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The True Story Behind Miami’s “Haunted” Former Cuban Consulate [Miami New Times]

Published on October 29th, 2019 in the Miami New Times: Autumn rain flowed off Villa Paula’s rooftop balustrades, down the whitewashed columns, and across the colorful Cuban patio tiles. Two statues of Greek gods stood nearby, dripping amid pink bougainvilleas in the home’s garden. Only a concrete sarcophagus in the corner of the backyard avoided a soaking. The thick roots of a ficus tree had grown over it, gripping it claw-like and funneling away the downpour. It would take a […]

Categories: Articles • Tags: Domingo Milord, Donate, Miami Myth-Busting, Paula Milord, Urban Myth

Loathe Thy Neighbor [Miami New Times]

~ by Terence

Published on July 2nd, 2019 in the Miami New Times, where it became the third most popular feature story of 2019. It was also featured on Longreads and RealClear Investigations: Mark Cantor was pulling his green Mini Cooper into his driveway one evening when a pair of headlights jumped the curb behind him and came barreling across the front lawn, straight toward him. The 54-year-old graphic designer was barefoot. As usual, he had slipped off his sandals for the slow […]

Categories: Articles • Tags: Donate, Mark Cantor

Brickell’s Last Holdout Fights Developers to Preserve Native American History [Miami New Times]

~ by Terence

Published on April 7th, 2015 in the Miami New Times. This exclusive spawned stories in the Miami Herald, The Daily Mail, The Independent, Yahoo News, and elsewhere. It was also one of the Miami New Times’ top three most read stories of 2015 and won a first place Florida Press Association award: Just a few paces from busy Brickell Avenue, Ishmael Bermudez crouches behind his little clapboard house and drinks serenely from a hose lowered into the ancient bedrock. Skyscrapers drape his property […]

Categories: Articles • Tags: 87 SW 11th Street, Brickell's Last Holdout, Burke Keogh, Donate, Golden Eagle, Ishmael Bermudez, Ismael Bermudez, Miami New Times, Tequesta, The Well of Ancient Mysteries

Terence Cantarella

Writer | Miami, Florida

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The True Story Behind Miami’s “Haunted” Former Cuban Consulate [Miami New Times]

Loathe Thy Neighbor [Miami New Times]

Brickell’s Last Holdout Fights Developers to Preserve Native American History [Miami New Times]