Petition to City of Miami District 2 Commissioner
In the name of preservation we, the undersigned, request your assistance in preserving Biscayne
Boulevard as Miami's Palm-lined gateway.
Boulevard as Miami's Palm-lined gateway.
Concurrent with the current capital improvement project and planned MiMo Historic District, we would like to see Biscayne Boulevard's
decades-old landscape restored. Biscayne Boulevard has been a defining symbol of Miami for generations and we are very interested
in preserving this role for generations to come.
We are creating this petition in hopes that it shows enough support to make city officials consider the importance of historic
preservation.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
decades-old landscape restored. Biscayne Boulevard has been a defining symbol of Miami for generations and we are very interested
in preserving this role for generations to come.
We are creating this petition in hopes that it shows enough support to make city officials consider the importance of historic
preservation.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
127 Signatures (16 Local Boulevard Business Owners/Operators)
Comments contained herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SavePalms.
Christopher Eck (Former Miami-Dade Preservation Officer)
Boulevard Business Owner: Vagabond Motel
7301 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Meduhr Day Spa
7285 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Cafe Le Glacier
7295 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Mr. B. Custom Taylor
7414 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Furniture Formula
7418 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: KORE
7226 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Danny's Printing
7233 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Jimmy's Diner
7201 Biscyane Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Hiho Batik
6909 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Uva 69
6900 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Operator: Starbuck's
6815 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Operator: Kingdom
6708 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Minar
6667 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Boulevard Bistro
7100 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Glo, Inc.
5050 Biscayne Boulevard
comments = Biscayne Boulevard needs its royal palms, they survived ALL the hurricanes and are a symbol of the city!
The boulevard should retain its palms as the elegant gateway and main thoroughfare into the city. Uphold Miami
Ordinance 11000. I witnessed the ripping out of the Palms in the vicinity of my store. There was no preparation, they
were just yanked out. One hopes they will survive such mistreatment in their new location. They should be returned to
the Boulevard!
Boulevard Business Owner: Palm Realty South Florida
comments = Palms are what make Miami beautiful.....we need to keep them and plant more!!
Boulevard Business Owner: Palm Realty South Florida
Glenn Coltrin (Local Business Owner): Fitnessmasters Private Training
comments = We need to still consider tourism as a major source of revenue for our city. Without these palms and
beautiful tropical landscape, we are simply just another "concrete jungle".
Bob Powers (President, Palm Grove Home Owners Assoc.)
Sean-Paul Melito (Miami Resident)
comments = My very first drive down Biscyane Boulevard (prior to moving to Miami) led me to believe that it was, at one
time, a grand "gateway" boulevard (as evident by its palm-flanked landscape). It is for this reason that I am passionate
for its restoration as a defining element to this great city's history.
Elvis Cruz (Miami Resident)
comments = The business owners along Biscayne prefer royal palms, as oaks would block their visibility. They are the
ones most affected by this. Royal Palms are Biscayne's historic tree.
Isa M Rivero (Miami Resident)
comments = It is deeply saddening to see that what has made Miami so appealing to both residents and tourist are
being taken down without consideration. Ask anyone, they will tell you when think of Miami it's Palm trees and
beaches. How can we not co-exist with the city's emblem?
Royal Brent Cutler (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Lorenzo Rivero (Miami Resident)
comments = Royal Palms are excellent storm trees, they are completely aerodynamic, they beautify the city without
obstructing the architecture and as a citizen paying the bill, I say KEEP THE PALMS. Where is our heritage going to?
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
comments = The Royal Palms on Biscayne Boulevard are historic and should be retained. It is also the tree on the City
of Miami seal and as such, the symbol of Miami.
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Tavia Robb (Miami Resident)
comments = These iconic trees represent Miami's spirit. They've survived many hurricanes, they've seen the city change
time and again, and they need to remain where they are.
Patricia Backus (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = Spent most of my life in Florida. Have very fond memories of the palms and would hate to see them go.
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Isa vazquez-Reid (Pembroke Pines, FL)
comments = Who had this crazy idea.....history has being erased from the face of the earth ----No; No; and No ...this is
crazy, please re-considered. Thank You.
