Lauderdale Lakes
Lauderdale Lakes, FL · Municipal
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Stiltsville Is a Neighborhood Without a Shore
Miami has plenty of waterfront houses. Stiltsville has houses that appear to have skipped the waterfront altogether. Out on the shallow flats of Biscayne Bay, buildings on pilings seem to hold an argument with the ordinary idea of a lot line. They are a strange sight in a national park: private-looking structures surrounded by public water, their history tangled with recreation, clubs, changing ownership and storms.
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How Miami’s Housing Costs Are Affecting Students’ Lives
Every morning, the drive to Coral Gables Senior High School brings a familiar view of Miami: palm trees, towering glass skyscrapers, thick morning humidity and the restless energy of a city unlike anywhere else in the world. For many students, Miami is not just where they attend school, but where they grew up, where their families have built lives and where their roots run deep.
Miami Herald
David Lawrence Jr. honored by South Florida immigrant rights community
Former Miami Herald publisher David Lawrence Jr., a longtime advocate for children, families and immigrants, was honored Saturday night by South Florida’s immigrant rights community. Lawrence became the first recipient of the Guardian of Justice Award during the Americans for Immigrant Justice’s 30th anniversary gala in Miami. The award, which will now bear his name, recognizes his decades of commitment to social justice. In accepting the award, Lawrence reflected on lessons from his childhood, the personal challenges his family has endured over the last year-and-a-half and his growing concerns about the direction of the country, particularly its treatment of immigrants. Quoting New York Times columnist David Brooks, Lawrence said America needs “an uprising of decency,” and called for greater compassion toward immigrants. Many of them, he added, work hard, care deeply about freedom and contribute to their communities. “Ours is a community where more than half of us are first-generation immigrants,” Lawrence said. “It’s the highest percentage of any urban area in the United States of America. And I wonder, and I worry, why do not more of us in this immigrant community speak up about the wrongs being done to so many other families?” An avid reader, Lawrence pointed