Annotated Bibliography
1. Metropolitan Dade County, City of Miami. Magic City Center Plan For Action. (State University Libraries of Florida, 1960).
accessed August 28, 2015. http://digitool.fcla.edu/
: The 6th and last report of a series on the Magic City Center Plan is a primary source written by the Dade county and city of Miami from 1960 when the plan was created. As the last one of the series, it largely summarizes the reports before it and includes why the plan was needed, existing problems, goals, and solutions. Although imags may not be as clear as modern digitalized ones, they are very concise and help understand the written material.
2. Rose, Mark H., Mohl, Ryamond A. “Expressways in Miami” in Interstate: Highway Politics and Policy Since 1939. (2012). 3rd ed. 117 – 122
: This book presents a perspective on the history of the Interstate Highway system, focusing on the negative impact the construction of urban highways brought to nearby communities in various cities and the reaction of citizens to such impact. It includes several examples of highway revolts, one of which is about the construction of I95 over a part of Overtown in downtown Miami. The case of Overtown is constrasted to that of San francisco because of such opposite reactions to construction of urban highways in two cities.
3. “MiamiDade Transit History” last edited March 13, 2015, http://www.miamidade.gov /transit/history.asp
: The official website of the city of Miami, Florida contains information about various municipal departments including transportation and is a great starting place for urban studies and planning research. The tab for transportation offers general information about the schedules and routes of MiamiDade Transit system, brief explanations on each of transport modes in the system – metrobus, metrorail, metromover , and detailed timeline of the history of MDT System.
4. “Overtown Community”. University of Miami Libraries: Special Collections. Accessed 28 August, 2015
http://library.miami.edu/specialcollections/ohp/communitiesovertown/
: One of the special collections by University of Miami libraries serves the Institute for Public History communities. The website briefly talks about the development history of the neighborhood of Overtown and the impact of the construction of I-95 on the community, and provides a link for a more detailed chronology of Overtown community.
5. Mohl, A. R. (1989). Shadows in the Sunshine: Race and Ethnicity in Miami. Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, vol. 49, pages 63-80. http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu
: This journal talks about the McDuffie riot and its economic effect to the fall of Overtown. It also features interviews with former residents of the controversial city who were witness to the riots. The journal also talked about how the extension of the Interstate Highway system further contributed to the decline of the said city.
6. Portes, A., & Stepick, A. (1993). City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami. Berkeley: University of California Press.
: This book talks about how the success in assimilation for the Cuban-American immigration transformed Miami, relocated its natives and created cultural tension between other ethnic communities. It discusses a significant immigration wave as well as the birth of the biggest social enclave in Miami.
7. Zhang, Y. (2012). Will natural disasters accelerate neighborhood decline? A discrete-time hazard analysis of residential property vacancy and abandonment before and after Hurricane Andrew in Miami-Dade County (1991–2000). Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 2012, volume 39, pages 1084 – 1104.
: This journal investigates how catastrophes accelerate decline in already falling neighborhoods. In particular, it examined how Hurricane Andrew triggered property abandonment in Miami-Dade County.
8. Miami 21: Your City, Your Plan. (2015). Miami’s Zoning History. Retrieved from http://www.miami21.org/ Miami_Zoning_History.asp
: This government website outlines the history of planning in Miami. It also discusses the integral factors that helped constitute the current plan, Miami 21. This website also features all the documents pertaining to the current advancements in enacting the plan.
9. Grenier, G. J., & Moebius, C. J. (2015). A History of Little Havana. Charlston, SC: The History Press.
: This book thoroughly discusses the establishment of Little Havana from the early 1960’s to the early 21st century. It goes in depth with the first businesses established by Cuban-Americans, the fall of “Little Havana,” as well as its re-establishment through the “Latin Quarter.” It also discussed the struggles that Cuban-Americans faced in assimilating with the American culture, as well as the clash between Cuban-Americans and African-Americans.
10. Barnes, J. (2007). Florida’s Hurricane History. North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press.
: This book talked about all of Florida’s big hurricane up until 2007. It gives an account of aftermath of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and how it caused the city to go into a depression.
11. George, P.S. & Petersen, T.K. (1988). Liberty Square: 1933-1987, The Origins and Evolution of a Public Housing Project. Tequesta, 53-68. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/1988/88_1_04.pdf
: This article from the academic journal Tequesta gave great insight on the history of Liberty Square and Liberty City after it was established. It gave accounts of the trials and tribulations of the city since its beginning in 1937.