Derrick Hubbard (Miami Beach, FL)
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Former Miami Resident)
Jeff Ronci (Miami Resident)
Bill Brown (Miami Resident)
comments = I strongly support the preservation and restoration of biscayne boulevard's historic landscape. Especially
because of the much needed MIMO period restoration.
Frederick J. Reid (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Gloria Pennacchio (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comment = KEEP the beauty of the Palms alive in Miami!
Thomas Pennacchio (Tourist)
comment = I've been seeing and enjoying these Palms for years. The thought of them not being there is deplorable.
Their appreciation for future generations should not be denied.
Margarita Marin Parkin (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Nidia Zavala (Miami Resident)
Barbara Huie (Miami-Dade Resident)
Julian Perpignano (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Matthew Urzua (Miami Resident)
comments = Please save the palm trees.
Juan Carlos Urquiola (Miami Resident)
comments = Like the cactus or the magnolia trees, the royal palms are distinguished symbols of their geography. Who
in their right mind would want to uproot them and plant oak trees? We're in the tropics -- please bring back the royal
palms.
Philip Smythe (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Miriam Gonzalez (Miami Resident)
comments = Its a darn shame to the extent people in office will take matters sometimes. It takes money to take palm
trees out (money we can use in OUR SCHOOLS!!!!) plus it's historical landscape - find somewhere else to waste money.
Bruno D'Mello (Miami Resident)
Alexander Sabe (Miami Resident)
Melissa Vazquez (Miami Resident)
Miriam Soberanes (Miami Resident)
Diane Blevin (Miami Resident)
comments = They are part of our cityscape! Save the palms!!
Peter Walton (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Carmen P Fuentes (Miami Resident)
Mourad Rezig (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = Over the year, I travel all the way from DC to Miami at least 4 times to enjoy the weather and the particular
cache of the city given by the palm trees. I am struck by the news that the city projects to replace the palm trees by
other trees. It will be a big mistake by doing so, given that the trees do not present any "Security or health issues". I
implore the Commissioner to rethink the issue.
Tally Hustace (Miami Resident)
comments = "Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we
may record our emptiness." - Kahlil Gilbran
Ron Singleton (Miami Resident)
Sharon Fertig Burgos (Miami Resident)
Kearen Gattenio (Miami Resident)
Rosa Urquiola
comments = please save the royal palms on Biscayne Blvd.!!!
Carole Leonard (Miami Resident)
comments = South Florida is about palm trees. Save the palms; if we don't save them along Biscayne Blvd., who will?
Indhira Rodriguez (Miami Resident)
comments = I think that this is a great project to try to save the palms.
Jesus Fernandez (Miami Resident)
Jose Ortiz (Tourist)
Emilio Balbi (Miami Resident)
comments = Please do not remove our old Biscayne Boulevard Palms. Thank you.
Scott Santacqua (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Name Withheld From Website (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Tina Wisznat (Miami Resident)
comments = J. Winton, I'm a Coconut Grove resident who has seen your name on the wrong side of too many issues
that we citizens are fighting. All I can say is that it is never too late to do the right thing. Open your eyes, stop lining
your pockets and hear your conscience. Most of us want to maintain, if not improve our quality of life here in Miami, but
with elected officials that don't represent our collective voices, we the people remain at severe disadvantage. So now,
the Save the Palms on Biscayne Boulevard comes across my laptop/desk, and again I appeal to your common sense.
There is plenty of asphalt, and never enough old growth trees. If you don't get it by now...
Business Owner: Goldsmith Consulting (Miami Resident)
Maureen Hong (Miami Resident)
comments = I recently purchased a home in the Grove. One of the primary reasons for choosing this beautiful
community are the beautiful tree-lined streets. Destroying these will severely alter the character of the Village of
Coconut Grove, not to mention the damage to the environment.
Joni Chandler (Miami Resident)
comments = Please leave just one thing alone. They are there and have survived many a storm...
Buck Banks (Miami Resident)
Commissioner Winton, it won't kill you to save some trees, it might even make you feel good about yourself for a minute.
