@aaron_leib It’s concerning to see this project marketed without acknowledging the collapse that killed 98 people. The focus must be on completing the investigation before allowing another development to proceed, while also ensuring a memorial is included to honor those we lost.
It’s concerning to see this project marketed without acknowledging the collapse that killed 98 people. The focus must be on completing the investigation before allowing another development to proceed, while also ensuring a memorial is included to honor those we lost.
NEW: Developer of Surfside collapse site unveils project featuring “mansions in the sky” starting at $15M, a “meditation garden,” “residential butlers” and a private restaurant. Press release makes no mention of the tragedy that killed 98 people in 2021.
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🔍💔 En el último episodio del HP Podcast que es lo mismo que Hijo y Padre Podcast, exploramos los misterios y revelaciones detrás del trágico colapso de Chaplain Towers en Surfside, Florida. Hablamos con Martin Langesfeld, quien perdió a sus seres queridos en esta tragedia que
@MiamiHerald Milena Sena, Surfside resident, said she came to the town council meeting on behalf of a friend whose husband and 5-year-old was killed in the collapse.
“This came as a slap to the face,” she said about the proposal of using part of 8th Street for truck traffic.
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What’s at stake? The Surfside condo collapse memorial at 88th Street.
Residents who are against the condo project as proposed say its loading dock and trash pickup site at 88th St. goes against the town commission’s own resolution — saving the road as a pedestrian memorial.
@MiamiHerald These are some of the signs I saw outside Surfside’s town hall:
“Trash trucks over a memorial is not respect.”
“98 reasons to vote no.”
“We do not build over dead bodies.”
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@MiamiHerald Martin Langesfeld, who lost his sister Nicole, her husband and two additional family members, said it all comes down to one thing: respect.
“We are tired of being here… It hurts..” he said. “We are simply asking for respect.”
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@MiamiHerald At the heart of the controversy is also the potential use of 8th Street as a construction staging site for the proposed luxury condo. Some critics said this will likely delay the construction of the Surfside condo collapse memorial — perhaps by several years, they said.
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Grateful for the support at yesterday’s peaceful protest in “Rally for Remembrance.” Thank you to all who stood with us. Thanks to the media for ongoing coverage. We ask @MiamiDadeCounty@MayorDaniella and @MyFDOT to please approve the Loading Dock on Collins Avenue.
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@MiamiHerald Here’s Martin Langesfeld during his public comment: He urged city officials to apologize to Surfside residents and for the developer to find a way to design a truck entrance through Collins Ave.
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@Mlangesfeld 🔔 New Since 6pm: “We understand there are some outstanding questions related to the site plan and the use of 88th Street.” Just before 8pm @MayorDaniella sent attached letter via email to Surfside’s Mayor and Town Commission expressing County’s continued support for a memorial.
@CBoomerVazquez This is clearly still on 88th street and has a huge impact on the memorial. My sister and her husband were killed in the collapse along with 96 others. It is insulting and wrong for the Town of Surfside to allow DAMAC to place their trash and loading docks on this small memorial
🔔 NEW: One day before a planned demonstration—DAMAC releases a media statement (attached) that states the developer has “amended the plans with their architect and has relocated the refuse holding area…and avoids the use of 88th Street.” #SurfsideMemorial 1/