How is a park in Brickell — one of the few green spaces left in Miami’s financial district — at risk of, one day, becoming a high-rise?
Like a lot of things that go sideways in South Florida, this is a decades-old tale of government mismanagement, in this case by the city of Miami.
Allen Morris Brickell Park has been closed since July, the Herald reported. This isn’t new — the park shut down before, during a protracted legal fight between the family that donated the land to the public and the city, which was accused of misusing the property. The park eventually reopened in 2023, but that was temporary — a bit of fine print few residents noticed…