Land Use Patterns and Real Estate Development Bibliography

Coral Gables: A Brief History
Coral Gables, FL: Planning Dept., Historic Preservation Division, 1989.
    This book focuses on the historical development of Coral Gables. It includes a number of pictorial works identifying some of the most important buildings of Coral Gables.
Everglades Digital Library Home
Miami, FL: Florida International University Libraries, 1997.
    The Everglades Digital Library is an evolving library of information resources relating to the south Florida environment. The site includes online collections of scientific and technical reports, natural history writings, educational and interpretive materials, datasets, maps, photos, and a directory of other Internet sites relating to the greater Everglades.
Florida Photographic Collection
Tallahassee: State Archives of Florida, Florida Department of State, State Library and Archives of Florida, 199x.
    The Florida Photographic Collection, a component of the State Archives of Florida, contains thousands photographs, postcards and other images recording life and development in Miami from the late nineteenth century to present. Of note are the photographs of W.A. Fishbaugh, G.W. Romer, and the Miami images in the Postcard Collection, the Wendler Collection, and the MOSAIC collection of Jewish life in Florida.
From Wilderness to Metropolis: The History and Architecture of Dade County, Florida, 1825-1940
2nd ed. Miami, FL: Metropolitan Dade County, Office of Community Development, Historic Preservation Division, 1992.
    This book focuses on the history of Dade County - from patterns of early settlement to the later periods of rapid urban development. It also provides information regarding the history and architecture of Dade County's most significant buildings.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Miami, FL.
    The archival collection contains material relating to the history and construction of Vizcaya. Contact: Remko Jamsonius (305-250-9133). By appointment only.
Adams, Adam G.
"Some Pre-Boom Developers of Dade County"
Tequesta 17(1957): 31-46.
Ashley, Kathryne B.
George E. Merrick and Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, FL: Crystal Bay Press, 1985.
    This book provides a biography of George E. Merrick. It focuses on his various contributions to the development of Coral Gables, Florida.
Baker, Robert K., and Maria L. Villanueva
Analysis of Hurricane Andrew Economic Damage and Recovery Options for the Boating, Marina and Marine Service Industries.
Technical paper / Florida Sea Grant College Program ; 72. Gainesville, FL: Florida Sea Grant College Program, University of Florida, 1993.
    Survey funded by Hurricane Educational Response Program assessing the damage of Hurricane Andrew.
Ballinger, Kenneth J.
Miami Millions; The Dance of the Dollars in the Great Florida Land Boom of 1925
Miami, FL: The Franklin Press, 1936.
    Ballinger's book examines the story of the 1925 Florida land boom. He looks at the impacts that it had on Florida, including consequences for the state economy, political decisions, land development patterns, and more.
Blackman, E.V.
Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress and Achievement.
Miami, FL: Victor Rainbolt, 1921.
    This is a general history about the initial stages of Miami's development as a city. It includes short biographies on notable local figures including the author.
Blackman, E.V.
Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress, and Achievement
Chuluota, FL: Mickler House, 1977.
    This work was originally published in 1921. It offers a general history of the initial stages of Miami's development as a city. It includes short biographies on notable local figures including the author.
Blake, Nelson M.
Land into Water - - Water into Land: A History of Water Management in Florida
Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University Press, 1980.
    This books deals with the number of problems that the state of Florida has encountered over the years regarding its water supply. The focus is on how the state has chose to address these problems to ensure that there is always an adequate water supply to meet the needs of its inhabitants, farmers, ranchers, industrialists, tourists, and others.
Blank, Joan
Key Biscayne: A Historical of Miami's Tropical Island and the Cape Florida Lighthouse
Sarasota, Fl: Pineapple Press, 1996.
    Blank covers the history of Key Biscayne island, including its settlement, the environmental issues it faced, the problems it encountered in terms of public access to its beaches, etc. The sources include original documents, such as letters and pictures saved by descendents of settlers and lighthouse keepers. A bibliography is also included.
Born, Donna Knowles
The Road to Somewhere: A History of Baptist Hospital of Miami and the Kendall Community.
1st ed ed. Miami, FL: Arva Parks and Co., 1990.
