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Dear RSR readers: This article appeared in Greater Miami’s “Biscayne Times” July issue, with a good bit of positive commentary following, and as the author I am please to share it with our readers. —Seth H. Bramson There are as many rumors, fables, fairy tales and as much complete fol-de-rol dealing with Miami and its […]
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On July 28th, “The Magic (And Sometimes Not So Magic) City” Will Be 125 Years Old
July 18th, 2021 
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Comments Off on On July 28th, “The Magic (And Sometimes Not So Magic) City” Will Be 125 Years OldThe History of Discrimination in South Florida: Part I
February 23rd, 2021 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson For those not aware, this writer is the only person in the state of Florida who presents a or the talk with the above title. The talk is approximately half Jim Crow and segregation and half restricted clientele, a term that many people, both gentile and Jewish are (though it […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON Tags: The History of Discrimination in South Florida: Part I Comments Off on The History of Discrimination in South Florida: Part IA Special Moment In Time: 1896 Miami’s Most Crucial Year
January 27th, 2021 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson There are certain years in certain cities that can be defined as “crucible” years, meaning that those years were either the single most important in and to the history of that particular town or city or one of several that fit that definition. Chicago, for example, will always be defined […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON Tags: 1896: Miami’s Most Crucial Year Comments Off on A Special Moment In Time: 1896 Miami’s Most Crucial YearA Look at the Region Around “the Shores of Biscayne Bay” Prior to the Decision to Extend the Railroad was Made
January 12th, 2021 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson While much has been written regarding the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to the shores of Biscayne Bay, with too much of it being either totally false or complete fol-de-rol (the “orange blossom myth,” a total and absolute fable being the most glaring of those, with more of […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON Tags: A Look at the Region Around “the Shores of Biscayne Bay” Prior to the Decision to Extend the Railroad was Made Comments Off on A Look at the Region Around “the Shores of Biscayne Bay” Prior to the Decision to Extend the Railroad was MadeA Special Moment In Time 1896: Miami’s Most Crucial Year
December 1st, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson There are certain years in certain cities that can be defined as “crucible” years, meaning that those years were either the single most important in and to the history of that particular town or city or one of several that fit that definition. Chicago, for example, will always be defined […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON Tags: A Special Moment in Time (1896): Miami’s Most Crucial Year! Comments Off on A Special Moment In Time 1896: Miami’s Most Crucial Year“We’re a-movin’ on down…But Not to the East Side!”
October 26th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson If you remember the great television show, “The Jeffersons,” then you might remember the opening song, which clearly stated that the Jeffersons were moving on up…to the east side of New York, but Henry Flagler was looking south, which meant, on a map of Florida, looking “down.” And if you […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON Tags: "We're a-movin' on down...But Not to the East Side!" Comments Off on “We’re a-movin’ on down…But Not to the East Side!”And On To Ormond…
October 25th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson Before we continue our discussion of how Mr. Flagler eventually made the decision to bring the railroad to Miami, it is important that I extend a mea culpa (an “I are sorry!”) for the time lapse since our last chapter. What I must do, at this point, is explain to […]
Expansion in ST. Augustine
August 24th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson We concluded our last “visit” with the discussion of Mr. Flagler purchasing the Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax River Railroad on December 31, 1885. He did so not to become a railroad magnate, but because the little narrow gauge run-down railroad that Mr. Flagler purchased was in such poor condition […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Expansion in ST. Augustine Comments Off on Expansion in ST. AugustineFlorida East Coast Railway Story Continues Part II
July 31st, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] By Seth H. Bramson While it is certainly possible that some of our subscribers and readers might question or wonder why the story of this particular railroad is so seriously germane to Mr. Berkwitt’s wonderful Ringside Report, it really is quite simple: this incredible railroad and its creator, the legendary Henry M. Flagler, essentially […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Florida East Coast Railway Story Continues Part II Comments Off on Florida East Coast Railway Story Continues Part IIRingside Report Wishes Feature Entertainment Writer Seth Bramson a Happy 76th Birthday – Entertainment News
July 21st, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] RSR Press Release Beloved RSR columnist Seth Bramson turns 76 today. On behalf of the entire team, we wish him a happy birthday.
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Ringside Report Wishes Feature Entertainment Writer Seth Bramson a Happy 76th Birthday - Entertainment News Comments Off on Ringside Report Wishes Feature Entertainment Writer Seth Bramson a Happy 76th Birthday – Entertainment NewsThe Florida East Coast Railway Story Continues
June 27th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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. […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Florida East Coast Railway Story Continues Comments Off on The Florida East Coast Railway Story ContinuesThe Florida East Coast Railway: For 125 Years America’s Speedway to Sunshine: Part I
June 18th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Florida East Coast Railway: For 125 Years America’s Speedway to Sunshine: Part I Comments Off on The Florida East Coast Railway: For 125 Years America’s Speedway to Sunshine: Part IMiami Shores Publix at 90th and Biscayne Emergency Situation – Breaking News
May 26th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
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 [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Miami Herald Strikes A Blow For The Complete Disregard of Local Historical Truths and Facts, Twice Again Comments Off on Twice Again, The Miami Herald Strikes A Blow For The Complete Disregard of Local Historical Truths and FactsHighly Respected Florida Professor & Historian Rings In On the Insanity of Donald J. Trump! – Must Read
March 25th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] (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 […]
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 [AdSense-A] 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 […]
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 [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Bramson Archive: How, What And Where Comments Off on The Bramson Archive: How, What And WhereGreater Miami History: The Shamefulness of the Print and Broadcast Media’s Almost Total Ineptness at Properly and Truthfully Reporting It
February 25th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Greater Miami History: The Shamefulness of the Print and Broadcast Media’s Almost Total Ineptness at Properly and Truthfully Reporting It Comments Off on Greater Miami History: The Shamefulness of the Print and Broadcast Media’s Almost Total Ineptness at Properly and Truthfully Reporting It“And in Closing….”
January 31st, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: “And in Closing….” Comments Off on “And in Closing….”Lost Restaurants of Greater Miami—A Sneak Peek!
January 20th, 2020 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
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December 29th, 2019 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Saving of Our Local History Continues—Part IV Comments Off on The Saving Of Our Local History Continues—Part IVThe Saving of Our Local History Continues—Part III
December 17th, 2019 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
Posted in COLUMNS BY SETH H. BRAMSON, ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: The Saving of Our Local History Continues—Part III Comments Off on The Saving of Our Local History Continues—Part IIIThe Saving of Our Local History Continues…
November 27th, 2019 Bad Brad [AdSense-A] 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 […]
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 [AdSense-A] 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 […]
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A Bit Of Personal Commentary Part IX
[AdSense-A] 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 […]