Tina Wisznat (Miami Resident)
comments = J. Winton, I'm a Coconut Grove resident who has seen your name on the wrong side of too many issues
that we citizens are fighting. All I can say is that it is never too late to do the right thing. Open your eyes, stop lining
your pockets and hear your conscience. Most of us want to maintain, if not improve our quality of life here in Miami, but
with elected officials that don't represent our collective voices, we the people remain at severe disadvantage. So now,
the Save the Palms on Biscayne Boulevard comes across my laptop/desk, and again I appeal to your common sense.
There is plenty of asphalt, and never enough old growth trees. If you don't get it by now...
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
Lili Dones & Santiago Villegas (Miami Residents)
comments = When we think of Biscayne Boulevard, we think of it as Miami's grand entrance, both historically and into
the future. In either case, we cannot imagine it without the graceful Royal Palms.
Lili Dones & Santiago Villegas (Miami Residents)
comments = When we think of Biscayne Boulevard, we think of it as Miami's grand entrance, both historically and into
the future. In either case, we cannot imagine it without the graceful Royal Palms.
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
comments = Why isn't the City listening to its tax payers? We buy homes here in Coconut Grove because of the old
growth trees! Create and enforce your own laws within your tree ordinance! Have you been on Grand Avenue lately?
The old trees were destroyed and "replaced" with little no shade trees - all now dead. Who is responsible for the
degradation of our neighborhood? You and the City of Miami.
Richard and Maggie Conger (Miami Residents)
comments = the palms are a symbol of south florida and should remain for our tourists and ourselves to enjoy.
Richard and Maggie Conger (Miami Residents)
comments = the palms are a symbol of south florida and should remain for our tourists and ourselves to enjoy.
Name Withheld from Website (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Name Withheld from Website (Former Miami Resident)
comments = As a former resident of Miami, 50+ yrs., and a member of the Palm Society, I am distressed by any action
that would remove the magnificent trees (yes they are trees) from any area in South Florida. Don't let such ridiculous
actions happen.
John DeMott (Miami Resident) Business Owner: Redland Nursery
comments = Local resident 40+ years. Miami without Palms Trees is like the Pacific Northwest without Redwood Trees.
Randal J. Moore (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = I would like to voice my support for planting Royal Palms on Biscayne Boulevard. They are an essential
part of the Florida landscape.
Peter A. Buschbaum (Miami Resident)
Curtis Smith (Miami Resident)
comments = No true Miami resident would want to see these beautiful palm trees removed. It's a symbol of Miami life!
Why should Biscayne Blvd. look like Main Street in Ohio? Tourists sure don't come to Miami to see oak trees.
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
Valentine Merriman (Miami Resident)
comments = My family has been tree farmers for two generations and in the native landscaping business for over 25
years. I also have an urban planning background. A city's gateway should make a strong statement about itself that is
rooted in the place, its history and its vision for the future. Roystonia Regia [royal palms] [are] part of Miami's and the
State's - identity and roots. I love Quercus Virginianus and believe it should be planted widely here, but given Biscayne's
historical and symbolic significance, we would be making a mistake if we ignored the value in our gateway street scape
of an efficient native species that has survived here for centuries, is so inseparably part of our heritage and even looks
gorgeous. I am excited that this dialogue is occurring, because it confirms how deeply people care about their
community. I hope that those who have jurisdiction in this matter will reconsider their apparently unilateral actions.
Max Boubee (Miami Resident)
Nicolas Pisano (Miami Resident)
Linda Schotthoefer (Miami Resident)
Steve Hagen (Miami Resident)
comments = I believe we need to preserve as many royal palms as possible but also provide shade trees to give the
Boulevard a cooling effect to encourage walking.
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
Rohan Sayro (Miami Resident)
Please save Biscayne Boulevard's palms.
Sheila Chung (Miami Resident)
comments = Palms are trees - save the palms!
Shannon Chamberlain (Miami Resident)
Thomas E Foley (Miami Resident)
Bob Brennan (Miami Resident, Brennan's Tree Service)
comments = I am a certified arborist. Disease is why the palms in California are being removed. There is no reason to
plant Royal Palms along US1 and [then] remove them [from] Biscayne Boulevard (only bad design or developers
making tree decisions - Bad Idea).