    This work covers the history of Baptist Memorial Hospital from its establishment in 1960 up to 1990. Highlighted throughout the work is the hospital's importance in both shaping and reflecting social trends in Miami-Dade county. As a harbinger for expansion, the hospital's foundation marked a significant point in the development of Miami suburbs, namely Kendall. Mirroring the population growth of Dade county, Baptist Hospital has evolved from its early clientele of Protestant caucasians to currently serving the varied and diverse ethnic populations of modern Miami. Born focuses on these themes while presenting a detailed work of the hospital and the community it serves.
Braden, Susan R.
The Architecture of Leisure: The Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant
The Florida History and Culture Series. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2002.
    Braden documents the early growth of the hotel and leisure industry across southeastern Florida. She draws upon archival research as well as the memoirs and journals of visitors and hotel employees. The book ncludes information about Henry Flagler and Henry Plant, in addition to their far reaching impact on the area's economic composition and environment.
Bramson, Seth
"Railroad Stations in Dade County"
Tequesta 45(1985): 73-77.
Brown, William E., Jr., and Karen Hudson
"Henry Flagler and the Model Land Company"
Tequesta 56(1996): 46-78.
Brownell, Blair A. and David R. Goldfield, eds.
The City in Southern History: The Growth of Urban Civilization in the South.
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1977.
    Discusses the growth of both old and new southern cities, the subsequent influences behind these developments,and Post-Civil War race relations.
Bush, Gregory W., and Arva Moore Parks
Miami, the American crossroad : A Centennial Journey, 1896-1996.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
    Largely a compilation of historical documents on the growth of Miami ranging from the Tequesta Indians, European attempts at colonial expansion, the city's foundation and early development, and up to post-Hurricane Andrew. Includes interview excerpts and written materials from some of the city's best known benefactors and personalities. In addition to touching on most of the greater Miami area's general history, Parks and Bush also offer short chronicles and stories pertaining to historical landmarks in and around South Florida.
Carter, Luther
The Florida Experience: Land and Water Policy in a Growth State
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975.
    Carter opens this book by explaining that everyone needs to have "a sense of place." He then documents how Floridian people have settled and worked their land to develop a sense of place and identify with its resources and most attractive aspects. Six case studies are included. A number of them deal with the Everglades area.
Ceo, Rocco J., and Joanne Lombard
Historic Landscapes of Florida
[Miami, FL]: Deering Foundation and the University of Miami School of Architecture, 2001.
    This work presents historic and contemporary Florida landscape photography as well as information on the state's most significant historic places and buildings. It includes sections on the work of renowned Florida architect William Lyman Phillips who designed the Mountain Lake Sanctuary, a part of the Bok Tower Gardens (now Historic Bok Sanctuary)in Lake Wales, Fairchild Tropical Garden, McKee Jungle Gardens in Vero Beach , and Graynolds Park in North Miami Beach. It also highlights former residences of John and Mable Ringling in Sarasota, the Thomas A. Edison Winter Estate and Botanical Gardens in Ft. Myers, the Charles Deering Estate in Cutler, brother James Deering's Vizcaya Estate in Miami, and the Kampong, the Coral Gables home of Dr. David Fairchild.
Cerulean, Susan
The Book of the Everglades
Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2002.
    This book provides a history of the Everglades, one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. It describes the Everglades’ complex natural history and how civilization altered this place. Also, it looks towards the future, identifying the various environmental problems to be expected, and suggests different ways to approach them.
Chandler, David L.
Henry Flagler: The Astonishing Life and Times of the Visionary Robber Baron Who Founded Florida
New York, NY: Macmillan, 1986.
    This book, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chandler, provides a biography of Flagler (1830-1913), co-founder of Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller and pioneer in the development of Florida. It includes a great deal of information on Flagler's early years from ages fifteen to forty, as well as on the fate of his Palm Beach house, Whitehall.
Cleary, Malinda Lester
"Denman Fink, Dream Coordinator to George Merrick and the Development of Coral Gables, Florida."
Master's thesis, University of Miami, 1996.
Derr, Mark
Some Kind of Paradise: A Chronicle of Man and the Land in Florida
New York, NY: William Morrow and Co., 1989.
    This book is an environmental history of the state of Florida. It chronicles the early years of settlement through the first half of the twentieth century and up to today, concentrating largely on the southeastern coast and the Everglades. Derr also discusses, in detail, the roles of prominent citizens like Henry Flagler in shaping South Florida as a tropical mecca.
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
Florida: The Long Frontier
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1967.
