Q. What is the name of the Dade County community developed in the 1920’s that used for its architectural theme, buildings with Moorish mosques and domes?

 


(City Hall, ca. 1930 Credit: Historical Museum of Southern Florida. )

When the various cities in and around the Miami were developed, each city had an

inspiration. During the Land Boom in Miami, speculators were selling land plots several
miles from the city’s center for fantastic profits. Beautiful developments arose in areas
that had only recently been farms or woodland. The city of Coral Gables took from the
pages of a novel with canals, and Spanish and Mediterranean revival architecture. Another

development was taking place north of Coral Gables with a unique theme as well.

A. Opa-Locka