12. Kessner, J.L. (2007) Racial and Ethnic Conflict in South Florida: Hurricane Andrew and the Housing Crisis. Wesleyan University. Retrieved from http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=etd_hon_theses
: J.L. Kessner gives a concise overview of the Grubstein v Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Tampa case in his book. It went in depth as to why the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Tamp urban renewal agency and how it affected the state of Florida as a whole and slight touches on how it affected Miami.
13. Mohl, R.A., (1985). The Origins of Miami’s Liberty City. Florida Environmental and Urban Issues, 12, 9-12.
: This article by Mohl gives a history on how Miami took advantage of the federal housing program and used it to their advantage. It also gives a detailed background on how Liberty City came to be and why most people, both blacks and whites, were in support for the building of Liberty Square.
14. Mohl, R.A. (2001). Whitening Miami: Race, Housing and Government Policy in Twentieth-Century Dade County. The Florida Historical Quarterly, 79(3). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150856
: This gave insight as to why Miami wanted to building public housing and where they were planning on relocating the blacks. It also gave information as to the area where most of the blacks were confined to living.
15. Connolly, N.D.B., “Colored, Caribbean, and Condemned: Miami’s Overtown District and The Cultural Expense of Progress 1940-1970,” Caribbean Studies 34, no. 1 (2006)
: A journal by Connolly provides detailed history of development of Overtown community and analyzes the role of racial segregation and tension in South Florida in the 19th in its development. It also discusses the background on the construction of I-95 through Overtown and the resulting displacement and separation of the neighborhood.
16. City of Miami Planning Department. Miami21.org. http://www.miami21.org/index.asp. Accessed August 21, 2015.
: This is the website made by the City of Miami Planning Department that helps the residents know and understand the new Miami 21 Zoning Code. It gives a timeline of the development of the ordinance and also details the major movements that influenced it. This website also details the different zones, from rural to urban and has the full Miami 21 Code available to the public.
17. Duany & Plater-Zyberg & Company. dpz.com. http://www.dpz.com/Projects/0425. Accessed August 21, 2015.
: This is the website for the planning firm, Duany & Plater-Zyberg & Co., that was commissioned to write the Miami 21 Code. The website shows many plans and projects that the firm worked on throughout the world. In the Miami 21 section of the website, it details the main goals in future development of the city and shares how the code itself will affect and shape the city.
18. Miami 21 Code: Volume I. http://www.miami21.org/PDFs/May2015-VolumeI.pdf. Amended May 19, 2015.
: This is the full Miami 21 Zoning Ordinance available on the Miami 21 website. This document is hundreds of pages long that detail every zone and parcel of Miami and sets exact numbers and measurements for development. It talks about the purpose, capability, and goals of of zones ranging from rural to urban areas. We used it also to reference some codes in terms of developing bicycle infrastructures, such as bike lanes, bike parking spaces, and safe road conditions.
19. The Street Plans Collaborative. Miami Bicycle Master Plan. http://miamigov.com/bicycleInitiatives/docs/20111012_Final_MBMP.pdf. Revised October 2010.
: This is the full bicycle plan for the city of Miami. This document maps and plans for improvements and construction in bicycle-friendly infrastructure to promote active transportation and overall better physical health. The plan covers several case studies where the city plans on installing bike lanes or shared-use lanes for safety of riders and lessening the dependency on automobiles.
20. The City of Miami Parks & Recreation Department and Planning Department. Miami Parks and Public Spaces Master Plan. http://www.miamigov.com/planning/docs/plans/MP/Parks_Master_Plan.pdf. May 2007.
: This is the full parks and public space plan for the city of Miami. This document first overviews the existing conditions of parks and public spaces around the city. It also has goals to greatly improve them for a greater sense of community and for easier access to nature and green spaces. This document also works in accord with the Miami 21 Zoning Code; it plans to create more public spaces where the ordinance requires them, i.e. around private business buildings.
accessed August 28, 2015. http://digitool.fcla.edu/
: The 6th and last report of a series on the Magic City Center Plan is a primary source written by the Dade county and city of Miami from 1960 when the plan was created. As the last one of the series, it largely summarizes the reports before it and includes why the plan was needed, existing problems, goals, and solutions. Although imags may not be as clear as modern digitalized ones, they are very concise and help understand the written material.
