Tom Cleveland, a housekeeping supervisor at nearby beach front condominiums, said the dock had been drawing crowds of people curious to see it and had been jamming up traffic at the beach car park.
The following year, builders broke ground on Shore Towers, a 23-story river-front condominium next door.
"You belong here," she said, sitting in the living room of her 10th-floor beach-front condominium.
Some, armed with night vision goggles, camp out on the roofs of expensive beach-front condominiums.
There was a plan a decade ago to build a row of vast sea-front condominiums called Ocean Mile, selling at around $135,000 each.
But in recent years they have moved south to Florida for its warmth and its business potential, including ties with Latin American drug-traffickers.It is no secret that wealthy new Russian capitalists are flocking to Miami, where they buy beach-front condominiums by the dozen and invest in local businesses.
In 2002, her brother was stabbed in the neck and back as he got out of his car in front her condominium.
One day, coming home from a business trip, he noticed that the formerly overgrown flowerbed in front of his condominium was suddenly resplendent with flowers.
Atlantis's neighbors say they started the court fight two years ago because of excessive fees and the club's refusal to allow them to use its entry boardwalk to reach a neighboring, less costly beach in front of a condominium complex, Seapoint Village.
Police said a passerby found the body of Nicole Brown Simpson, 34, sprawled on the steps of a walkway in front of the condominium shortly after midnight.
I want to open my window and shout, "Hey, I'm still an excellent driver!" But those were my father's words to the Police after he mowed down an entire hedgerow in front of their condominium in Florida.
