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Dorn Avenue: Past, Present, Future
Life on DORN AVENUE A RETROSPECTIVE & PERSPECTIVE by the Publisher Dorn (SW 59) Avenue is named after a South Miami founding family, the Dorn Brothers. Their historic architectural building on the corner of Sunset Drive and US1 is the crown jewel in our historic shopping and dining district. Dorn Avenue has been the focal…
WHAT’S COOKIN’ – THE FLIGHT HAS LANDED
Flight West has nothing to do with air travel, but the elegant bar and dining scene concept has finally landed after a long seven plus months. The celebrated grand opening is planned for mid-July. Flight West has been on SOMI magazine’s radar since June 2025. The corner on our historic Dorn Avenue at Sunset and…
New Faces & Places Around Town
South Miami’s Hometown District is excited to welcome new faces.
If you know of any new places or faces around town, please let us know so we can include them here.
See what’s new in town
THE WIRTZ GALLERY CLOSES
For decades, South Miami’s only permanent art gallery, housed in the lobby of the United Community Bank (formerly the First National Bank of South Miami) has hosted local and international artists each month. Artists exhibited with no gallery or commission fees. The Wirtz Gallery is named in honor of the Wirtz family patriarch Arthur M.…
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Summer 2026
South Miami is burgeoning with new developments, some under construction, others on the drawing boards and others on the minds of landowners. In the last issue we covered the approved new AvalonBay Communities SOMI, Part Two with its 16 stories towering over our historic designed buildings and a reimagined Dorn Avenue. In this edition, we…
