The Underline Public Meeting: Preview & Give Feedback Of The Brickell Backyard Plans
If you have been curious about the plans of The Underline, Miami’s upcoming 10 mile linear park, now is your opportunity. The Miami-Dade Transportation & Public Works Departments, and Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Departments will be holding a public meeting this Thursday, Janaury 19 with the Friends of The Underline initiative.
During the meeting, the preliminary design proposals for Phase 1: Brickell Backyard will be discussed by the James Corner Field Operations design team. The Brickell Backyard is the name for the span of The Underline that runs under the Metrorail tracks from the Miami River to SW 13th Street (Coral Way). The site is currently grossly underused, with only a collection of bus stops and a temporary outdoor gym. Along the Brickell Station, there is a beautiful natural coral rock ledge that will be incorporated into the park.
The Underline is a proposed 10-mile greenway with urban biking and pedestrian trails and park amenities beneath the county’s Metrorail, in Miami-Dade County’s Rapid Transit Right of Way, between the Miami River north of Brickell and Dadeland South stations. The project’s vision is to enhance connectivity, mobility, sustainability and biking safety for hundreds of thousands of Miami-Dade residents and visitors.
To see the plans in detail, visit Southside Elementary on Thursday night from 5:30pm-8pm. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria. Southside Elementary is on the corner of SW 1st Avenue & 13th Street, just across the street from Infinity at Brickell. There is street parking around Infinity & SLS Brickell, along with a surface lot across the street. If you are a transit rider, the Brickell Station Metromover & Metrorail stops are just across the street to the west of the school. We’ll see you there!
If you’d like to RSVP, you can do so here.
Friends of the Underline Host UnderLounge Event in Brickell
The Underline, Miami’s new 10 mile linear park that will be installed underneath the Metrorail tracks from Brickell to Dadeland South, is inviting everyone to a free festival at underneath the Brickell Station. The event is called The Underlounge and will take place Saturday, October 15 from noon-6pm.
There will be activities for all ages including face painting, the world’s longest mini-golf hole, interactive chalk art madala, pop-up dog park & pet costume contest, caricature artist, balloon animals, kids play, fitness classes, yoga, and of course – a DJ. I already have my dog’s camel costume ready to go.
The Underline is being designed by James Corner Field Operations, the same designer of the popular High Line in New York City. The $120 million project will be funded by donations from developers (including Swire’s $600,000 contribution), impact fees from developments built within 1,000 feet of the metrorail, private donations and was recently approved as an EB-5 project.
Construction is set to begin next fall on the Brickell segment. Initial funding for this segment was the first to be received and we are very much looking forward to utilizing this space!
Find out more about the Underlounge here.
County Commission Officially Approves Mixed-Use Megaproject at Douglas Road Metrorail Station
On Tuesday Miami-Dade County Commissioners officially signed off on Adler Group and 13th Floor Investments’ mixed use, 7-acre megaproject The Link at Douglas at the Douglas Road Metrorail Station. The two developers beat out the Related Group in a competition awarding them a 30-year ground lease, with two 30-year options to extend it, to develop the transit-oriented site. Renderings show two big-ol towers, pedestrian-oriented street facades, and smaller scaled accessory buildings. The project will have 970 residences, a 150 room hotel, and 70,000 square feet of retail space. The Real Deal has more details on the deal. Bonus: $600k for the Underline.
