"Sometimes the unexpected happens."
-- Marialaura Leslie
Two weeks after a floor partially collapsed during interior demolition work at the long-closed Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami-Dade County officials said they are moving ahead “on time” with their plan to revamp the historic theater.
In a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday evening, Miami-Dade cultural affairs director Marialaura Leslie said the publicly owned playhouse is “safe” after the front of the 1927 building was braced with a series of support beams following what the county has called a construction accident in May.
Crews are now bracing the interior and demolition work will restart once city of Miami building officials give the all-clear, she said.
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