    This book is a general history of the state of Florida. Douglas examines a plethora of topics - from the exploration of Florida by the Spanish and the Seminole Wars to Florida's role in the Civil War and the impact of Reconstruction. For her, Florida's status as a relatively unsettled frontier zone was only brought to an end with the completion of Henry Flagler's railroad to Key West in the early twentieth century.
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman
The Everglades: River of Grass
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1997.
    This is one of the most significant books ever to be published on the Everglades. Originally published in 1947, Douglas' work drew national attention to the increasing pressure that Floridians were putting on the Everglades. In her book, she provides an eloquent history of the people who have at various times occupied, explored, or hidden in the vast area. Additionally, she provides information on the Everglades' unique ecosystem and the many reasons why it must be preserved.
Dunn, Marvin
Black Miami in the Twentieth Century
Florida History and Culture Series. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1997.
    Beginning his narrative with the black pirates of Biscayne Bay, Dunn analyzes the involvement of the African-American community in over one hundred years of Miami history. From the cultural renaissance of old Overtown to the Lozano and McDuffie incidents, this work delves into the intricacies of African-American life during and after World World II, Segregation,the fight for Civil Rights, increasing racial tension and violence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and up to present day.
Fairchild, David
The World Grows Round My Door: The Story of the Kampong, a Home on the Edge of the Tropics
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947.
    This is the story of Fairchild and the time he spent at his home in South Florida. Fairchild was an expert cultivator of plants. This book provides information regarding his successes and failures in cultivating in Florida, and it also tells of his travels throughout the world in search of rare plant species.
Fisher, Jerry M.
The Pacesetter: The Untold Story of Carl G. Fisher
Fort Bragg, CA: Lost Coast Press, 1998.
    Jerry Fisher, a relative of Carl G. Fisher, traces the life of his cousin, noting his impressive accomplishments from Miami, New York, and elsewhere. The book traces Carl Fisher's role in the development of Miami Beach, and how he helped the city attain its status as an international tourist destination. Jerry Fisher also looks at his Carl's role in developing Montauk, Long Island, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the first transcontinental highway.
Fitzgerarld-Bush, Frank S.
A Dream of Araby: Glenn H. Curtiss and the Founding of Opa-locka
1st ed ed. Opa-Locka, Fl: South Florida Archaeological Museum, 1976.
    Fitzgerald-Bush chronicles the foundation of the Florida boom town Opa-Locka, a suburb of Miami. Created in 1925 by famed inventor Glenn H. Curtiss, the city was a combination of mystique and Arabic architectual influence. The work allows a glimpse into what made and shaped this unique area.

Florida International University Libraries
Miami Metropolitan Archive
Miami, FL: State University System of Florida , Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials, 2003.
    The Miami Metropolitan Archiveis an ongoing cooperative effort of the Urban, Regional & Local Government Documents Department at Florida International University Libraries and the City of Miami City Clerk's Office to provide digital access to the full text of important source materials on Miami-Dade County urban development. Currently, early City of Miami City Council meeting minutes, charters, departmental annual reports, and planning documents from 1896 to 1966 are archived here.
George, Paul S.
"Brokers, Binders, and Builders: Greater Miami's Boom of the Mid-1920s"
Florida Historical Quarterly 65(July 1986): 27-51.
George, Paul S., and Thomas Peterson
"Liberty Square, 1933-1987: The Origin and Evaluation of a Public Housing Project"
Tequesta 48(1988): 53-68.
Gleason, David K.
Over Miami
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1990.
    Gleason's book provides readers with a series of aerial photographs of Miami. Gleason focuses on the city and its relationship to the water. He also provides readers with an overhead glimpse of the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Miami.
Jackson, Faith R.
Pioneer of Tropical Landscape Architecture: William Lyman Phillips in Florida
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1997.
    Jackson's book examines the life and achievements of the renowned landscape architect, William Lyman Phillips. She discusses his role in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Florida, the numerous public and private parks that he designed, and one of his greatest accomplishments - Fairchild Tropical Garden.
Kleinberg, Howard
Miami Beach: A History
Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 1994.
    Kleinberg's work provides a detailed history of Miami Beach. It includes information on early Miami Beach immigration and settlement, changing land-use patterns, the development of tourist sites, and urban life.
LaRoue, Samuel D., and Ellen J. Uguccioni
The Biltmore Hotel: An Enduring Legacy
Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 2002.
