The former Oak Street Garage. Now an office building.
There is a story in Miami Today about Coconut Grove's parking situation. It says that at a recent meeting, of the Miami Parking Authority, CEO Art Noriega, spoke about the need for critical parking, he said he has spoken with US Rep. Donna Shalala about building a garage near or on the Post Office property.
There was talk of this at a few meetings in 2007. It's an excellent location. But it begs the question; why did Noriega sell the Oak Street Garage to the Terra Group so that it could become an office building? And now he's begging for parking. At first I didn't see a problem because I was told it would remain a garage, "for cash flow," as I was told by David Martin of Terra. But of course it's not a garage anymore, it's an office building, which has inconvenienced traffic flow in the Grove for what seems forever as the building is being renovated. That whole Tigertail and Mary area is a mess and has been for years due to greed and selfishness.
Of course the recent removal of many on street parking spaces is not helping the parking issue around the village. It's a matter of adding a few lines in the street and poof, the spaces are gone. I wrote about it last month and showed some spaces on Grand Avenue that were removed, since then I've counted about 12 that are now gone on both sides of the street.
This image shows another area of Grand Avenue where spaces were removed in that one area. The photo was taken early on a weekend morning, so all the other spaces are open, but during the day, these blocked spaces are sorely needed.
There was a large well-attended meeting regarding parking in October 2017, but nothing has been done.
There is a story in Miami Today about Coconut Grove's parking situation. It says that at a recent meeting, of the Miami Parking Authority, CEO Art Noriega, spoke about the need for critical parking, he said he has spoken with US Rep. Donna Shalala about building a garage near or on the Post Office property.
There was talk of this at a few meetings in 2007. It's an excellent location. But it begs the question; why did Noriega sell the Oak Street Garage to the Terra Group so that it could become an office building? And now he's begging for parking. At first I didn't see a problem because I was told it would remain a garage, "for cash flow," as I was told by David Martin of Terra. But of course it's not a garage anymore, it's an office building, which has inconvenienced traffic flow in the Grove for what seems forever as the building is being renovated. That whole Tigertail and Mary area is a mess and has been for years due to greed and selfishness.
Of course the recent removal of many on street parking spaces is not helping the parking issue around the village. It's a matter of adding a few lines in the street and poof, the spaces are gone. I wrote about it last month and showed some spaces on Grand Avenue that were removed, since then I've counted about 12 that are now gone on both sides of the street.
This image shows another area of Grand Avenue where spaces were removed in that one area. The photo was taken early on a weekend morning, so all the other spaces are open, but during the day, these blocked spaces are sorely needed.
There was a large well-attended meeting regarding parking in October 2017, but nothing has been done.
