In this Hyperallergic article, I weighed in on the ongoing debate surrounding the excavation of a 2,500-year-old Tequesta site slated for luxury hotel development in Brickell.
The article covers the city's recent decision to temporarily halt the digging. However, as I discussed in my interview, true historic preservation requires more than just board decisions: it demands participatory, community-driven action. We have to ask what story a site tells and recognize the tension between developer profit and community heritage. By transforming fragmented knowledge across the engineering and preservation spaces, we can fight for policies that keep the community at the forefront of these critical decisions.
You can read the full piece here.