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Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables was developed beginning in 1921 by George Merrick as one of the most fully realized examples of the "City Beautiful" planning movement in the United States, laid out with consistent Mediterranean Revival architecture, wide boulevards, and elaborately themed entrance gates and plazas built specifically to evoke the look of a Spanish or Italian coastal town rather than a typical South Florida suburb. The Biltmore Hotel, opened in 1926 as the centerpiece of Merrick's development, remains one of the most architecturally significant hotels in Florida, its distinctive tower modeled on the Giralda bell tower in Seville, and the hotel's pool has at various points held the title of the largest hotel pool in the continental United States. The University of Miami's main campus sits within Coral Gables, giving the city a genuine college-town presence layered on top of its planned-community architectural identity, and city zoning codes still enforce Merrick's original Mediterranean Revival design standards on new construction nearly a century after the city's founding. Coral Gables's combination of one of the most architecturally consistent planned communities in the country, a historically and architecturally significant flagship hotel, and a major research university campus has made it one of the most distinctive and consistently desirable suburbs anywhere in the greater Miami area.
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Pinecrest, FL
Pinecrest incorporated as its own independent village only in 1996, later than many of its neighboring Miami-Dade suburbs, specifically so residents could gain greater local control over zoning and preserve the area's characteristically large residential lots against the denser development pressures reshaping much of the surrounding county. The village's large-lot, heavily wooded residential streets have made it one of the more spacious and tree-canopied suburban communities in Miami-Dade County, a deliberate contrast to the higher-density condominium and townhome development found in suburbs closer to the coast like Aventura. Pinecrest Gardens, a 20-acre botanical garden and cultural center built on the site of a former Parrot Jungle attraction, gives the village a genuine public green space and event venue at its center, hosting a farmers market, concerts, and children's programming throughout the year. Pinecrest's public schools have consistently ranked among the strongest in Miami-Dade County, and that reputation, combined with the village's large residential lots and relatively recent, deliberately controlled incorporation, has made it one of the more consistently sought-after suburbs for families anywhere in greater Miami.
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