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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Two vintage photos of Miami Fire Department stations
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| Miami Fire Department Central Station (early 1900s) Located at what is now West Flagler Street and First Ave. (Click images to enlarge.) |
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| Miami Fire Department Station No. 3. (1930s) |
Friday, July 26, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Miami Police get tough on illegal parkers in 1925
Via Florida Memory:
Miami police had a rather practical way of enforcing parking regulations before the development of traffic tickets. They simply seized an automobile's front seat and held it at headquarters until the owner redeemed the cushion by payment of a fine.
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| Police collecting front cushions from illegally parked automobiles. Nov. 21, 1925. Photograph by Gleason Waite Romer. (Click image to enlarge.) |
Pizza, Pasta and Miami's Best Garlic Rolls
WTVJ's Bob Mayer reports on Marcella's Restaurant in North Miami in 1989.
via The Wolfson Archive:
via The Wolfson Archive:
A Culinary Survivor
Marcella Aitken's Italian restaurant in North Miami was a beloved neighborhood dining-out spot for decades. Her garlic rolls were legendary, and Marcella, working her tables and supervising her kitchen, was a Miami icon, made famous by distinctive commercials on local television.
Aitken, who immigrated to the United States from Italy, was a Miami newsmaker, known for raising basil, oregano and tomatoes in her back yard long before the local food movement. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Miami's "pasta queen" branched out, selling frozen Italian meals to Eastern Airlines and other big clients.
Marcella was on her way to becoming "the Italian equivalent of Colonel Sanders" when Eastern folded. And when this WTVJ clip aired in 1989 Marcella was back where she started -- in the kitchen and dining room of the restaurant that bore her name.
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