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Longtime Coral Gables merchant recalls Miracle Mile's midcentury heyday

5457475 · July 24, 2025
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A resident and longtime merchant described how his family's tailoring shop, opened after emigrating from Cuba, served corporate executives and notable customers on Miracle Mile from the 1960s through the 1970s.

A resident identified only as a longtime Coral Gables merchant recounted that his family’s tailoring business—whose roots began in Havana, Cuba—opened near Miracle Mile and served corporate and notable customers in the 1960s and 1970s.

He said his grandfather, Candido Bolado, worked as a custom tailor in Havana, and that the family left Cuba in September 1962. "My father, was in the business in Havana, Cuba because his…

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