the Editor: Scale Up Miami: Business Training in Downtown. Two Ways to Solve Homelessness.

President, Cristina Palomo.

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Raul Guerrero, Editor-in-Chief

Martha Otis, Copy Editor

Niels Johansen, Photography Editor

Matilda Kalaveshi

Islara Souto

Aurea Veras

Terrell Fritz

Brad Knoefler

Ken Russell

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