Miami Seaplane Base Early settlement Ives Estates Public transit Gregory Baker Wolfe a former United States diplomat and then-president of Portland State University became FIU's third president from 1979 to 1986 After stepping down as president Wolfe taught in the university's international relations department the student union on the Biscayne Bay Campus is named in his honor. . On February 22 2008 the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust re-opened the park to the public Today it is known as an ecological treasure which contains the largest mangrove wetland in the state Historic landmarks such as the bathhouse concession stand carousel house train tunnel and picnic pavilions have all been renovated and opened for public use the beach is open for wading only. 42nd Mayor of Miami 10.2 Higher education Some colleges and universities in Greater Miami include: The Miami Intermodal Center is a massive transportation hub servicing Metrorail Amtrak Tri-Rail Metrobus Greyhound Lines taxis rental cars MIA Mover private automobiles bicycles and pedestrians adjacent to Miami International Airport Miami Intermodal Center was completed in 2010 and is serving about 150,000 commuters and travelers in the Miami area Phase I of Miami Central Station was completed in 2012 and the Tri-Rail part of Phase II was completed in 2015 but the construction of the Amtrak part remains delayed. After the Civil War a state agency called the Internal Improvement Fund (IIF) whose purpose was to improve Florida's roads canals and rail lines was discovered to be deeply in debt the IIF found a Pennsylvania real estate developer named Hamilton Disston interested in implementing plans to drain the land for agriculture Disston purchased 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $1 million in 1881 and he began constructing canals near St Cloud at first the canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers They were effective in lowering the groundwater but it became apparent that their capacity was insufficient for the wet season Although Disston's canals did not drain well his purchase primed the economy of Florida it made news and attracted tourists and land buyers Within four years property values doubled and the population increased significantly, Miami Florida Business directory Miami is also home to the Sony Ericsson Open for professional tennis numerous greyhound racing tracks marinas jai alai venues and golf courses the city streets has hosted professional auto races the Miami Indy Challenge and later the Grand Prix Americas whereas the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval located 35 miles (56 km) southwest currently hosts NASCAR national races Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses where competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center. . In 2010 6.9% of the population (1,269,765) considered themselves to be of only American ancestry (regardless of race or ethnicity) Many of these were of English or Scotch-Irish descent; however their families have lived in the state for so long that they choose to identify as having "American" ancestry or do not know their ancestry in the 1980 United States census the largest ancestry group reported in Florida was English with 2,232,514 Floridians claiming that they were of English or mostly English American ancestry Some of their ancestry went back to the original thirteen colonies, Bayside Marketplace Downtown Miami, 5.7 Government Coral Gables Average relative humidity (%) 74.6 73.0 70.7 68.3 70.7 75.3 74.7 76.2 77.6 76.6 75.6 75.4 74.1. Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce, Technological improvements bring many benefits but some disadvantages as well Some of these risks include "lack of security in electronic transactions the cost of developing new technology .. the fact that this new technology may fail and when all of these are coupled with the outdated existing technology [the fact that] the result may create a dangerous effect in doing business in the international arena.", Miami Jai Alai fronton known as "The Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai".
! . Homestead-Miami Speedway 16 Further reading Greater Miami is served by several English-language and two major Spanish-language daily newspapers the Miami Herald headquartered in Downtown Miami is Miami's primary newspaper with over a million readers it also has news bureaus in Broward County Monroe County and Nassau Bahamas the South Florida Sun-Sentinel circulates primarily in Broward and southern Palm Beach counties and also has a news bureau in Havana Cuba the Palm Beach Post serves mainly Palm Beach County especially the central and northern regions and the Treasure Coast the Boca Raton News publishes five days a week and circulates in southern Palm Beach County El Nuevo Herald a subsidiary of the Miami Herald and Diario Las Americas are Spanish-language daily papers that circulate mainly in Miami-Dade County La Palma and El Sentinel are weekly Spanish newspapers published by the Palm Beach Post and Sun-Sentinel respectively and circulate in the same areas as their English-language counterparts. Banks of the North-East Atlantic 13.1 Office towers; .
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