Miami club turns up the volume on noise dispute with condos, files lawsuit against city
Life for Biscayne Boulevard tower dwellers has gotten less noisy since a crackdown on clubs that blast music from their rooftop dance floors. But Heart Nightclub is as loud as ever, residents say, and those complaints have compelled Heart to fight back with a lawsuit that contends the city of Miami and people who live downtown are conspiring to run the clubs out of business.
The conflict between the clubs that operate 24/7 and condo residents yearning for a decent night’s sleep is sure to grow if they can’t find a way to co-exist. The downtown population will continue to swell with the opening of new buildings such as the Zaha Hadid-designed One Thousand Museum tower and the Paramount tower within the $1.5 billion Miami Worldcenter complex.
Heart claims the city has illegally enforced its noise ordinance in an effort to shut down the Park West entertainment district that was created to enliven Miami’s previously deserted core.
“Despite its popularity, Heart Nightclub (as well as other nightclubs located on 11th Street) has been facing growing pushback from the Defendant and certain Downtown Miamians, who have set their sights on ridding the Park West District of nightclubs, lounges and bars in favor of new development, including the Miami World Center, schools, and luxury condominiums,” says the complaint.
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