Hialeah Councilman proposes arts district
Picture a walkable stretch of east Hialeah lined with mural-painted walls, galleries and music venues.
Peppered with cafeterias and thrift stores that now rest between a smattering of car repair shops warehouses, the area would be home to artists and their work in spaces with cheap rents.
It’s the vision of recently reelected Councilman Paul “Pablito” Hernández, who has proposed an ordinance to create a district where artists would live and work in a swath of industrial space near the intersection of East 17th Street and East 10th Avenue.
The whole area lies on the eastern edge of the city, between Ninth and 17th Streets and between 10th Avenue and the railroad tracks.