Featured Stories
Beyond Vizcaya is a storytelling project connecting past and present through the personal accounts of experts and enthusiasts.
Participants focus on themes of migration, labor and cultural identity that are central to the origins and ongoing evolution of Vizcaya and South Florida as a whole.
William Edgecombe Jr. is the grandson of Eustace Egdecombe, Vizcaya’s beloved caretaker and houseman of 52 years. When asked what he knew of Eustace’s role at the estate, William truthfully answered that he was unaware of his grandfather’s contributions.
Season 3 of Beyond Vizcaya launched on April 23rd at 5 PM EST with a livestream hosted by Oldine Monestime and Julio Capo Jr., Vizcaya’s scholar in residence. The event explored Queer identity in early 20th-century Miami, before WWII, offering insightful historical narratives that shaped understanding of identity and society.
Our program host, Oldine Monestime sits with Joanne Perodin, of the Optima Network and community members of the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center. In this exploratory discussion, we hear about the unique challenges and far reaching effects of climate change from those who live with them daily.
In this Beyond Vizcaya story, photogrammetry expert Nick Christodoulidis describes his process for capturing 3D data of objects and structures. Christodoulidis has performed photogrammetry on historic objects all over the world.
Greg Baldwin takes us through his life and activism for the LGBTQ+ community. Greg recounts first had memories of Miami during the AIDS crisis of the 80’s.
Listen to the whole Oral History here.