    LaRoue thoroughly examines the chronology of the historic Biltmore Hotel from its initial construction in the 1920s to its renovation in the 1980s and 90s. Identified by many as a historically significant hotel, and having played host to throngs of celebrities, politicians, and other well known and well to do personalities, the Biltmore Hotel serves as a reminder of the original grandeur and luxury George Merrick envisioned when he constructed the surrounding area in the 1920s.
Lavender, Abraham D.
Miami Beach in 1920: The Making of a Winter Resort
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002.
    Lavender's book examines the early growth of Miami Beach. He uses the year 1920, a "milestone" year in regards to the city's development, as the point of departure for his work. It was the year in which developments related to transportation, electricity, and telephones set the city on its course to become a modern tourist mecca.
Levin, Ted
Liquid Land: A Journey through the Florida Everglades
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2003.
    Levin examines the work done by the Army Corps of Engineers in Florida's Everglades. He details the damage done by the system of canals and levees - a system that was constructed to help with flooding almost sixty years ago. Levin's book takes into account what we have now learned about the Everglades' significance, and he lays out a plan for managing this precious resource in the future.
Leynes, Jennifer B., and David Cullison
Biscayne National Park Resource Study
Atlanta, GA: National Park Service, Southeast Region, 1998.
Lombard, Joanna, and Beth Dunlop
DPZ: The Architecture of Duany and Plater-Zyberk
New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000.
    This book examines the urban design patters of the architectural firm DPZ. It contains information, as well as a number of illustrations, on the firm's work throughout the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. The author includes a look at the mark made by the firm in South Florida - one evidenced in such structures as Coconut Grove's Hibiscus House.
McCally, David
The Everglades: An Environmental History
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999.
    McCally provides a history of the Everglades, focusing on the land itself instead of the people who have lived there. He begins with a look at the geological formation of the Everglades. He continues with an overview of how the land was impacted differently by paleo and archaic Indians, the Calusa, and later the Spanish. He examines why it lay untouched for so long and then shifts to a thorough retelling of how the United States has related to the land, covering periods where aims have varied from draining to preserving the Everglades.
Mclver, Stuart B.
The Greatest Sale on Earth: The Story of the Miami Board of Realtors, 1920-1980
Miami, FL: E. A. Seemann, 1980.
Millas, Aristides J., and Ellen J. Uguccioni
Coral Gables, Miami Riviera: An Architectural Guide
Miami, FL: Dade Heritage Trust, 2003.
    This book provides readers with a historical background of Coral Gables as well as a guide for exploring the architecture of today's Coral Gables. The book examines the nineteenth and twentieth century architectural forms that influenced the city's developers. It explains the developers' intention to create a "Master Suburb," and ends by providing six self-guided tours for viewing the city.
Mohl, Raymond A.
South of the South: Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2004.
    Mohl examines the role played by Jewish activists in Miami's civil rights movement. He pays particular attention to two Jewish women who were not from Miami, but moved there later in life to promote civil rights for African Americans. Matilda "Bobbi" Graff and Shirley M. Zoloth worked with grassroots organizations to desegregate Miami. Mohl makes it clear, however, that Miami's growing status as both a global tourist hub and a multicultural city created unique circumstances for civil rights pioneers.
Mormino, Gary R.
Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005.
    Mormino's book is a social history of Florida since World War II. It deals with how the history of Florida and its people have been shaped by a number of factors. Included are looks at the impact of "land booms," tourism, and technology on the development of the state. There is also a chapter on the people of Florida's relationship with the environment.
Muir, Helen
Miami, U.S.A.
2nd ed. Miami, FL: The Pickering Press, 1990.
    This is the second edition of Muir's book on the history and development of life in Miami. She focuses on topics varying from political debates to popular culture.
Muir, Helen
Miami, U.S.A. Illustrated with Photos
1st ed ed. New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1953.
    This is a colorful history of Miami streching back from the founding of Lemon City and Fort Dallas all the way to 1953. The book contains an interesting chapter about the role of well known mafiosos - including Al Capone - in Miami Beach during the 1940s and early 1950s.
Munroe, Ralph Middleton and Vincent Gilpin
The Commodore's Story: The Early Days on Biscayne Bay
2nd ed. Miami, FL: Historical Association of South Florida, 1985.
Nash, Charles Edgar
The Magic of Miami Beach.
1st ed ed. Philadelphia: David McKay Co, 1938.
    Subtitle: 'A detailed account of the traditions, history, and phenomenal growth of a wonder city built with the touch of Aladdin upon the sands of the semi-tropical lower east coast of Florida.'
