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A Special Florida Paradise
"The Gables" is not merely a highly desirable bedroom community or a sprawling city with features of the City Beautiful movement scattered here and there. The brainchild of George Merrick, a visionary congregational minister's son with a poetic bent, Coral Gables is a planned city, home to of some of the nation's most valuable real estate, a world-renowned hotel in the Biltmore, headquarters to 120 multinational firms, a major research university and a top-ten botanical garden. The story of how Merrick's intricate design took shape--while most developments born during the so-called Florida Boom crashed and burned--and the rise of the preservationist movement that maintains it is a testament to the power of a vision. Author Les Standiford details the amazing rise of an iconic place.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Standiford, Les
- ISBN: 9781467170772
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.31
- Number Of Pages: 256
- Publication Year: 2025
Language:
English