Week of April 26, 2012
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OUTDOORS Saturday 4/28 PARK SECRETSSecrets of Simpson Park with HistoryMiami eco-historian Frank Schena explores Simpson Park, named after Dr. Charles Torrey Simpson and once partly owned by William Brickell. The park is a remnant of the original tropical hardwood forest that extended along Biscayne Bay from the Miami River to Coconut Grove. Advance reservations and payment required. 9-11 a.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. $20 museum members. $30 others. Details: (305) 375-1621 or citytours@historymiami.org or www.historymiami.org. Sunday 4/29 HOTELS WALKThe House of Refuge to MiMo Hotels Walk with HistoryMiami guide Sylvia Gurinsky tours more than a century of history. Stroll along Collins Avenue and Ocean Terrace, from the site of the Biscayne House of Refuge, once maintained to save the lives of shipwrecked sailors along this isolated coast, to Art Deco and MiMo (Miami Modern) hotels. Advance reservations and payment required. 9-11 a.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. $20 museum members. $30 others. Details: (305) 375-1621 or citytours@historymiami.org or www.historymiami.org.
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