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This image depicts what the Ace Theater looked like when it was in operation. The owners of the theater have received funding from the National Park Service which they hope to use to repair and reopen the building that has remained unused for years (see below).
Exterior of the Ace Theater, 3664 Grand Ave, Coconut Grove, Florida. 2022. Photo by Nicole Combeau. FIU Libraries dPanther Repository To learn more about and support efforts to revitalize this building visit Ace Theater Foundation.
References
1 Leona Ferguson Cooper spoke of this in the documentary “Graceful Voices,” https://vimeo.com/231250426 2 March 2023.
2 Theodore Johnson guest lecture, February 2023, ARC 6906 at Florida International University.
3 Zhang, Wenxian. (2016). “Chinese in Florida.” In Far East, Down South: Asians in the American South edited by Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant, Chizuru Saeki.
4 Van Dyke, T. B. (1994). Miami’s second ghetto (Order No. 1358429). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (230872168). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/miamis-second-ghetto/docview/230872168/se-2
5 Carmetta Cash Russell was 83 when she shared this story. Nielsen, Kirk. (1999). “Grand Illusions” Miami New Times, 22 July, https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/grand-illusions-6358206?showFullText=true 2 March 2023.
6 Nielsen, Kirk. (1999). See note 5.
7 Pastor Willie Leonard shared this story in the 2011 University of Miami Film: “History of Churches in the West Grove: Past, Present and Future” https://www.law.miami.edu/academics/centers-institutes/ceps/programs-projects/oral-history-film-project/index.html 2 March 2023.
8 Willson, Elizabeth. 1980. “Victim of Progress,” The Miami Herald, July 20, p. 342
9 Renita Ross (Samuels Dixon) quoted in “The Ace Theater Designation report” http://www.historicpreservationmiami.com/pdfs/TheACETheater-designationreport.pdf 23 November 2024.
10 Annette Wallace Turner quoted in “The Ace Theater Designation report” http://www.historicpreservationmiami.com/pdfs/TheACETheater-designationreport.pdf 23 November 2024.
11 Ethel Williams made these comments in the 2010 University of Miami Film “West Coconut Grove: Past, Present and Future” https://www.law.miami.edu/academics/centers-institutes/ceps/programs-projects/oral-history-film-project/index.html 2 March 2023.
12 Gibson, Thelma V.A. and Fredericka Brown (2022). “Commons for Justice Project” Interview by M. Brown, N. Guevara and A. Mehta-Kroll. 30 May http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpanther/items/itemdetail?bibid=FI24022201&vid=00001 17 January 2023.
13 Willson, Elizabeth. (1980). “Road widening forces Tip Top to close,” The Miami Herald, April 27, p. 309.
14 Cooper, Clarice. and Reynold. Martin. (2022). “Commons for Justice Project.” Interview by M. Brown, A. Ramos, Y. Norther & J. McGee. 31 May http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI24022202/00001 17 January 2023.
15 Mohl, Raymond A. (2001). “Elizabeth Virrick and the ‘Concrete Monsters’: Housing Reform in Postwar Miami.” Tequesta, 1(61): 5-37.
16 Green, Sharony. (2018) “Tracing black racial and spatial politics in south Florida via memory.” Journal of Urban History, 44.6: 1176-1196.
17 Antoinette Price made these comments in the 2010 University of Miami Film “West Coconut Grove: Past, Present and Future” https://www.law.miami.edu/academics/centers-institutes/ceps/programs-projects/oral-history-film-project/index.html 2 March 2023.