2. Rose, Mark H., Mohl, Ryamond A. “Expressways in Miami” in Interstate: Highway Politics and Policy Since 1939. (2012). 3rd ed. 117 – 122
: This book presents a perspective on the history of the Interstate Highway system, focusing on the negative impact the construction of urban highways brought to nearby communities in various cities and the reaction of citizens to such impact. It includes several examples of highway revolts, one of which is about the construction of I95 over a part of Overtown in downtown Miami. The case of Overtown is constrasted to that of San francisco because of such opposite reactions to construction of urban highways in two cities.
3. “MiamiDade Transit History” last edited March 13, 2015, http://www.miamidade.gov /transit/history.asp
: The official website of the city of Miami, Florida contains information about various municipal departments including transportation and is a great starting place for urban studies and planning research. The tab for transportation offers general information about the schedules and routes of MiamiDade Transit system, brief explanations on each of transport modes in the system – metrobus, metrorail, metromover , and detailed timeline of the history of MDT System.
4. “Overtown Community”. University of Miami Libraries: Special Collections. Accessed 28 August, 2015
http://library.miami.edu/specialcollections/ohp/communitiesovertown/
: One of the special collections by University of Miami libraries serves the Institute for Public History communities. The website briefly talks about the development history of the neighborhood of Overtown and the impact of the construction of I-95 on the community, and provides a link for a more detailed chronology of Overtown community.
5. Mohl, A. R. (1989). Shadows in the Sunshine: Race and Ethnicity in Miami. Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, vol. 49, pages 63-80. http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu
: This journal talks about the McDuffie riot and its economic effect to the fall of Overtown. It also features interviews with former residents of the controversial city who were witness to the riots. The journal also talked about how the extension of the Interstate Highway system further contributed to the decline of the said city.
6. Portes, A., & Stepick, A. (1993). City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami. Berkeley: University of California Press.
: This book talks about how the success in assimilation for the Cuban-American immigration transformed Miami, relocated its natives and created cultural tension between other ethnic communities. It discusses a significant immigration wave as well as the birth of the biggest social enclave in Miami.
7. Zhang, Y. (2012). Will natural disasters accelerate neighborhood decline? A discrete-time hazard analysis of residential property vacancy and abandonment before and after Hurricane Andrew in Miami-Dade County (1991–2000). Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 2012, volume 39, pages 1084 – 1104.
: This journal investigates how catastrophes accelerate decline in already falling neighborhoods. In particular, it examined how Hurricane Andrew triggered property abandonment in Miami-Dade County.
8. Miami 21: Your City, Your Plan. (2015). Miami’s Zoning History. Retrieved from http://www.miami21.org/ Miami_Zoning_History.asp
: This government website outlines the history of planning in Miami. It also discusses the integral factors that helped constitute the current plan, Miami 21. This website also features all the documents pertaining to the current advancements in enacting the plan.
9. Grenier, G. J., & Moebius, C. J. (2015). A History of Little Havana. Charlston, SC: The History Press.
: This book thoroughly discusses the establishment of Little Havana from the early 1960’s to the early 21st century. It goes in depth with the first businesses established by Cuban-Americans, the fall of “Little Havana,” as well as its re-establishment through the “Latin Quarter.” It also discussed the struggles that Cuban-Americans faced in assimilating with the American culture, as well as the clash between Cuban-Americans and African-Americans.
10. Barnes, J. (2007). Florida’s Hurricane History. North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press.
: This book talked about all of Florida’s big hurricane up until 2007. It gives an account of aftermath of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and how it caused the city to go into a depression.
11. George, P.S. & Petersen, T.K. (1988). Liberty Square: 1933-1987, The Origins and Evolution of a Public Housing Project. Tequesta, 53-68. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/1988/88_1_04.pdf
: This article from the academic journal Tequesta gave great insight on the history of Liberty Square and Liberty City after it was established. It gave accounts of the trials and tribulations of the city since its beginning in 1937.
12. Kessner, J.L. (2007) Racial and Ethnic Conflict in South Florida: Hurricane Andrew and the Housing Crisis. Wesleyan University. Retrieved from http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=etd_hon_theses
: J.L. Kessner gives a concise overview of the Grubstein v Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Tampa case in his book. It went in depth as to why the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Tamp urban renewal agency and how it affected the state of Florida as a whole and slight touches on how it affected Miami.
