The "We Will Rebuild Innovation Committee" was jointly created by faculty of the University of Miami School of Architecture and the College of Engineering, and Florida International University College of Engineering and Design to develop a reconstruction plan for South Miami Dade in response to the devastation of Hurricane Andrew. This file contains initial grant proposal for South Dade Reconstruction Planning Study, charrette planning documents, correspondence, agendas, minutes, reports, and syllabus for ARC 603: Retrofit Studio/Manual for Neighborhood Reconstitution, and design for Shelter for the Homeless.

This folder contains "We Will Rebuild Innovation Committee" planning and correspondence files, design proposals, committee/charrette planning briefs, minutes, schedules. The committee was assembled in the wake of Hurricane Andrew which devastated South Dade leaving thousands of its residents homeless.

The website "Voices of Andrew" provides an online archive of 66 oral history interviews with people who lived through Hurricane Andrew and experienced the subsequent recovery process in the first months after the storm.

The interviews were conducted by undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Miami under the supervision of Professor Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Department of Teaching and Learning, School of Education. The web site lists 66 names of the interviewees as well as 63 transcripts and 41 audio recordings of the interviews available online.

The website was developed in collaboration with the Otto G. Richter Library.

"This special section contains many ideas for improving South Dade, from large-scale regional issues to neighborhood concerns"

Photographs and negatives of Hurricane Andrew created by the students of Southwood Middle School.

The Hurricane Andrew collection contains two different series of materials regarding the 1992 hurricane.

Series I consists of photographs, writings, and artwork made by children representing their Hurricane Andrew experience. The majority of the materials are photographs, negatives, prints, photographic slides, writings about those photographs, and administrative documents from a project done at Southwood Middle School titled "The Eye of the Storm through the Eye of the Child." Administered and organized by Colette Stemple, a photography teacher at the school, the photographs depict damage done to their homes and their neighborhoods, and have accompanying text written by the children as well. The project was eventually on display in the Miami Art Museum one year after the landfall of Andrew, under the same name. Also included are drawings, poems, a bound volume titled "Hands On: The Day the Winds Came... Migrant Children Write About the Effects of Hurricane Andrew," reflections written by Caribbean Elementary School students, and a folder scrapbook on Hurricane Andrew's effects titled "In the Wake of Andrew."

Series II contains historic Miami Herald newspapers chronicling the Hurricane's impending landfall in South Florida, the actual landfall, and several weeks of the aftermath.

Collection of development plans and government reports. The bulk relate South Beach and Miami Beach redevelopment in the 1970s and 1980s. Outlying dates run from 1966 to the early 1990s.

Container list:

1. Lincoln Road Preliminary Analysis. Prepared by: City of Miami Beach Department of Economic Development Planning Division. August 1979
2. Española Way: Renaissance of the Spanish Village. Prepared by The City of Miami Beach Department of Planning. No date listed.
3. Española Way Historic Preservation District Designation Report. Prepared by: City of Miami Beach Planning Department. March 1986.
4. A Development Plan for Miami Beach: Phase One, May 16,1966. Prepared for the Miami Beach Development Commission by Stutsman, Kennelly, Neidigh, and Associates
5. City Center Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area Plan, February 1,1993. Prepared by: The City of Miami Beach Department of Development, Design, and Historic Preservation Services.
6. A Development Plan for Miami Beach: PhaseTwo, May 16,1966. Prepared for the Miami Beach Development Commission by Stutsman, Kennelly, Neidigh, and Associates
7. Old Miami Beach Historic District Planning Advisory Workshop August 17-18 Data Packet.
8. Financial Analysis and Development Strategy, South Beach Redevelopment Plan. Prepared for: The Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency by Hammer, Siler, and George Associates. January 1977
9. University of Miami Architecture: Contributions to a Preservation Movement. The Case Study of ‘Old Miami Beach’ Aristides J.Millas.
10. Action Plan for Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Prepared by: Venturi and Rauch- Architects and Planners, David Jay Feinberg AIA- Associate Architect, and Richard Rose- Consulting Architect. November 16, 1978
11. The Miami Beach Statistical Abstract. Prepared by: City of Miami Beach Department of Economic and Community Development. April,1992
12. Feasibility Survey: South Shore Urban Area. Prepared for: Miami-Dade County Department of Housing and Urban Development an agency of the Dade County Commission and the City Council of Miami Beach with assistance from The Planning and Zoning Department of Miami Beach. January 1969.
13. Comprehensive Development Master Plan for Metropolitan Dade County Florida. Prepared by: Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department. March 1975.
14. Residential Rehabilitation Rent Comparables. Prepared by: The Miami Beach Development Corporation. January 1990.
15. Public Financing Incentives. Prepared by: The Miami Beach Development Corporation. January 1990.
16. South Shore Area Study and Comprehensive Development Plan. Prepared by: City of Miami Beach Planning and Zoning Department. February 1974.
17. Retail Activity South of Dade Boulevard. January 1984-January 1990. Prepared by The Miami Beach Development Corporation.
18. Real Estate Transactions. Art Deco District, South Pointe. Prepared by: The Miami Beach Development Corporation. January 1990.
19. South Miami Beach Redevelopment Thesis Project. By Luis E. Moran. Fall 1977
20. Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency Relocation Plan- no date or information on who it was prepared by.
21. Social Analysis for the South Beach Redevelopment Project. Prepared by: Suzanne Keller. November 1976.
22. Hydrodynamic Factors to be Considered in the Selection of Canal/Lagoon System at South Beach. Prepared by: John F. Michel, P.E.
23. Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency: Rules and Regulations Governing Relocation Payments.
24. Transportation of Traffic Analysis for the South Beach Redevelopment Plan of Miami Beach. Prepared by: Alan M. Voorhees and Associates. December 1976.
25. Final Report: “South Beach” Redevelopment: Environmental Assessment for Planning. Prepared by: Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons, INC. No Date Listed.
26. The Museum District Plan Draft. Prepared by: Miami Beach Planning and Zoning Department. February,1989
27. Ocean Drive Planning and Urban Design Strategy. Prepared by: City of Miami Beach Department of Planning. October 1984.
28. Development of Regional Impact Assessment for South Shore Redevelopment Draft. Prepared by: South Florida Planning Council. July, 1978.
29. Building Performance: Hurricane Andrew in Florida, Observations Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Insurance Administration. February 1993.
30. Abstract of Title: Lot 5 in Block 2 of Coral Gables Section "D", according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 8, at page 25 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida. Examined: October 22, 1936.

This collection contains a manuscript titled "Why: The day by day account of a victim of the nation's worst disaster, Hurricane Andrew" by Edward R. Gerson and associated news clippings covering Hurricane Andrew's destruction and relief efforts in Miami.