History of the MacArthur Causeway
By the mid-1910s, some of the leaders of Miami and Miami Beach knew that the time would come when the region would outgrow the Collins Bridge, which was the only viaduct to join the two cities over Biscayne Bay. It…
Locke T. Highleyman
Walking Tour: Brickell Bay Drive to Simpson Park
This walking tour will show and describe one of the Brickell Avenue neighborhood’s upscale subdivisions. When the area south of the Miami River was called “Southside”, the Point View subdivision was the place for the wealthy to purchase their winter homes. Hear the stories and learn about the families the made Point View their home.
Anchor Chain Fence on Brickell Avenue
One of the Southside neighborhood’s most popular tourist attractions was an anchor chain fence along Brickell Avenue and SE Fourteenth Street. This fence caught the attention of sightseers and tourists during its time enveloping the Brickell Avenue corner from 1917…
Elser Pier in Downtown Miami
Throughout its more than one hundred twenty-year history, Miami has had its share of attractions. In the second decade of the twentieth century, there was no bigger attraction than Elser Pier. It became the reason civic and industry organizations chose…
Chateau Reve in Brickell Point View
After dedicating the better part of two years to convert a swampy marsh into land worthy of development, Locke T Highleyman was ready to move forward with building his family home. The lot he chose was located in a prominent…