Domino Park on Calle Ocho: How Little Havana's Tables Keep Their Game
Máximo Gómez Park has hosted the neighborhood's domino players since 1976 — a small city park with an outsized place in Miami's civic story.
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Little Havana's Domino Park Runs on Rules, Regulars and Fridays for All
At the corner of Calle Ocho and Southwest 15th Avenue, membership is capped by age and residency, but the city opens the gates to everyone once a week.
Free Backpacks and School Supplies: How Miami-Dade's Back-to-School Giveaways Work Each July and August
From church drives in Liberty City to county library supply events in Homestead, Miami-Dade's free back-to-school giveaways run late July through mid-August, and most require the child to be present.
Urban Paradise Guild Has Grown Liberty City's Gardens, and Its Gardeners, Since 2009
The volunteer-run Amelia Garden Center anchors the nonprofit's urban agriculture in Liberty City, where Saturday volunteers have grown food and native habitat since March 2009.
Christ Episcopal Church, Coconut Grove's Bahamian-Born Congregation, Has Held West Grove Since 1901
Founded by West Indian churchmen on March 24, 1901, the parish on Virginia Street remains an institution of the Grove's Bahamian-descended community.