Nash, Eric P and Randall C. Robinson Jr.
MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2004.
    A combination of post WWII optimism and modernism, MiMo embodies the flavorful and glamorous energy of a city developed around the notion of tropical splendor and decadence. Nash and Robinson provide backround on the main MiMo areas, Biscayne Boulevard and Collins Avenue, before delving heavily into the tourist centric mentality that helped to create the necessary atmosphere for this architectual style. Chronicling the subtropical modernist influence in MiMo, as well as that of the famed architect Franklin Lloyd Wright, the authors present and discuss the city's best known individual structures and neighberhoods. Moving onto the colorful celebrity personalties and architects who helped to define the era, MiMo Revealed displays how these people came to shape the character of not only Miami and Miami Beach, but to a large extent, the way in which America and the world have come to view the sub tropical haven that is South Florida.
Parks, Arva Moore
Miami, The Magic City.
1st ed. American Political Series. Tulsa, OK: Continental Heritage Press, 1981.
    This book covers the history of Miami from the city's founding until the publication of Moore's book (1981). The extensive photography that is included is the work of Steven Brooke.
Parks, Arva Moore
Miami: The Magic City
2nd ed. Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 1991.
    This book covers the history of Miami from the city's founding through the 1980s. This is a revised and updated edition from that which she published in 1981. The extensive photography that is included is the work of Steven Brooke.
Peters, Thelma
Biscayne Country: 1870-1926
Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1981.
Peters, Thelma
Lemon City: Pioneering on Biscayne Bay, 1850-1925
Miami, FL: Banyan Books, 1976.
    Peters examines the history of Lemon City, one of the earliest communities in what would become Miami Dade County. She identifies the key figures in the settlement of Lemon City and shows how they shaped its early years of development. She illustrates what first drew people to the area, and also why they continued to migrate to this early community on Biscayne Bay.
Rinhart, Floyd and Marion Rinhart
Victorian Florida: America's Last Frontier
Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1986.
    This book is a pictorial history of Florida. The authors' work begins in the north of Florida, but deals with places such as Tampa and Key West as well. It illustrates the ways in which Florida's first tourists saw the frontier gradually being pushed further south.
Roy, Joaquin
The Streets of Coral Gables: Their Names and Their Meanings
Miami, FL: University of Miami Press, 1989.
Seebohm, Caroline
Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Golf Coast
New York, NY: Clarkson Potter, 2001.
    This is a biography of the architect Addison Mizner. It examines his designs throughout Palm Beach - the city in which the bulk of his work was done - and elsewhere in South Florida. Seebohm also looks at how his lack of formal training and the worldly experiences he had early on came together to form an eclectic style.
Taylor, Jean
Villages of South Dade
St Petersburg, FL: Bryon Kennedy & Co., 1985?.
Tebeau, Charlton W.
The University of Miami: A Golden Anniversary History.
Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1976.
    This book provides a detailed history of the University of Miami's first fifty years (1926-1976). In creating a complete historical record, Tebeau chronicles the school's turbulent beginning following the hurricane of 1926, up to the era of the Stanford presidency. From George Merrick to William Jennings Bryan, Tebeau discusses the role of many prominent figures in establishing and supporting the University. Furthermore, Tebeau ends his work by pondering several future issues facing both UM and higher education in general.

University of Miami Library, Florida International University Libraries, and Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2002.
    Documents the history of the Everglades. Examines major topics and issues relating to the development, reclamation, conservation, and protection of the Everglades. Features personal correspondence and diaries, essays, manuscripts, typescripts, rare books, periodicals, scientific and engineering reports, memoranda, black and white photographs, telegrams, pamphlets, maps, color postcards, and publications from individuals and the government drawn from sixteen collections housed in the archives and special collections of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
Wisser, Bill
South Beach: America's Riviera, Miami Beach, Florida
New York, NY: Arcade Publications, 1995.
    Wisser's book exmaines the development of the city of Miami Beach. He looks at the city's early history, the development of Art Deco architecture in Miami Beach, and the city's rise to prominence as an international tourist destination.
Wolff, Reinhold P.
Miami: Economic Patterns of a Resort Area.
Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami, 1945.
    Wolff deals with every aspect of South Florida's economic sphere up to 1945; includes chapters on the area's labor and natural resources, tourism, industry, real estate, and agriculture.

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