Latest Wynwoodhistory Podcast Episodes
History of the Wynwood Neighborhood
Miami History Podcast - April 29, 2019 20:41 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe Wynwood neighborhood has received a lot of attention over the last couple of decades. However, its history is more than a hundred years. The neighborhood was originally named Wyndwood Park. Later the name would drop the park from the name and the ‘D’ from the spelling of Wynwood. The area ...
History of Miami River – Part 2 of 2
Miami History Podcast - February 24, 2019 22:48 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe second part of the history of the Miami River describes the evolution of the river from the mid-1800s through modern times. Prior to the Brickells arriving to the area, the big cash crop in the area was the cultivation and processing of the cyad plant, known as Coontie. It was one of the few...
History of Miami River – Part 1 of 2
Miami History Podcast - February 09, 2019 21:13 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe Miami River is the serpentine tributary that separates downtown Miami from today’s Brickell neighborhood. The history of the area has centered around this waterway as the regions earliest inhabitants found refuge, food and security along the banks of the river. Juan Ponce De Leon named the i...
Sports in Miami During the Art Deco Age
Miami History Podcast - January 27, 2019 15:46 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsSports have been a big part of Miami’s entertainment fabric from the very beginning. In the first couple of decades baseball games were played at Royal Palm Park which was adjacent to the Royal Palm Hotel. Given the access to the ocean, fishing tournaments were a big draw, particularly for conve...
Perricones in Brickell
Miami History Podcast - January 06, 2019 02:46 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsAs Steve Perricone prepares to move his namesake Brickell restaurant and marketplace to a new location, he sat down for an interview with the Miami History Podcast to share his personal story and what led him to Brickell. Steve began his career as a party promoter in New York. Circumstances le...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 17
Miami History Podcast - December 31, 2018 03:20 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsAs December approached in the year of 1896, the recently incorporated city of Miami was winding down a very eventful year. The extension of the FEC Railway to the banks of the Miami River was completed, construction of Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel was nearing completion and the residents of the ne...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 16
Miami History Podcast - December 22, 2018 01:16 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode features the structures that held the distinction of being the tallest buildings in Miami from 1912 through the present. From the time that Roddy Burdine decided to build the five-story retail and office building until the recent completion of the Panorama Tower, Miami has h...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 15
Miami History Podcast - November 12, 2018 02:48 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode discusses the history of a unique street in downtown Miami that was given the nickname of Short Street by early Miami pioneers. Its formal name was originally Avenue A, but given its span of only two-blocks, it was much shorter than the other avenues that were laid out durin...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 14
Miami History Podcast - November 03, 2018 21:35 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode features Miami’s Ball & Chain. Within the confines of Little Havana stands an institution that has lived a couple of lives. Within the walls of a building that was constructed in 1930 is an entertainment venue that provides libations, live music and dancing in the heart of t...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 13
Miami History Podcast - September 30, 2018 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode will tell the story of Little Havana. Prior to the neighborhood taking a new name in the 1960s, it was known as two different neighborhoods. The Riverside neighborhood was located north of SW Eighth Street and was created by a lot of different developers during the first hal...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 12
Miami History Podcast - September 23, 2018 11:53 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode features the history of Coconut Grove. From its inception, ‘The Grove’ was a place that attracted characters and developed on its own terms. Long before Henry Flagler decided to extend his railway to the banks of the Miami River, Coconut Grove was an active community that wa...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 11
Miami History Podcast - September 08, 2018 23:13 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode features the father of Miami Beach, Carl Fisher and one of his most notable hotels. Carl Fisher was a serial entrepreneur who made his fortune marketing technology to provide headlamps for early automobiles. After he and his partner, James Allison, sold Prest-O-Lite to Union...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 10
Miami History Podcast - August 26, 2018 23:20 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode features Miami’s first luxury hotel. As part of his agreement with Julia Tuttle, Henry Flagler built the Royal Palm Hotel on the north bank of the Miami River in an area that became downtown a few decades later. Shortly after the signing of the agreement between Tuttle and F...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 9
Miami History Podcast - August 20, 2018 01:14 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis podcast episode focuses on Miami’s pioneer physician. Dr. James Jackson was the son of a doctor who grew up in Bronson, Florida. Although his father wanted him to manage the family orange grove business, James wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps as a doctor. He got his medical degr...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 8
Miami History Podcast - July 29, 2018 14:40 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe eighth episode of the Miami History Podcast discusses the Burdine family and their namesake store. Opportunity brought William Burdine and his family to Miami in 1898. Having heard about the influx of soldiers deployed to Camp Miami during the Spanish American War, William dispatched his son...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 7
Miami History Podcast - July 08, 2018 13:34 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe seventh episode of the Miami History Podcast discusses the history of Bayfront Park. Built with bay bottom fill in the mid-1920s, the park has been the front porch of the City of Miami since it opened in 1925. It has been a location for many of Miami's most notable events for large gathering...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 6
Miami History Podcast - June 24, 2018 16:48 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe sixth episode of the Miami History Podcast features the story of the iconic Orange Bowl. Long before it was known as the “Orange Bowl” it was a baseball stadium on land provided by the Tatum Brothers. During the early 1930s, several prominent Miami pioneers came up with the idea to have the ...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 5
Miami History Podcast - June 17, 2018 19:28 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe fifth episode of the Miami History Podcast continues the story of the Brickell family. Part two discusses the Brickell family’s impact on Miami from the turn of the twentieth century to modern day. Following the death of Bill Brickell in 1908, Mary Brickell assumed the role as leader of th...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 4
Miami History Podcast - June 10, 2018 11:47 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe fourth episode of the Miami History Podcast begins the story of the Brickell family. This is a two-part series explains what brought the family to the banks of the Miami River and their impact on the development of the City of Miami. William Brickell was considered a soldier of fortune wh...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 3
Miami History Podcast - June 02, 2018 19:35 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe third episode of the Miami History Podcast features the story of Julia Tuttle. She is considered by most the “Mother of Miami”. Although she was unable to cast a vote for the incorporation of the city on July 28. 1896, there was no bigger catalyst for the founding and development of Miami. ...
Miami History Podcast - Episode 2
Miami History Podcast - May 29, 2018 00:15 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe second installment of the Miami History Podcast continues the story of Henry Flagler's journey through Florida. The hosts discuss Flagler's negotiation with Julia Tuttle and the Brickells. In addition, the podcast tells the story of Flagler's Oversea Railway that terminated in Key West in 19...
Miami HIstory Podcast - Episode 1
Miami History Podcast - May 17, 2018 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThe first several episodes of the Miami History Podcast will feature stories of the founders of the City of Miami. The first two episodes will feature Henry Flagler, considered the "Father of Miami".
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