The owner of the last house in a Beach neighborhood finally sells out

By Keyvan Antonio Heydari

Just days before Conni Gordon moved out, her home was still crammed with her possessions, including the 87 boxes sitting in the back vestibule, ready to go out the back door. The door had peeling paint and holes. Wood chips of bark fallen from a nearby tree lay on the roof. Inside, water dripped and holes exposed the underside of the roof.

Gordon occupied the last house in the Collins Park neighborhood, an eight-block strip of Miami Beach that is home to numerous arts institutions such as the Bass Museum, the SoBe Music Institute and the Miami Beach Botanical Garden.