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Historic Preservation board and city staff spar over proposed location for reconstructed Gondola Building; commission approves staff plan with letter to state
Summary
Historic Preservation Board urged reconstruction of the 1925 Gondola Building at its original canal site. City staff recommended moving it to a more visible, accessible site on the Biltmore property; the commission approved the staff-recommended location and directed staff to send a formal letter to the state seeking reconsideration.
The Coral Gables City Commission on Sept. 25 approved a staff recommendation to relocate the reconstructed 1925 Gondola Building from its original canal location to an alternative site on the Biltmore Hotel property — while asking staff to send a formal letter to state officials requesting reconsideration of the proposed placement.
Why it matters: The Gondola Building, originally built in 1925 as part of George Merrick’s Mediterranean-inspired plan for Coral Gables, is an architectural element of the Biltmore complex. Preservation advocates argued the historically accurate approach is reconstruction on the…
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