Movies by the Bay

David_Schneider on June 4, 2016 at 9:19 pm

I saw “Casino Royale” here in November of 2006. I enjoyed the skyline behind the screen and the planes passing by overhead though I felt like the film’s sound was not as good as in an enclosed theater (or was it were I was sitting?).

“Happy Feet” seemed to play for an extended time here.

A Miami New Times article: “Let’s All Go To The Movies by the Bay” about attending a movie here and the cinema’s uncertain future.

I vaguely remember perhaps hearing the cinema then moved to North Beach for a couple months before disappearing again.

Bayfront Park is where the annual Ultra Music Festival (electronic dance music) takes place, encompassing the entire park including where Movies on the Bay had been.

Fourth of July and New Years Eve events are held in the park, including the nationally televised Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution.

Bayfront Park on Facebook.

Bayside Marketplace, an outdoor mall and tourist destination, is next to Bayfront Park.

A few yards directly south of where Movies by the Bay had been is the Dade County War Memorial (to residents who gave their lives in World War II), a peace pole… and the site of an assassination attempt against then President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt!

A historical marker set horizontally on the ground honors the Mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak, who was shot during the attempt and later died. Some ponder how the Great Depression and World War II might have turned out if Vice President-elect John Nance Garner had then been sworn in as president instead of Roosevelt.

A link to a short Youtube video regarding the event including archival footage.

Also see: http://miami-history.com/attempted-assassination-of-fdr-in-bayfront-park/

Wikipedia page for the would be assassin.

History of Bayfront Park webpage and Wikipedia page.