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Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board asks staff to evaluate involuntary designation of 93 Palm Avenue (Capone house)
Summary
After extended public comment and legal argument, the Historic Preservation Board directed staff to prepare a preliminary evaluation to explore historic designation of 93 Palm Avenue, the house long associated in public memory with Al Capone.
The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board voted to ask staff to prepare a preliminary evaluation of 93 Palm Avenue — the Palm Island house long tied in local memory to Al Capone — after a daylong public discussion and competing legal arguments on whether the board may initiate involuntary designation.
Board members voted in favor of directing staff to prepare the evaluation. The discussion included legal objections from property representatives who said the hearing had a quasi‑judicial character requiring formal notice and urged the board to delay, and repeated public appeals to move quickly because of demolition threats and ongoing developer activity in the neighborhood.
The public comment period drew multiple speakers, including…
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