Betsy Magde (Miami Resident)
Helene Pancoast (Miami Resident)
comments = How sad that here in Miami we are destroying one of the most noble Avenue of magnificent and Royal
native palms. DOT and the City of Miami are turning a once landmark Avenue into another barren and undistinguishable
speedway similar to Los Angeles. The Founders of this once lovely city are turning in their graves.. For Shame.. most of
Latin America is more sensitive to streetscapes than this current crop of "If it's green, cut it down."
Magaly Fernandez (Miami Resident)
Deborah Cimadevilla (Miami Beach, FL)
comments = Please do the right thing and leave the Royal Palms in Biscayne Boulevard. It is part of our history as a
city. Honor our history and our Veterans. Besides they are so beautiful and majestic.
Elizabeth Cimadevilla (Miami Beach, FL)
comments = How could this happen??? I just don't understand it. A memorial to our American Veterans. What a
disgrace. No government would dare touch a Holocaust Memorial. Is there such a thing as respect? As beautiful and
majestic as the royal palm is and easy maintenance compared to an Oak tree. Don't get me wrong, I love Oak trees.
Oak trees need much more maintenance. I have properties with both of the trees. Even during hurricane season there is
more to deal with prepping Oak trees. Please save our royal palms. Replace the palms on Biscayne Blvd. Honor our
Veterans. The royal palm adds glamour to the boulevard!!
Armin Hoempler (Miami Resident)
John E. Stafford, III (Pompano, FL, Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = My wife and I love to visit Miami and one of the most beautiful and notable areas is Biscayne Boulevard.
Those gorgeous Royal Palms present such a majestic picture. We live in Florida, not OAKland. Please preserve the
palms!
Robert Keiser (Miami Resident)
skeiser@dadeschools.net
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
What a farce! Plant oak trees in Kendall. Leave those palm trees alone!
Comments contained herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SavePalms.
Christopher Eck (Former Miami-Dade Preservation Officer)
Boulevard Business Owner: Vagabond Motel
7301 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Meduhr Day Spa
7285 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Cafe Le Glacier
7295 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Mr. B. Custom Taylor
7414 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Furniture Formula
7418 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: KORE
7226 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Danny's Printing
7233 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Jimmy's Diner
7201 Biscyane Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Hiho Batik
6909 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Uva 69
6900 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Operator: Starbuck's
6815 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Operator: Kingdom
6708 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Minar
6667 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Boulevard Bistro
7100 Biscayne Boulevard
Boulevard Business Owner: Glo, Inc.
5050 Biscayne Boulevard
comments = Biscayne Boulevard needs its royal palms, they survived ALL the hurricanes and are a symbol of the city!
The boulevard should retain its palms as the elegant gateway and main thoroughfare into the city. Uphold Miami
Ordinance 11000. I witnessed the ripping out of the Palms in the vicinity of my store. There was no preparation, they
were just yanked out. One hopes they will survive such mistreatment in their new location. They should be returned to
the Boulevard!
Boulevard Business Owner: Palm Realty South Florida
comments = Palms are what make Miami beautiful.....we need to keep them and plant more!!
Boulevard Business Owner: Palm Realty South Florida
Glenn Coltrin (Local Business Owner): Fitnessmasters Private Training
comments = We need to still consider tourism as a major source of revenue for our city. Without these palms and
beautiful tropical landscape, we are simply just another "concrete jungle".
Bob Powers (President, Palm Grove Home Owners Assoc.)
Sean-Paul Melito (Miami Resident)
comments = My very first drive down Biscyane Boulevard (prior to moving to Miami) led me to believe that it was, at one
time, a grand "gateway" boulevard (as evident by its palm-flanked landscape). It is for this reason that I am passionate
for its restoration as a defining element to this great city's history.
Elvis Cruz (Miami Resident)
comments = The business owners along Biscayne prefer royal palms, as oaks would block their visibility. They are the
ones most affected by this. Royal Palms are Biscayne's historic tree.
Isa M Rivero (Miami Resident)
comments = It is deeply saddening to see that what has made Miami so appealing to both residents and tourist are
being taken down without consideration. Ask anyone, they will tell you when think of Miami it's Palm trees and
beaches. How can we not co-exist with the city's emblem?
