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By Seth H. Bramson The story of the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) is so incredible, so totally unique, so almost beyond belief that were it not absolutely factual it would be fodder for a movie trilogy. When we concluded our previous discussion on this topic, we left off by noting that the St. Johns […]
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The Florida East Coast Railway Story Continues
June 27th, 2020 
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June 18th, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson This year—2020—marks a very special moment in time for Florida, particularly for the East Coast. The state is legendary for a goodly number of “firsts,” including the first attempt at permanent settlement by Europeans in the new world, that at what today is called El Portal. As documented by the Smithsonian […]
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May 26th, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson To all readers of Ringside Report who live anywhere in Northeast Miami-Dade County and who might think that they need to go into the Miami Shores Publix for any reason: One word of warning: DON’T. The below is the email which I just sent to Big Publix in Lakeland and we […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, WORLD NEWS Tags: Miami Shores Publix at 90th and Biscayne Emergency Situation - Breaking News Comments Off on Miami Shores Publix at 90th and Biscayne Emergency Situation – Breaking NewsTwice Again, The Miami Herald Strikes A Blow For The Complete Disregard of Local Historical Truths and Facts
May 6th, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson To once again relate and/or enumerate the number of times that the Miami Herald has printed complete nonsense and totally factually incorrect historical statements in stories running from business to sports to just local news would probably take a full book, plus it would likely bore you to tears, so we […]
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March 25th, 2020 Bad Brad (Original Article from The New York Times was written by Maggie Haberman below) Now here is what the “Dear Leader” has to say regarding the BEST man DR. Anthony Fauci who has provided us with a clear, unobstructed vision of THE facts and not fiction and wannabe his voodoo self-pronounced medical knowledge and prognoses. This newly […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, WORLD NEWS Tags: Highly Respected Florida Professor & Historian Rings In on the Insanity of Donald J. Trump! - Must Read Comments Off on Highly Respected Florida Professor & Historian Rings In On the Insanity of Donald J. Trump! – Must ReadCorrecting Yet More of the Herald’s Unending Hooey
March 23rd, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, the once great (one of Time Magazine’s “Ten Best Newspapers” for many years, now a shadow of its former self, and “trust me,” the going to a Saturday on-line with no print edition is just the beginning of what will [and, no, I can’t tell you […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Correcting Yet More of the Herald’s Unending Hooey Comments Off on Correcting Yet More of the Herald’s Unending HooeyThe Bramson Archive: How, What And Where
March 8th, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson Another organization asked me to do a write-up on and about the immensity of The Bramson Archive and I thought that, in addition, our column really should be here, so I hope you enjoy this one, dealing with our collection of, beginning in May of this year, 63 years! Very briefly […]
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February 25th, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson The last several weeks have been spent reading through recent articles in the Miami New Times and Miami Herald, as well as watching several so-called but anything actually but “local history programs” on Miami’s channel 17. (I will have more to report after the next book, LOST RESTAURANTS of GREATER MIAMI […]
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January 31st, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson Greetings, all! I want to share with you, in this column, the “Author’s Afterword” at the end of our LOST RESTAURANTS of GREATER MIAMI, which, just a few days ago January 28th) was sent as a completed document to our publisher, The History Press, of Charleston. This book, incidentally, came in […]
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January 20th, 2020 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson Ladies and Gentlemen, I must start this column with an apology to you—our dear readers—and Mr. Berkwitt. While I acknowledge being behind on my submissions I must plead “guilty with an explanation.” As some of you might have been aware, I have been working arduously on our newest book, LOST RESTAURANTS […]
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December 29th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson As some of you may remember, our last several columns have discussed the purchase and/or attainment of several great and incredible railroad and Miami memorabilia collections, among them those of the late personages William Gleason and Jim Farrell. Today, though, we move on to the accessioning of the incredible architectural collection […]
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December 17th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson First, an apology to our now, as I understand it, many readers, along with great thanks for being said consumers of the columns and comments which I share with you on a regular basis. As some of you know, I have been teaching at the college level for somewhere in the […]
