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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Oct. 10 2012 Judith Hogan Frankel Programs & Outreach Coordinator Miami Design Preservation League 3056722014 [email protected] CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE COLLINS CANAL MIAMI BEACH, Fla.— The Collins Canal Centennial Celebration on Saturday November 3 rd , marks 100 years since the opening of the Collins Canal. The allday family event is hosted by the Miami Design Preservation League, Collins Park Neighborhood Association, the City of Miami Beach and SOBE Arts and is taking place at The Bandshell on 2100 Washington Ave. In case of rain, the event will move to the 21 st street recreation center next door. The celebration begins at 10 a.m. and ends about 6:30 p.m. It features musical performances, food trucks, various activities for children, and historic walking tours of the Collins Canal and Collins Park neighborhood provided by the Miami Design Preservation League. Miami Beach pioneer John Collins created the canal in 1912 in order to move his avocado crops across Miami Beach since it was not connected to mainland then. Keeping with the theme of the canal’s history, a class on growing and maintaining avocado trees is being taught in the Miami Beach Botanical Garden at 10 a.m. that MORE

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   FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE                                                                        FOR  MORE  INFORMATION,  CONTACT:  Oct.  10  2012                          Judith  Hogan  Frankel                                  

             Programs  &  Outreach  Coordinator                              Miami  Design  Preservation  League                                                      305-­‐672-­‐2014    

                                                                                           [email protected]    

CELEBRATING  100  YEARS  OF  THE  COLLINS  CANAL  

MIAMI  BEACH,  Fla.—  The  Collins  Canal  Centennial  Celebration  on  Saturday  

November  3rd,    marks  100  years  since  the  opening  of  the  Collins  Canal.    The  all-­‐day  

family  event  is  hosted  by  the  Miami  Design  Preservation  League,  Collins  Park  

Neighborhood  Association,  the  City  of  Miami  Beach  and  SOBE  Arts  and  is  taking  

place  at  The  Bandshell  on  2100  Washington  Ave.  In  case  of  rain,  the  event  will  move  

to  the  21st  street  recreation  center  next  door.    

  The  celebration  begins  at  10  a.m.  and  ends  about  6:30  p.m.  It  features  

musical  performances,  food  trucks,  various  activities  for  children,  and  historic  

walking  tours  of  the  Collins  Canal  and  Collins  Park  neighborhood  provided  by  the  

Miami  Design  Preservation  League.      

Miami  Beach  pioneer  John  Collins  created  the  canal  in  1912  in  order  to  move  

his  avocado  crops  across  Miami  Beach  since  it  was  not  connected  to  mainland  then.  

Keeping  with  the  theme  of  the  canal’s  history,  a  class  on  growing  and  maintaining  

avocado  trees  is  being  taught  in  the  Miami  Beach  Botanical  Garden  at  10  a.m.  that    

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day.  City  Commissioner  Jorge  Exposito  is  also  presenting  a  proclamation  

commemorating  100  years  of  history.    Attendees  are  encouraged  to  dress  in  period  

costume  and  arrive  in  canoes,  kayaks  and  paddleboards.    They  are  discouraged,  

however,  to  enter  the  canal  with  motorized  boats.            

 “The  canal  really  got  Miami  Beach  started,”  said  Carolyn  Klepser,  freelance  

historic  researcher  who  is  assisting  in  the  planning  of  the  upcoming  event.    This  is  

the  first  of  several  100-­‐year  celebrations  that  the  city  of  Miami  Beach  is  preparing,  

including  the  City’s  100th  birthday  in  2015.      

  The  all-­‐day  event  is  free  for  all  attendees.  Artist  Herbert  Hofer  created  the  

Collins  Canal  poster.      Miami  Ad  School  students  Lindsey  Mills  and  Jesse  Abbott  

created  flyers  for  the  event.    

About  Miami  Design  Preservation  League:  Preserving,  promoting  and  protecting  

the  Miami  Beach  Art  Deco  Architectural  Historic  District  since  1976.  

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