Royal Brent Cutler (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Lorenzo Rivero (Miami Resident)
comments = Royal Palms are excellent storm trees, they are completely aerodynamic, they beautify the city without
obstructing the architecture and as a citizen paying the bill, I say KEEP THE PALMS. Where is our heritage going to?
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
comments = The Royal Palms on Biscayne Boulevard are historic and should be retained. It is also the tree on the City
of Miami seal and as such, the symbol of Miami.
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Tavia Robb (Miami Resident)
comments = These iconic trees represent Miami's spirit. They've survived many hurricanes, they've seen the city change
time and again, and they need to remain where they are.
Patricia Backus (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = Spent most of my life in Florida. Have very fond memories of the palms and would hate to see them go.
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Isa vazquez-Reid (Pembroke Pines, FL)
comments = Who had this crazy idea.....history has being erased from the face of the earth ----No; No; and No ...this is
crazy, please re-considered. Thank You.
Derrick Hubbard (Miami Beach, FL)
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Former Miami Resident)
Jeff Ronci (Miami Resident)
Bill Brown (Miami Resident)
comments = I strongly support the preservation and restoration of biscayne boulevard's historic landscape. Especially
because of the much needed MIMO period restoration.
Frederick J. Reid (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Gloria Pennacchio (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comment = KEEP the beauty of the Palms alive in Miami!
Thomas Pennacchio (Tourist)
comment = I've been seeing and enjoying these Palms for years. The thought of them not being there is deplorable.
Their appreciation for future generations should not be denied.
Margarita Marin Parkin (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Nidia Zavala (Miami Resident)
Barbara Huie (Miami-Dade Resident)
Julian Perpignano (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Matthew Urzua (Miami Resident)
comments = Please save the palm trees.
Juan Carlos Urquiola (Miami Resident)
comments = Like the cactus or the magnolia trees, the royal palms are distinguished symbols of their geography. Who
in their right mind would want to uproot them and plant oak trees? We're in the tropics -- please bring back the royal
palms.
Philip Smythe (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Miriam Gonzalez (Miami Resident)
comments = Its a darn shame to the extent people in office will take matters sometimes. It takes money to take palm
trees out (money we can use in OUR SCHOOLS!!!!) plus it's historical landscape - find somewhere else to waste money.
Bruno D'Mello (Miami Resident)
Alexander Sabe (Miami Resident)
Melissa Vazquez (Miami Resident)
Miriam Soberanes (Miami Resident)
Diane Blevin (Miami Resident)
comments = They are part of our cityscape! Save the palms!!
Peter Walton (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Carmen P Fuentes (Miami Resident)
Mourad Rezig (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = Over the year, I travel all the way from DC to Miami at least 4 times to enjoy the weather and the particular
cache of the city given by the palm trees. I am struck by the news that the city projects to replace the palm trees by
other trees. It will be a big mistake by doing so, given that the trees do not present any "Security or health issues". I
implore the Commissioner to rethink the issue.
Tally Hustace (Miami Resident)
comments = "Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we
may record our emptiness." - Kahlil Gilbran
Ron Singleton (Miami Resident)
Sharon Fertig Burgos (Miami Resident)
Kearen Gattenio (Miami Resident)
Rosa Urquiola
comments = please save the royal palms on Biscayne Blvd.!!!
Carole Leonard (Miami Resident)
comments = South Florida is about palm trees. Save the palms; if we don't save them along Biscayne Blvd., who will?
Indhira Rodriguez (Miami Resident)
comments = I think that this is a great project to try to save the palms.
Jesus Fernandez (Miami Resident)
Jose Ortiz (Tourist)
Emilio Balbi (Miami Resident)
comments = Please do not remove our old Biscayne Boulevard Palms. Thank you.
