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A look back at the Miami that used to be
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| Posted by: Emory Schley |
7/18/2007 5:02 AM |
Was it Thomas Wolfe, who said, “You can never go home again”? I’ve often thought about that quotation whenever I’ve found myself strolling through some old haunts, places that once were as familiar as the face on my watch, but that now seem somehow foreign and not quite right.
We left Miami 36 years ago, and on my very infrequent trips back to that city, those “somehow foreign and not quite right” feelings burdened my spirit. However, a reader of my print column, also a former resident of south Florida, sent me a URL for a web-site maintained by a fellow whose love for the old Miami is quite apparent. His site is filled with images of a Miami that will never be again, and thoughts about places long gone, and people who now only live on in sweet memories. I visited the site and found it quite moving, or at least the nostalgic feelings it aroused in me were quite moving. It’s a compilation of images and sights, evoking sounds and thoughts from dozens, if not hundreds of contributors, each of whom seems eager to resurrect the Miami of yesterday.
If you’re longing to re-visit those wondrous days of yore, check out http://pbase.com/donboyd/memories.
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Re: A look back at the Miami that used to be |
By RJP on
9/14/2007 2:03 PM |
| I would love to revisit old miami or miami beach agian but the problem for me would be not able to speak the language down there. Since I only speak the language of this great nation which is ENGLISH. |
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