The Winner and Still Champion

october 22, 2003  11:24 pm
The Winner and Still Champion
Last year about this time, Miami New Times published a special report on the City of Miami, which had recently earned the dubious distinction of being named America's poorest big city. A year later, even as real-estate developers rush to build a sea of high-priced condos along Biscayne Bay -- wiping out modest apartments and single-family homes in the process -- New Times revisits the territory it explored last year, paying followup calls to people struggling to survive and the politicians who've made promises to help them.