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George Merrick, Son of the South Wind : Visionary Creator of Coral Gables by Arva Moore Parks is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The story of developers selling off the Sunshine State is as old as the first railroad tracks laid across the peninsula. But seldom do we hear about the men who actually built a better Florida. In George Merrick, Son of the South Wind, South Florida historian Arva Moore Parks recounts George Merrick's quest to distinguish himself from the legions of developers who sought only profit.Helping to create the land boom of the 1920s, Merrick transformed his family's citrus grove just outside of Miami into one of the finest planned communities: the "master suburb" of Coral Gables. With a team of architects and city planners, he built homes for the growing middle class in the Mediterranean Style using local stone, and he invested in public infrastructure by designing and building parks and pools, trolley lines and waterways. He pledged land for a library and the university that would become the University of Miami. Hailed in national publications as a visionary,...
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Arva Moore Parks
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813061511
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Travel, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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