Mar 28, 2014
Miami Marine Stadium, an architectural gem on Biscayne Bay shuttered since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, was a popular venue for speedboat races and concerts by artists as diverse as Jimmy Buffett, Ray Charles and Afro-pop superstar Fela. The daringly innovative stadium, designed by Cuban exile Hilario Candela in 1963, was designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a ”national treasure” in need of saving. A multi-media exhibition about the stadium and efforts by the Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium to restore it opened this week at HistoryMiami. Go to http://www.historymiami.org/museum/exhibitions/details/concrete-paradise/ for more information.
