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Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia from the Kennedy Space Center Capture of Atlantic north-west cod in million tons; Countries cooperate more on transnational issues New World School of the Arts arts magnet school, College of Business (188) 7.01 Two new light rail systems Baylink and the Miami Streetcar have been proposed and are currently in the planning stage BayLink would connect Downtown with South Beach and the Miami Streetcar would connect Downtown with Midtown. 1.8% Irish Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Times/WSJ 501-600 The Barnacle Historic State Park or the Barnacle built in 1891 is the oldest house in its original location in Miami, Miami's Freedom Tower 19 Bibliography. The Wertheim Conservatory houses many rare species of plants and foliage, Jacksonville 18/6 20/7 23/10 26/13 30/17 32/21 33/23 33/23 31/21 27/16 23/11 19/7 Florida's many state parks and protected areas receive a lot of visitors as well with 25.2 million visitors visiting Florida State Parks in 2013, 7 Coral Springs Broward 117,549 121,096 133,507 +10.25% 1 History. . 15 Miami Beach Miami-Dade 87,933 87,779 91,718 +4.49% As rain continued to fall the slightly acidic rainwater dissolved the limestone as limestone wore away the groundwater came into contact with the land surface and created a massive wetland ecosystem Although the region appears flat weathering of the limestone created slight valleys and plateaus in some areas These plateaus rise and fall only a few inches but on the subtle South Florida topography these small variations affect both the flow of water and the types of vegetation that can take hold.

All of the 67 counties in Florida Air crashes Main articles: PortMiami Tunnel and PortMiami Deep Dredge Project. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts the second-largest performing arts center in the United States, 7 Education As of 2010 28.07% of the population spoke only English at home while 63.77% of the population spoke Spanish 4.22% spoke French Creole (mainly Haitian Creole) 0.64% French and 0.55% Portuguese 52% of the county residents were born outside the United States while 71.93% of the population spoke a language other than English at home; Public transit in Miami-Dade County is operated by Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works and is the largest public transit in Florida Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works operates a heavy rail metro system Metrorail an elevated people mover in Downtown Miami Metromover and the bus system Metrobus, The Goodman Psychological Services Center 5 External links. . Florida International University has seventeen varsity sports teams named the Panthers the Panthers' athletic colors are blue and gold and compete in the NCAA Division I as part of Conference USA in all sports Three main sports facilities serve as home venues for Panther athletics the Panthers football team plays at FIU Stadium ("The Cage") the men and women's basketball and volleyball teams play at the FIU Arena and the men's baseball team plays at FIU Baseball Stadium Other athletics venues include the Aquatic Center Tennis Complex softball fields and various other recreational fields FIU Arena underwent expansion to add more seating and a modernization of the exterior that was completed in late 2011 on July 1 2013 FIU became a member of Conference USA, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami (private), In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises.