Blue sculptural human figure with floral and botanical forms covering the head, set against a bright yellow background.
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Morel Doucet asks what we carry from home at the Lowe

What do people carry with them when they leave one home for another? That question sits at the center of “Morel Doucet: The Things We Carry,” opening Sept. 24 at…

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Promotional image for “9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero,” featuring the Statue of Liberty’s face alongside an image of Ground Zero.
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UM screening revisits how New Yorkers shaped Ground Zero’s future

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a new documentary revisits one of the most consequential public meetings in the rebuilding of Ground Zero: a gathering where thousands of New…

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Promotional graphic for The Disappearers showing the book cover beside a portrait of Marlon James, with a smaller inset portrait of Kei Miller.
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Booker Prize winner Marlon James brings ‘The Disappearers’ to Coral Gables Congregational Church

Booker Prize winner Marlon James comes to Coral Gables on Saturday with a novel already drawing some of the strongest notices of his career — and one rooted in the…

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Jazz vocalist Laila Biali in a red dress and wide-brimmed red hat holding a vintage-style microphone in front of a large yellow circle.
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Frost School marks 100 years of live music with star-filled season

A century after the University of Miami’s music school opened its doors and presented its first concert, the Frost School of Music is marking the anniversary the way it knows…

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Photograph of the University of Miami campus entrance sign overlaid with six labeled panels. Under the heading "What the university would receive": hospital use, up to 100 beds permitted in the Multi-Use Zone with no conditional-use vote; enrollment, 17,500 becomes a mitigation threshold rather than a cap; development intensity, the 6.8 million square foot cap gives way to a floor area ratio of 1.0; and parking, certain city spaces and their revenue shift to the university. Under the heading "What the city would receive": a park of 5.52 acres conveyed only if the city approves everything on terms the university accepts, and a payment of $1,025,000 in the first year rising 4 percent annually for 30 years.
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Coral Gables Commission advances UM’s 30-year campus deal

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The City Commission voted 4-0 Tuesday to advance the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement and four related comprehensive-plan and zoning amendments, with Commissioner…

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Illustration of a balance scale with university development, hospital use and enrollment provisions on one side, and Centennial Park and annual payments on the other, with a question mark on the scale’s gauge above a 30-year development agreement.
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EDITORIAL: Coral Gables has not shown its 30-year UM deal is fair

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The City Commission voted 4-0 Tuesday to advance the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement, with Commissioner Ariel Fernandez absent. The vote…

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Horizontal bar chart showing Gazette poll results on the UM development agreement: 35.29% take more time, 32.03% approve as proposed, 17.65% reject, 10.46% not sure or need more information, and 4.58% approve only with changes.
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Approval, ‘more time’ nearly tied in Gazette poll on UM deal

By Coral Gables Gazette staff No single response earned majority support in a Coral Gables Gazette reader poll on the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement. “Take more time”…

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Photograph of the University of Miami campus entrance sign overlaid with six labeled panels. Under the heading "What the university would receive": hospital use, up to 100 beds permitted in the Multi-Use Zone with no conditional-use vote; enrollment, 17,500 becomes a mitigation threshold rather than a cap; development intensity, the 6.8 million square foot cap gives way to a floor area ratio of 1.0; and parking, certain city spaces and their revenue shift to the university. Under the heading "What the city would receive": a park of 5.52 acres conveyed only if the city approves everything on terms the university accepts, and a payment of $1,025,000 in the first year rising 4 percent annually for 30 years.
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POLL: What should the Coral Gables City Commission do with the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement?

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Aerial photograph of the University of Miami campus showing academic buildings, green spaces, a lake with a fountain, and athletic facilities surrounded by tree-lined neighborhoods.
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EDITORIAL: Don’t rush the public decision on UM deal

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement did not appear overnight. That matters. UM submitted an earlier version of the package in…

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University of Miami campus master plan diagram showing the campus core in red, a 225-foot transition area in orange and a 75-foot buffer in green along the campus perimeter.
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Planning board backs sweeping 30-year UM development agreement

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Board moved quickly Wednesday through six proposed amendments that would substantially expand the University of Miami’s development capacity, increase…

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