MDM’s “Met Square” Development
What is this weird circular structure at the corner of SE 4th St and SE 3rd Ave?
At the Met Square site archeologists discovered evidence of several circular Tequesta dwellings and lines showing raised walkways. Like the Met One site the features clearly continued beyond the confines of the site. This discovery with all the other downtown sites so far examined have demonstrated that Miami was a densely populated busy place for millennia. At this site archaeologists also unearthed remnants of Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel and in the fill of the Hotel’s original seawall many human bones were found scattered randomly. These are likely bones from the nearby original burial Mound which Flagler’s workers treated as just so much fill.
MDM Again!
MDM went ahead with this project in 2015 despite the City of Miami’s Historic Preservation Board being unanimous in opposing it in its current form. The City of Miami Commissioners abruptly overruled the preservation Board. This remains after the contentious battles between preservationists and the developers and their political enablers. It is this a strange concrete enclosed area around one of the circles with no signage nor lighting.
