Jimbo's Place: City of Miami Orders The Site Closed To The Public

This is sad news, what am I gonna do now to escape the cityscape of concrete that is everywhere down here. This place was awesome to make me feel like I was on some Island away from urban civilization but yet only a few minutes away from it. Dose anybody knows an other place like this in South Florida?Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/201...

i bet the city just wants to build more skyscrapers there. its too bad we cant keep anything unique like jimbo's around. its all about the $$$ to the city.

How sad! It might have been a shack but it was fun and relaxing! I loved my cold beer and some smoked fish after a bike ride... as a photographer, Jimbo's will be missed dearly. At least some of my clients had the opportunity to not only experience such a unique place but to also have beautiful pictures!

Now the Cuban Mafia running the City of Miami can give the site to campaign contributors of elected officials.

THIS IS MIAMI!!!!  It is a part of the city I grew up in, the city my Dad grew up in, the city my children will grow up in.  Where will their Jimbo's be?  There aren't may places left like this in South Florida and albeit the State or Country.  Closest to Jimbo's is probably some shack in the Caribbean.

Doesn't our City have an obligation to protect the places we hold dear in our hearts an memories?  Places of great historical and sentimental meaning... The apathy of citizens along with the corruption Miami is known for is our downfall.  The Orange Bowl was a historic landmark, I don't care what you say.  Obviously the city doesn't either because they never asked citizens come election time what we thought yet sold our bonds to finance a stadium that could have been paid or privately financed by the team. 

Miami Beach understands the importance of protecting, maintaining and revitalizing our unique Historic Architecture, amid an ever changing and growing landscape.  I feel like it's only a matter of time before city & zoning are wooed by some fat cat developer and start writing permits for the "redevelopment" (demolishing) of the Olympia Theater or say Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to build some new monstrous highrise.  No place is sacred in vice city...

The bureaucrats we so eagerly elect don't give a shit about the interests of the people.  They're much too busy being courted and lobbied by corporate interest.  I think there motto is "we've got a business to run here."  Where's the sense of civic responsibility?  Where's the sense of protecting the Miami natives and our parents and their parents remember? 

Somewhere amidst the shuffle thoughts and ideals like this were lost.  I think in large part this is due to the fact that most of the elected officials aren't natives, they weren't born here.  Didn't grow up and enjoy the culture and wonder of the Miami that was... It's sad.  It hurts that I won't be able to share many of the places I enjoyed in life with my children.  I guess in part I feel guilty for not being more active and preserving the wonderful city I'm from.

One last birthday party would've been fitting . . .

 . . . to go out on a high note . . .

had a blast ... cheers to Jimbo's (& Co.)!

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Reading the statement it looks to me like it's the family asking the city and not the city acting on its own.

oh please. this is example of misplaced nostalgia and indignation. the place is just plain gross. overrun with vermin, cats, flies, curious and bored visitors. 

lost its charm years and years ago. smoked fish became inedible, which was the last straw. 

yes, i still take my out of town visitors there by boat, b/c they have heard of it and want to go. they all same the same exact thing: wtf, who cares.

move on folks, nothing to see here.

and the  REAL reason  is?

Well, it was fun while it lasted.... I guess it'll host yet another overpriced piece of garbage restaurant or high rise for the foreign investors.

We can only hope City of Miami indeed does use it as a park...

Partying at the spot where it was wouldn't be much different than partying there now, just missing a few shacks...

OCCUPY JIMBOS =]