Friday, May 27, 2011
Miami Herald turns its back on Biscayne Bay ... by gimleteye
It was a kinder, gentler time -- a time of American Exceptionalism -- when John S. and James L. Knight built the Miami Herald signature building on Biscayne Bay. Now the building is sold to a Malaysian conglomerate that is betting Florida will sign off on casinos in the near future. The Arsht Center then can be folded into a casino and retrofit for Cirque De Soleil, all tied to the cruise ship terminal and the airport by a moving carpet. Allah inshallah.
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Vegas-ation of Miami...boring and making money for the big dogs...
But Cirque De Soleil's LOVE is pretty awesome-at $150 a ticket...
Sadly, the inescapable conclusion is that this is the beginning of the end for the Miami Herald. When they finally leave the building in two years the print edition will likely cease operations. An already diminished, (but still credible) paper when contrasted with its storied, halcyon years of the 20th century, what does the future bear for local news and coverage for this market when the gold standard media watchdog is no more?
I agree the Herald should stay there, they provide WAY more jobs than any development.
The Miami Herald is owned it parent company, McClatchy. This is just part of the deal to get the return onm their investment. The folks at the Herald are doing a greta job in maintaining print edition as relevant an econimically feasible as possible.
Let's turn the page and move on. Keep the ink in your hands for the memories.
The real estate was the only valuable asset when McClatchy bought the paper so we knew they always intended to sell it. Frankly, I am surprised it took this long.
The Herald is constantly cutting jobs. Their employees live with an axe over their heads. Hopefully they will take this money and not layoff any more employees.
Newspaper biz is changing. Info sharing is easier, less boots on the ground, more on the computer, less in print. It's not like we didn't see any of this coming. It is sad, though.
I would like to propose a name for the new gigantic complex that will bring full scale gambling into our city. Why not "The Alvah Chapman Revenge Convention Center"? Some might not agree with me, but those did not experience the full force of the hatred those crackers felt for us, the people who arrived in Miami -- running away from the Cuban communist regime -- to steal Miami from them. It didn't make any difference that "la creme" of Cuban society was fully represented in those arrivals. Oh no! The crackers "wanted their city back." Maybe that's one of the reasons the Republicans turn me off when they claim they "want their country back." I was a witness to the destruction of the Miami News by the Knight-Ridder giant, and maybe now the Herald might finally get what it has so richly deserved for the past 51 years! I imagine the ghostly meeting Shoemaker, McMullen and Chapman must be having to celebrate their final gift to us: "Ha, Ha, Ha... they pushed us out, but we screwed their bay view." Former mayor "Money" Diaz might be happy too. This aberration completes his work!
Did anyone notice the photo of the Herald Building in the Herald story? It was a very old photo. No billboard. No mural ad! Now the Herald Building is hidden behind 4 massive advertisements. Crass commercialism.
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