Hearing Scheduled On Brickell Avenue Supertall Church Site

Miami’s Historic and Environmental Preservation Board has scheduled a hearing on the Brickell Avenue’s First Presbyterian Church property, where a supertall tower could be built.

The First Presbyterian Church and partner developer 13th Floor Key Church, LLC are requesting an amendment to the historic designation.

An iconic, 80-story tower is being planned on the property. The property is designated historic.

The board will consider removing historic designation from a surface parking lot and educational building to allow for the new development. The educational building was constructed years after the original church building was built.

Miami’s Planning Department is recommending that the board approve the request, and classify the school building and parking lot as non-contributing.

The Board meeting is scheduled for December 3. To read the full application and staff report, click here.

 

 

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Antennae
2 days ago

Did I read this right?
A hearing to remove historical status to a parking lot????

anon
2 days ago

welcome to america 🇺🇸

Anonymous
1 day ago

To think… alterations to a parking lot have to go through the HEPB, meanwhile so many prewar buildings in this city that are worthy of historic designation, are destroyed or altered beyond recognition for or into concrete boxes.

anon
21 hours ago

sad truth. america has so little soul, its more like a corporation than a nation.

Jhonny
2 days ago

Why not incorporating the church into the design? It would be much nicer.

jeez
2 days ago

a lot of vascularity in the new design

Anonymous
1 day ago

The design is a little embarrassing. Imagine being the person who lives in the “Dildo” building.

Anonymous 4
1 day ago

Not next to a super phallic like that…don’t be blasphemous.

Anonymous
2 days ago

But the waterfront parking lot is historic. WWJD?

Anon
1 day ago

Is that the parking lot where a tent and tables used to be set up and stone crabs were sold during weekday lunchtime?

Anon MIA
2 days ago

*AstonMartin =. This will never happen.? Hmmm
very nice design, tho, if it does, to change (?) the banal builders rental towers that are prolific !

Anonymous
2 days ago

It’ll be historiconic!

Miapolis
2 days ago

Or just histrionic

Fetisha
2 days ago

That church is so beautiful . Iconic here though equals veiny penis building …

Anonymous
2 days ago

Good thing absolutely nobody is proposing to change the church in any way!

Oliver
1 day ago

Remove that awful lot and build a park there. The food trucks are nice, yoga classes are cool. Just remove the cars and plant some trees!

Ludovica
1 day ago

Does Brickell really need another tower, or would it be better to design a green space for residents instead? With so many buildings already in the area, isn’t it time to prioritize nature and community spaces?

sunny
1 day ago

it will be mostly shade anyway. Grab a waterfront spot and make a greenspace. At least mornings it will be sunny and a view to boot.

Anonymous
1 day ago

To answer your question, yes, Brickell needs lots more towers.

Anon
1 day ago

They would have to charge an entrance fee to that dream park that would rival a 3 day Disney pass to make up for the lost profits of foregoing selling condos on the land.

GOP mouthpiece
1 day ago

Glorious development. Will allow Miami to each “new heights”. The incoming new administration under the leadership of Trump will accelerate Miami’s development and signal “a new era”

sunny
1 day ago

Not really, trickledown taxes/tarriffs will increase prices. Loan rates go up and sales start to slow to a sluggish again. Building condos/apts/business slows…. not for another 5 years to get back going.

Al
1 day ago

Just demo it already. It’s going to happen regardless. Miami is ran by developers so nothing is sacred. Stop wasting time and money pretending that the Historical Board is doing anything. Just collect your envelope and look the other way.

Anon
1 day ago

No reason to knock down a beautiful building when there are tons of empty lots/abandoned buildings in the urban core and even Brickell still. When all the old homes are torn down and every empty lot has infill, then talk to me about knocking down this church.

Anon
1 day ago

churches are the biggest wastes of space around, and they need to pay taxes too.

Shawn
2 days ago

Please don’t even build that building. This church is under historic preservation under federal law and it’s also on the registry of historic places. So please don’t.

Anonymous
1 day ago

Federal designation is a registry, and that’s it. Protection is at the local level, and unfortunately Miami doesn’t have a good track record of it.