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Other proposed re-inventions of Biscayne Boulevard
Summary: "George Kunde, Miami traffic
engineer, says there is no other practical way
to relieve the northeast traffic strangulation.
"For years we tried to get an overpass at the
Boulevard and 79th Street," said Kunde.
Biscayne Boulevard property owners will take
their fight to keep Miami's famous thoroughfare
a two-way "gateway to Miami" before the city's
Planning Board tonight. "We want to keep
Biscayne Boulevard teh gateway to Miami. We
don't want them to turn it into a 'highball' street
for homeward bound motorists."
An over-all traffic plan backed by city and state
highway engineers for relieving traffic tie-ups in
the northeast section...includes making
Biscayne Boulevard one-way north between
54th Street and 88th Street. As a parallel
southbound thoroughfare, NE 4th Court would
be widened and made one-way south to 54th
Street where it would tie in with Federal
Highway.
engineer, says there is no other practical way
to relieve the northeast traffic strangulation.
"For years we tried to get an overpass at the
Boulevard and 79th Street," said Kunde.
Biscayne Boulevard property owners will take
their fight to keep Miami's famous thoroughfare
a two-way "gateway to Miami" before the city's
Planning Board tonight. "We want to keep
Biscayne Boulevard teh gateway to Miami. We
don't want them to turn it into a 'highball' street
for homeward bound motorists."
An over-all traffic plan backed by city and state
highway engineers for relieving traffic tie-ups in
the northeast section...includes making
Biscayne Boulevard one-way north between
54th Street and 88th Street. As a parallel
southbound thoroughfare, NE 4th Court would
be widened and made one-way south to 54th
Street where it would tie in with Federal
Highway.
Miami Daily News
June 30, 1958
Proposed one-way boulevard (Upper Eastside)
June 30, 1958
Proposed one-way boulevard (Upper Eastside)
Miami Herald
Circa 1970 - Clipping
Proposed 12-lane stretch of traffic lanes
Circa 1970 - Clipping
Proposed 12-lane stretch of traffic lanes
Summary: Funds will be available next year to
add $500,000 worth of beauty and braun to
Biscayne Boulevard according to city manager"
add $500,000 worth of beauty and braun to
Biscayne Boulevard according to city manager"
Miami Herald
1981 - Clipping
Proposed re-routing through Bayfront Park
1981 - Clipping
Proposed re-routing through Bayfront Park
Summary: "A group of south Florida architects
wants to move Biscayne Boulevard eastward to
remove it as a barrier between miami and its bay
front parks...
"In words that seemed to attack much that has
marked growth in Miami during its 85 years as a
city, architect Jorge Arango told an influential
group of business men this week, "Great cities
are known by their open spaces. When you think
of Paris, you think of its plazas, its boulevards."
"His words struck against the history of urban
Mami, where development has emphasized
filling space -- where high-rises have walled off
the Atlantic Ocean on Miami Beach and the bay in
Miami, where Dupont Plaza in downtown Miami is
beginning to fill iwht massive office and grage
strucutres, where the expanse of Watson Island
may be carved into an amusement park and
where city officials are considering allowing
condo towers to rise south of Bicentennial Park.
wants to move Biscayne Boulevard eastward to
remove it as a barrier between miami and its bay
front parks...
"In words that seemed to attack much that has
marked growth in Miami during its 85 years as a
city, architect Jorge Arango told an influential
group of business men this week, "Great cities
are known by their open spaces. When you think
of Paris, you think of its plazas, its boulevards."
"His words struck against the history of urban
Mami, where development has emphasized
filling space -- where high-rises have walled off
the Atlantic Ocean on Miami Beach and the bay in
Miami, where Dupont Plaza in downtown Miami is
beginning to fill iwht massive office and grage
strucutres, where the expanse of Watson Island
may be carved into an amusement park and
where city officials are considering allowing
condo towers to rise south of Bicentennial Park.
