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Third-generation Gables resident urges limits on overconstruction to protect trees, bird habitat
Summary
Maria Isabel Casablanca, a third-generation Gables resident, told a public meeting she is concerned about overconstruction eroding the neighborhood's tree canopy and displacing birds, and asked that Coral Gables remain a "city beautiful."
Maria Isabel Casablanca, who said she is also called Marissa Casablanca, identified herself as a third-generation Gables resident during public comment and urged limits on overconstruction to protect the neighborhood's trees and bird habitat.
Casablanca said her family has long ties to the area: "My grandfather started a business here in The Gables, JC Casablanca and Son, in 1945, and we are third generation Gables residents." She said memories of the neighborhood include the Venetian Pool and its cold water: "One thing that everybody…
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