Pinetree Drive em Miami Beach é uma longa alameda a sombra de pinheiros centenários, que se entende por 30 quadras desta cidade ensolarada. Possui casarões históricos e um legado de bravura contra tempestades, mudanças culturais e gostos arquitecturais. Alguns do imóveis esperam, razoavelmente bem mantidos, por donos novos. Casas historicas no mercado na área hoje chegam a U$18 milhões. Visitei o casarão mais barato: US$679 mil. Esnobava velhos luxos: azulejos cubanos, arcos, estuque (argamassa feita com pó de mármore, cal fina, gesso e areia) e detalhado rodapés.
Apesar de não oferecer os imóveis mais caros da cidade hoje, a “Pinetree” tem pedigree social. Afinal, em suas mansões os magnatas do começo do século, John Collins, Carl Fisher e os Irmãos Lummus construíram a imagem da cidade como destinação de veraneio e fronteira imobiliária.
As mansões oferecem detalhes escondidos, jardins internos, despensas, antigas palmeiras e fruta no cacho. Algumas são dos anos 20 — quando elefantes ainda eram usados em Miami Beach para arrancar as raízes fortes do mangue e carregar tijolos. Outras foram restauradas com perfeição e possuem ate 20 quartos, varias piscinas e garagem de barco.
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“Pinetree Drive: Crib of the Luxury in Miami”
Pinetree Drive in Miami Beach is a long street lined with giant centenary pines. It streches itself for 30 blocks from 23rd Street all the way to 60th Street. It has historic mansions and a legacy of bravery against storms, cultural changes and architectural tastes. Some of the historical properties are quite well maintained. The highest active listing in the market now is a $18 million house. While showing houses this weekend, I visited the cheapest listing in the area: $ 679,000. The house showcased luxuries of an old world: Cuban tiles, arches, stucco (plaster made with marble dust, fine lime, gypsum and sand) and detailed work on the walls.
Although not the most expensive area in the city today, the houses on Pinetree have social pedigree. After all, in their mansions the magnates of the beginning of the century, John Collins, Carl Fisher and the Lummus Brothers built the city’s image as a destination resort and the ultimate real estate frontier for the rich and the poor.
The mansions offer hidden details such as internal gardens, double pantries, old palm trees and fruit trees. Some of the houses are from the 1920s – when elephants were still used in Miami Beach to clear the roots of the mangrove and carry the bricks that built Miami Beach. Others houses have been restored to perfection and have up to 20 rooms, several swimming pools and private marina.
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