Scott Santacqua (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Name Withheld From Website (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Tina Wisznat (Miami Resident)
comments = J. Winton, I'm a Coconut Grove resident who has seen your name on the wrong side of too many issues
that we citizens are fighting. All I can say is that it is never too late to do the right thing. Open your eyes, stop lining
your pockets and hear your conscience. Most of us want to maintain, if not improve our quality of life here in Miami, but
with elected officials that don't represent our collective voices, we the people remain at severe disadvantage. So now,
the Save the Palms on Biscayne Boulevard comes across my laptop/desk, and again I appeal to your common sense.
There is plenty of asphalt, and never enough old growth trees. If you don't get it by now...
Business Owner: Goldsmith Consulting (Miami Resident)
Maureen Hong (Miami Resident)
comments = I recently purchased a home in the Grove. One of the primary reasons for choosing this beautiful
community are the beautiful tree-lined streets. Destroying these will severely alter the character of the Village of
Coconut Grove, not to mention the damage to the environment.
Joni Chandler (Miami Resident)
comments = Please leave just one thing alone. They are there and have survived many a storm...
Buck Banks (Miami Resident)
Commissioner Winton, it won't kill you to save some trees, it might even make you feel good about yourself for a minute.
Tina Wisznat (Miami Resident)
comments = J. Winton, I'm a Coconut Grove resident who has seen your name on the wrong side of too many issues
that we citizens are fighting. All I can say is that it is never too late to do the right thing. Open your eyes, stop lining
your pockets and hear your conscience. Most of us want to maintain, if not improve our quality of life here in Miami, but
with elected officials that don't represent our collective voices, we the people remain at severe disadvantage. So now,
the Save the Palms on Biscayne Boulevard comes across my laptop/desk, and again I appeal to your common sense.
There is plenty of asphalt, and never enough old growth trees. If you don't get it by now...
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
Lili Dones & Santiago Villegas (Miami Residents)
comments = When we think of Biscayne Boulevard, we think of it as Miami's grand entrance, both historically and into
the future. In either case, we cannot imagine it without the graceful Royal Palms.
Lili Dones & Santiago Villegas (Miami Residents)
comments = When we think of Biscayne Boulevard, we think of it as Miami's grand entrance, both historically and into
the future. In either case, we cannot imagine it without the graceful Royal Palms.
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
comments = Why isn't the City listening to its tax payers? We buy homes here in Coconut Grove because of the old
growth trees! Create and enforce your own laws within your tree ordinance! Have you been on Grand Avenue lately?
The old trees were destroyed and "replaced" with little no shade trees - all now dead. Who is responsible for the
degradation of our neighborhood? You and the City of Miami.
Richard and Maggie Conger (Miami Residents)
comments = the palms are a symbol of south florida and should remain for our tourists and ourselves to enjoy.
Richard and Maggie Conger (Miami Residents)
comments = the palms are a symbol of south florida and should remain for our tourists and ourselves to enjoy.
Name Withheld from Website (Frequent Miami Visitor)
Name Withheld from Website (Former Miami Resident)
comments = As a former resident of Miami, 50+ yrs., and a member of the Palm Society, I am distressed by any action
that would remove the magnificent trees (yes they are trees) from any area in South Florida. Don't let such ridiculous
actions happen.
John DeMott (Miami Resident) Business Owner: Redland Nursery
comments = Local resident 40+ years. Miami without Palms Trees is like the Pacific Northwest without Redwood Trees.
Randal J. Moore (Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = I would like to voice my support for planting Royal Palms on Biscayne Boulevard. They are an essential
part of the Florida landscape.
Peter A. Buschbaum (Miami Resident)
Curtis Smith (Miami Resident)
comments = No true Miami resident would want to see these beautiful palm trees removed. It's a symbol of Miami life!
Why should Biscayne Blvd. look like Main Street in Ohio? Tourists sure don't come to Miami to see oak trees.
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
Valentine Merriman (Miami Resident)
comments = My family has been tree farmers for two generations and in the native landscaping business for over 25
years. I also have an urban planning background. A city's gateway should make a strong statement about itself that is
rooted in the place, its history and its vision for the future. Roystonia Regia [royal palms] [are] part of Miami's and the
State's - identity and roots. I love Quercus Virginianus and believe it should be planted widely here, but given Biscayne's
historical and symbolic significance, we would be making a mistake if we ignored the value in our gateway street scape
of an efficient native species that has survived here for centuries, is so inseparably part of our heritage and even looks
gorgeous. I am excited that this dialogue is occurring, because it confirms how deeply people care about their
community. I hope that those who have jurisdiction in this matter will reconsider their apparently unilateral actions.
