Shared Items - January 19, 2009

• A city goes from misery to marvelous (Fred Grimm/Miami Herald)

January 18, 2009 - South Floridians, with their upside-down mortgages and faltering tourism and dormant construction industry, might feel a tad depressed. But Pittsburgh, circa 1983, was the very definition of urban misery.

But Steel City pulled off an astounding transformation, one South Florida ought to emulate -- along with the Steelers defense.
• Peek Behind the Curtain at ClublandMiami (Miami Beach USA)

January 18, 2009 - When you slip on a designer dress and a spikey pair of heels to head for South Beach, do you ever wonder what REALLY goes into creating the hotspots behind the velvet ropes? Log onto ClubLandMiami.com to view some NSFW webisodes that follow the week-by-week evolution of building the hugely successful South Beach nightclub, Mokai.