Bal Harbour
Gawker Starts Class War Over a Miami-Area Spec House
[Photo via Oppenheim Architecture]
Online news site Gawker — understandably sick of the inequality in this country, and probably the fact that bloggers are so often on the wrong end of the wealth stick — is rallying for class warfare, and using as its symbol the extremely expensive spec houses being hawked to the super rich. More specifically, the example Gawker uses, above, is a house designed by architect Chad Oppenheim, that's being built by Oren and Shlomi Alexander in Bal Harbour.
· Spec Houses: The Kindling of the Class War [Gawker]
Public Art
Each owner at the under-construction Oceana Bal Harbour, including the future occupant of the $29.5 million penthouse, will receive an equal, 1/240th share of the two Jeff Koons sculptures which developer Eduardo Costantini purchased for the building. Although he plonked down $14 million for the pair in 2012 and they've already appreciated in value, says Costantini, the condo board won't be able to sell the very valuable sculptures unless residents reach an 80% vote, which he hopes doesn't happen. [Wall Street Journal; Previously]
Rumormongering
HotelChatter hears an unverified tip that the One Bal Harbour Resort is getting a quick takeover by Ritz Carlton in October. The swanky condo/hotel would have a new, established swanky RC name, and would probably start charging a resort fee. And, so far, that's it. [HotelChatter; One Bal Harbour coverage]
$22 Million for Bal Harbour Med/Mod All Covered in Vines
This large $22 million Bal Harbour house, on a rather sizable plot of land, is thoroughly contemporary, although it has just enough red barrel roof tiles, wooden pergolas, and a courtyard with a fountain, to technically consider itself Mediterranean Revival. It is also festooned with beautiful red bougainvillea, which is a bush and not a vine, although it can be trimmed to act viney. And that's exactly what has been done. The 12,341 square foot house comes on an acre of land with a large 200 feet of bay frontage and easy ocean access.
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Mapping Miami's 4th Of July Fireworks Shows, 2014 Edition
[Via Curbed Miami Flickr Pool/Junior Henry]
Feeling a little pyrotechnic this Fourth of July? Think you're out of luck because of Florida's restrictive, weenie, fireworks laws? Is it just too late to drive up to Georgia and smuggle back decent explosives before the big day? Well, at least you can watch big things go boom at a plethora of fireworks displays all around South Florida. Most of them start, very timely, at precisely 9 pm, but not all, so we've included them in the listings. Here ye, here ye, to the Curbed Miami 2014 Fireworks Map, after the jump.