Max Boubee (Miami Resident)
Nicolas Pisano (Miami Resident)
Linda Schotthoefer (Miami Resident)
Steve Hagen (Miami Resident)
comments = I believe we need to preserve as many royal palms as possible but also provide shade trees to give the
Boulevard a cooling effect to encourage walking.
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
Rohan Sayro (Miami Resident)
Please save Biscayne Boulevard's palms.
Sheila Chung (Miami Resident)
comments = Palms are trees - save the palms!
Shannon Chamberlain (Miami Resident)
Thomas E Foley (Miami Resident)
Bob Brennan (Miami Resident, Brennan's Tree Service)
comments = I am a certified arborist. Disease is why the palms in California are being removed. There is no reason to
plant Royal Palms along US1 and [then] remove them [from] Biscayne Boulevard (only bad design or developers
making tree decisions - Bad Idea).
Betsy Magde (Miami Resident)
Helene Pancoast (Miami Resident)
comments = How sad that here in Miami we are destroying one of the most noble Avenue of magnificent and Royal
native palms. DOT and the City of Miami are turning a once landmark Avenue into another barren and undistinguishable
speedway similar to Los Angeles. The Founders of this once lovely city are turning in their graves.. For Shame.. most of
Latin America is more sensitive to streetscapes than this current crop of "If it's green, cut it down."
Magaly Fernandez (Miami Resident)
Deborah Cimadevilla (Miami Beach, FL)
comments = Please do the right thing and leave the Royal Palms in Biscayne Boulevard. It is part of our history as a
city. Honor our history and our Veterans. Besides they are so beautiful and majestic.
Elizabeth Cimadevilla (Miami Beach, FL)
comments = How could this happen??? I just don't understand it. A memorial to our American Veterans. What a
disgrace. No government would dare touch a Holocaust Memorial. Is there such a thing as respect? As beautiful and
majestic as the royal palm is and easy maintenance compared to an Oak tree. Don't get me wrong, I love Oak trees.
Oak trees need much more maintenance. I have properties with both of the trees. Even during hurricane season there is
more to deal with prepping Oak trees. Please save our royal palms. Replace the palms on Biscayne Blvd. Honor our
Veterans. The royal palm adds glamour to the boulevard!!
Armin Hoempler (Miami Resident)
John E. Stafford, III (Pompano, FL, Frequent Miami Visitor)
comments = My wife and I love to visit Miami and one of the most beautiful and notable areas is Biscayne Boulevard.
Those gorgeous Royal Palms present such a majestic picture. We live in Florida, not OAKland. Please preserve the
palms!
Robert Keiser (Miami Resident)
skeiser@dadeschools.net
Name Withheld from Website (Miami Resident)
What a farce! Plant oak trees in Kendall. Leave those palm trees alone!
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"It's not about palms versus shade, it's about preserving
South Florida's rich history and sub-tropical landscape"
South Florida's rich history and sub-tropical landscape"
SavePalms
working to save the boulevard palms
working to save the boulevard palms
December 2009 Additional Signatures:
Kenneth Smith (Miami Resident)
Keith Cotter (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Comments = The yellow blight eliminated enough trees years ago when I was a youngster. Let's leave the one's alone
that Mother Nature spared!!
John Chellino (Miami Resident)
Ethel Tijerino-Popiel (Miami Resident)
comments = I am appalled by the Department of Transportation's decision to cut down the Royal palms on Biscayne
Boulevard. I am even more dissapointed in the lack of support the City Commission is showing in maintaining and
honoring this memorial to the U.S. War veterans. To do away with it without any regard to our brave men and women
who have served our country is a disgrace. As it is, there are so few memorials dedicated to our servicemen, we should
do everything we can to keep what we already have. That will prove to be less expensive than building a new memorial in
the future.
Jan Leune (Tourist, Terracina, Italia)
comments = Please save those wonderful palms !!
Name Withheld From Website (South Miami Heights, FL)
Patricia G. Ernst (Miami Resident, Local Business Owner)
comments = If nothing else in this tear-it-down city, please preserve the royal palms along Biscayne. Frankly, nothing
else identifies the boulevard as special and, after all, it IS the main corridor into downtown. Oak trees are anywhere and
everywhere. How many cities have a royal-palm-lined boulevard leading into the downtown district? For once, please
allow something of Miami's history - and its current identity - to be preserved.
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Frequent Miami Visitor, Hong Kong)
Patsy O' Hare (Frequent Miami Visitor, Milton, FL)
comments = The Palm trees are all part of what makes Miami a wonderful place to live and visit....they are a part of it's
history and need to be preserved and enjoyed by all.
Brenda Grady (Frequent Miami Visitor, South Miami Heights, FL)
comments = Please do not allow the city to remove the Royal Palm trees along SW 117th avenue near Eureka Drive
(sw 184th)in South Miami Heights. My grandparents planted these trees many years ago and only 3 of the original 9 are
left, due to hurricane Andrew. They are scheduled to be removed to allow for a sidewalk. The sidewalk can still be
made...just requires working around the trees. Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Lena Cheeseman (Palmetto Bay,FL)
comments = Please do not cut down the royal palm trees. thank you
Dr. Wesley E. Moore (Local Business Owner, Miami Resident)
comments = It's stupid to cut down our beautiful royal palms. It's even MORE STUPID to claim that it would cost more
NOT to cut them down! This is not government for the people--it's tyranny!
Name Withheld From Website (Frequent Miami Visitor, Seawell, NJ)
Kenneth Smith (Miami Resident)
Keith Cotter (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Comments = The yellow blight eliminated enough trees years ago when I was a youngster. Let's leave the one's alone
that Mother Nature spared!!
John Chellino (Miami Resident)
Ethel Tijerino-Popiel (Miami Resident)
comments = I am appalled by the Department of Transportation's decision to cut down the Royal palms on Biscayne
Boulevard. I am even more dissapointed in the lack of support the City Commission is showing in maintaining and
honoring this memorial to the U.S. War veterans. To do away with it without any regard to our brave men and women
who have served our country is a disgrace. As it is, there are so few memorials dedicated to our servicemen, we should
do everything we can to keep what we already have. That will prove to be less expensive than building a new memorial in
the future.
Jan Leune (Tourist, Terracina, Italia)
comments = Please save those wonderful palms !!
Name Withheld From Website (South Miami Heights, FL)
Patricia G. Ernst (Miami Resident, Local Business Owner)
comments = If nothing else in this tear-it-down city, please preserve the royal palms along Biscayne. Frankly, nothing
else identifies the boulevard as special and, after all, it IS the main corridor into downtown. Oak trees are anywhere and
everywhere. How many cities have a royal-palm-lined boulevard leading into the downtown district? For once, please
allow something of Miami's history - and its current identity - to be preserved.
Name Withheld From Website (Miami Resident)
Name Withheld From Website (Frequent Miami Visitor, Hong Kong)
Patsy O' Hare (Frequent Miami Visitor, Milton, FL)
comments = The Palm trees are all part of what makes Miami a wonderful place to live and visit....they are a part of it's
history and need to be preserved and enjoyed by all.
Brenda Grady (Frequent Miami Visitor, South Miami Heights, FL)
comments = Please do not allow the city to remove the Royal Palm trees along SW 117th avenue near Eureka Drive
(sw 184th)in South Miami Heights. My grandparents planted these trees many years ago and only 3 of the original 9 are
left, due to hurricane Andrew. They are scheduled to be removed to allow for a sidewalk. The sidewalk can still be
made...just requires working around the trees. Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Lena Cheeseman (Palmetto Bay,FL)
comments = Please do not cut down the royal palm trees. thank you
Dr. Wesley E. Moore (Local Business Owner, Miami Resident)
comments = It's stupid to cut down our beautiful royal palms. It's even MORE STUPID to claim that it would cost more
NOT to cut them down! This is not government for the people--it's tyranny!
Name Withheld From Website (Frequent Miami Visitor, Seawell, NJ)