Personally attending the grand re-opening of Miami High was a real treat.
It is so true that the Heritage of this city is enriched by the preservation of this amazing structure.
The performance by the Miami Senior Drumline were exhilarating. What great energy. Keep up the beats.
The lovely voices of the Southside Elementary Museums Magnet school chorus were a treat for all and of course The singing Miamis were a unique addition to the celebration. As an integral part of the a capella band Quite Sence, the memories of the quartet struck close to home.
In the words of Dade Heritage Trust:
Many thanks to all the DHT Board members who came to our grand opening of the 1905
Old Miami High in Southside Park. (And you really missed something special if you didn"t!)
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Commissioner Joe Sanchez, Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, Arva Parks, Howard Kleinberg, Ann Marie Clyatt, School Board member Agustin Barrera, Shenandoah Principal Lourdes Delgado, and Southside Principal Salvatore Schiavone--andWalter Alvarez--all made great remarks--
and the Southside Elementary chorus and Miami High Drumline and color guard --and the fabulous historic exhibit created by the Shenandoah Middle School students--added a perfect touch.
It made all the seven years of work worthwhile to see the appreciation people felt for having this historic landmark restored at last!
The lovely voices of the Southside Elementary Museums Magnet school chorus were a treat for all and of course The singing Miamis were a unique addition to the celebration. As an integral part of the a capella band Quite Sence, the memories of the quartet struck close to home.
In the words of Dade Heritage Trust:
Many thanks to all the DHT Board members who came to our grand opening of the 1905
Old Miami High in Southside Park. (And you really missed something special if you didn"t!)
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Commissioner Joe Sanchez, Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, Arva Parks, Howard Kleinberg, Ann Marie Clyatt, School Board member Agustin Barrera, Shenandoah Principal Lourdes Delgado, and Southside Principal Salvatore Schiavone--andWalter Alvarez--all made great remarks--
and the Southside Elementary chorus and Miami High Drumline and color guard --and the fabulous historic exhibit created by the Shenandoah Middle School students--added a perfect touch.
It made all the seven years of work worthwhile to see the appreciation people felt for having this historic landmark restored at last!
And in the words of the Miami Herald:
Historic schoolhouse serving Miami again
By ANDRES VIGLUCCI
Never before has a humble wooden bungalow in Miami been lavished with so much attention: Two mayors were present, including Miami's Manny Diaz, along with a drum corps and color guard, a serenading barbershop quartet, a choir of school kids, distinguished historians, a tennis legend in his 90s and a legendary public school teacher, a mere 102 years old.
The building they gathered in at a sunny park to salute on Tuesday is no ordinary whitewashed cottage, though, but a remarkable historic artifact -- the first Miami High School, rescued from ruin and resplendently restored to about as close to its original 1905 condition as possible.
Now, more than 90 years after it was turned into a boardinghouse and forgotten, the three-room schoolhouse is again ready to serve the city whose birth it attended. It will be used as office, classroom and community meeting space for Southside Park, where it is now located, and the blossoming West Brickell neighborhood around it.
By ANDRES VIGLUCCI
Never before has a humble wooden bungalow in Miami been lavished with so much attention: Two mayors were present, including Miami's Manny Diaz, along with a drum corps and color guard, a serenading barbershop quartet, a choir of school kids, distinguished historians, a tennis legend in his 90s and a legendary public school teacher, a mere 102 years old.
The building they gathered in at a sunny park to salute on Tuesday is no ordinary whitewashed cottage, though, but a remarkable historic artifact -- the first Miami High School, rescued from ruin and resplendently restored to about as close to its original 1905 condition as possible.
Now, more than 90 years after it was turned into a boardinghouse and forgotten, the three-room schoolhouse is again ready to serve the city whose birth it attended. It will be used as office, classroom and community meeting space for Southside Park, where it is now located, and the blossoming West Brickell neighborhood around it.
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