So Chic, So Loud, SoBe: 36 Hours in South Beach, FL, and the noise violation known as the Gansevoort South rooftop

So Chic, So Loud, SoBe: 36 Hours in South Beach, Fla.,
and the noise violation known as the Gansevoort South
rooftop

New York Times
36 Hours in South Beach, Fla.
By Damien Cave
December 6, 2009

South Beach gets a lot of abuse from residents. Too much cologne, critics say; too expensive, too crowded. But like other American meccas of decadence, SoBe still has an irresistible, democratic pull.

Read rest of story at: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/travel/06hours.html
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"And at the Gansevoort South in Miami, an employee died after a gate fell on him. A source said the unidentified worker "was sent to fix a gate which his employer knew he could not. The gate fell and crushed him. They didn't even call police. At a Miami Beach planning-board meeting, the Gansevoort directors showed up and acted like nothing happened."

see DEATHS HAUNT TRENDY HOTELS
New York Post
March 29, 2009
http://new-yorkpost.biz/p/pagesix/item_IXt8DoS76fm9SZDitmOv1O
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Miami Beach Planning Board
http://web.miamibeachfl.gov/planning/

Tuesday December 15th, 3 p.m.
Agenda item 2,
File #1840, 2301 Collins Avenue,
(a/k/a 2377 Collins Avenue
Gansevoort Rooftop venue) -
progress report related to a written warning
and a noise violation.

see http://www.gansevoortsouth.com/