13. Mohl, R.A., (1985). The Origins of Miami’s Liberty City. Florida Environmental and Urban Issues, 12, 9-12.
: This article by Mohl gives a history on how Miami took advantage of the federal housing program and used it to their advantage. It also gives a detailed background on how Liberty City came to be and why most people, both blacks and whites, were in support for the building of Liberty Square.
14. Mohl, R.A. (2001). Whitening Miami: Race, Housing and Government Policy in Twentieth-Century Dade County. The Florida Historical Quarterly, 79(3). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150856
: This gave insight as to why Miami wanted to building public housing and where they were planning on relocating the blacks. It also gave information as to the area where most of the blacks were confined to living.
15. Connolly, N.D.B., “Colored, Caribbean, and Condemned: Miami’s Overtown District and The Cultural Expense of Progress 1940-1970,” Caribbean Studies 34, no. 1 (2006)
: A journal by Connolly provides detailed history of development of Overtown community and analyzes the role of racial segregation and tension in South Florida in the 19th in its development. It also discusses the background on the construction of I-95 through Overtown and the resulting displacement and separation of the neighborhood.
16. City of Miami Planning Department. Miami21.org. http://www.miami21.org/index.asp. Accessed August 21, 2015.
: This is the website made by the City of Miami Planning Department that helps the residents know and understand the new Miami 21 Zoning Code. It gives a timeline of the development of the ordinance and also details the major movements that influenced it. This website also details the different zones, from rural to urban and has the full Miami 21 Code available to the public.
17. Duany & Plater-Zyberg & Company. dpz.com. http://www.dpz.com/Projects/0425. Accessed August 21, 2015.
: This is the website for the planning firm, Duany & Plater-Zyberg & Co., that was commissioned to write the Miami 21 Code. The website shows many plans and projects that the firm worked on throughout the world. In the Miami 21 section of the website, it details the main goals in future development of the city and shares how the code itself will affect and shape the city.
18. Miami 21 Code: Volume I. http://www.miami21.org/PDFs/May2015-VolumeI.pdf. Amended May 19, 2015.
: This is the full Miami 21 Zoning Ordinance available on the Miami 21 website. This document is hundreds of pages long that detail every zone and parcel of Miami and sets exact numbers and measurements for development. It talks about the purpose, capability, and goals of of zones ranging from rural to urban areas. We used it also to reference some codes in terms of developing bicycle infrastructures, such as bike lanes, bike parking spaces, and safe road conditions.
19. The Street Plans Collaborative. Miami Bicycle Master Plan. http://miamigov.com/bicycleInitiatives/docs/20111012_Final_MBMP.pdf. Revised October 2010.
: This is the full bicycle plan for the city of Miami. This document maps and plans for improvements and construction in bicycle-friendly infrastructure to promote active transportation and overall better physical health. The plan covers several case studies where the city plans on installing bike lanes or shared-use lanes for safety of riders and lessening the dependency on automobiles.
20. The City of Miami Parks & Recreation Department and Planning Department. Miami Parks and Public Spaces Master Plan. http://www.miamigov.com/planning/docs/plans/MP/Parks_Master_Plan.pdf. May 2007.
: This is the full parks and public space plan for the city of Miami. This document first overviews the existing conditions of parks and public spaces around the city. It also has goals to greatly improve them for a greater sense of community and for easier access to nature and green spaces. This document also works in accord with the Miami 21 Zoning Code; it plans to create more public spaces where the ordinance requires them, i.e. around private business buildings.
Relevant Links
http://www.miamidade.gov /transit/history.asp
http://www.miami21.org/
http://immigrationtounitedstates.org
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article8590790.html
http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1510-20490-2899/fema55_voli_combined.pdf
http://miamigov.com/bicycleInitiatives/docs/20111012_Final_MBMP.pdf
http://www.miamigov.com/planning/docs/plans/MP/Parks_Master_Plan.pdf
http://www.miami21.org/
http://immigrationtounitedstates.org
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article8590790.html
http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1510-20490-2899/fema55_voli_combined.pdf
http://miamigov.com/bicycleInitiatives/docs/20111012_Final_MBMP.pdf
http://www.miamigov.com/planning/docs/plans/MP/Parks_Master_Plan.pdf