Miami Maritime

A survey of Elliott Key, started in 1913, is finished. It finds the 1848 and 1872 government surveys accurate. [Photo] [Mentions the origin of the name Lake Surprise.] (28 Jun 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 3, Section: G

Plans are shown to extend (28 Jun 1953)

Plans are shown to extend Bayfront Park into part of the DuPont Plaza property. [Photo and maps.] (28 Jun 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: G

The 210-foot corvette HMCS Guelph (28 Jun 1953)

The 210-foot corvette HMCS Guelph, moored at Macarthur Causeway since 1946, is being overhauled for banana shipping. [Photo] (28 Jun 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 21, Section: A

Buck Grundy representing a group (25 Jun 1953)

Buck Grundy, representing a group of investors, offers to buy the strip of land from Key Biscayne to Key Largo. Unlike the Horobin Plan, this plan calls for filling along the west side of Elliott Key for the causeway. (25 Jun 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 9, Section: A

A small plane crashes in (15 Jun 1953)

A small plane crashes in the bay between MacArthur and Venetian Causeways. (15 Jun 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

City of Miami voters vote (10 Jun 1953)

City of Miami voters vote against the city and county of Miami merger. (10 Jun 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A