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November 27th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson Before I share with our readers the latest two fortuitous and bordering on incredible finds and purchases, several related comments are in order. As some of those who follow Mr. Berkwitt’s great website may know, I am America’s senior collector of Florida East Coast Railway, Florida transportation memorabilia, Miami memorabilia and […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Saving of Our Local History Continues… Comments Off on The Saving of Our Local History Continues…Letter To The Editor of Biscayne Times To Clarify Numerous Errors to an Article Titled “Biscayne, Bay of Sunken Dreams”
October 19th, 2019 Bad Brad Submitted to the Editor by Seth H. Bramson While the article in the October, 2019 Biscayne Times titled “Biscayne, Bay of Sunken Dreams,” might have been interesting, it was, sadly and unhappily, riddled with numerous errors. The 1925 Shoreland Company map shows the Mid-Bay Causeway as “The Drive of the Campanil I., the separated “I” […]
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October 12th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson As we concluded our last adventure by wishing all of our friends and readers of the Jewish faith a happy and healthy Jewish New Year, so we start today’s visit by doing almost the same, hoping you had a fine one and saying (writing) “as we say in South Florida, ‘good […]
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September 29th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson In our previous discussion, we noted how—most of the time, anyway—how terrific it was to have had the pleasure and privilege of working at the Fontainebleau for four years, from December ’62 to and through very early September ’66, when I left for Cornell, and then returning for Christmas vacation of […]
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September 27th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson We concluded our last exciting episode with what occurred when I was “tested” for my honesty by Fontainebleau security officer Wager Sharpe, and, as noted in said installment I passed the test with “flying colors.” As far as the hotel’s security people went that would stand me in good stead as […]
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September 23rd, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson While not meaning to keep you all on pins and needles, breathlessly awaiting “the next chapter” in the Fontainebleau/Cornell saga, we will discuss the four years at Fontainebleau first (because they were first!) and then go on to the three years at one of America’s greatest bastions of higher education. As […]
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September 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson We concluded our last visit with a reminiscence of our terrible days at 1/2SU, and other than pledging TEP, meeting some great guys, and meeting and dating a lovely young woman by the name of Molly Alderson, it was close to horrific there. You couldn’t even get a bagel in that […]
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August 30th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson On the GROWING UP ON MIAMI BEACH list recently, one of the members, below a great picture of a man diving from the high board at the Fontainebleau, wrote that she had warm memories of Inga, the ice skating instructor at the hotel. Inge (“e” on the end of her name, […]
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August 13th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson Last “issue” we discussed the nonsense regarding the slobbering sycophants who think having the anything but legitimate sportscasters in this town constantly refer to “your Miami Heat” or “your Miami Dolphins” or “your baseball (or hockey) team” is perfectly acceptable, when in truth and fact, it is anything but, and we […]
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August 2nd, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson This “column” will be a bit different from all of my previous columns here on Mr. Berkwitt’s wonderful website. Some of you might agree, and some might not, but, and in either case, whether you do or don’t, please express your feelings as the ladies and gentlemen you are, with no […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: A Bit of Personal Commentary on the Miami Herald & More… Comments Off on A Bit of Personal Commentary on the Miami Herald & More…The Bramson Archive: A Look at Some of the Gems Part III
July 26th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson As previously discussed herein, The Bramson Archive is the largest collection of Florida East Coast Railway and Florida transportation memorabilia in the world: it is larger than the state museum’s and any of the various university museum’s collections (of like items, of course, not their entire collections) and larger than the […]
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July 14th, 2019 Bad Brad By Seth H. Bramson In the last two columns we noted several items which are the oldest in existence in terms of both Miami/Dade County memorabilia and railroadiana and I imagine that, when you, our dear readers, become aware that this writer is America’s senior collector (this past May began our 61st year of collecting […]
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A Bit Of Personal Commentary Part IX
By Seth H. Bramson When last we left off (the issue prior to the letter to the editor of Biscayne Times regarding the errors in the article dealing with the history of the Venetian and Mid-Bay Causeways) the discussion was regarding the “nice Italian girl from Bay Ridge Brooklyn” who, while I was mad for, […]