Greyhound Lines Greyhound School of Environment Arts and Sciences, Risks Lake Belvedere Estates, 2000 48.8% 2,912,253 48.9% 2,912,790 6.3 Taxis and shuttles. Value Colleges 2016: ranked Barry University's online Master of Public Administration program among the Top 50 Best Value Online the program which is offered through the School of Professional and Career Education is ranked No 44 When compared to other private and nonprofit schools Barry ranks No 14. Initially most residents wanted to name the city "Flagler" However Henry Flagler was adamant that the new city would not be named after him So on July 28 1896 the City of Miami named after the Miami River was incorporated with 502 voters including 100 registered black voters the blacks provided the primary labor force for the building of Miami.[citation needed] Clauses in land deeds confined blacks to the northwest section of Miami which became known as "Colored Town" (today's Overtown), 4.2 Water masses 5.1 Consulates Contents, Sarasota metropolitan area Ameristar Jet Charter. . A 2007 survey by geographers Ary J Lamme and Raymond K Oldakowski found that the "Glades" has emerged as a distinct vernacular region of Florida it comprises the interior areas and southernmost Gulf Coast of South Florida largely corresponding to the Everglades itself It is one of the most sparsely populated areas of the state. ! South Miami Green Library 1975 Climbing ferns overtake cypress trees in the Everglades the ferns act as "fire ladders" that can destroy trees that would otherwise survive fires. 6.2 To/from Tri-Rail/Amtrak Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Miami Children's Museum The metropolitan areas of Miami Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are located on a rise in elevation along the eastern coast of Florida called the Eastern Coastal Ridge that was formed as waves compressed ooids into a single formation Along the western border of the Big Cypress Swamp is the Immokolee Ridge (or Immokolee Rise) a slight rise of compressed sand that divides the runoff between the Caloosahatchee River and the Big Cypress This slight rise in elevation on both sides of the Everglades creates a basin and forces water that overflows Lake Okeechobee to creep toward the southwest Under both the Miami Limestone formation and the Fort Thompson limestone lies the Biscayne Aquifer a surface aquifer that serves as the Miami metropolitan area's fresh water source Rainfall and stored water in the Everglades replenish the Biscayne Aquifer directly.
5.2 Museums and visual arts Main article: List of invasive species in the Everglades 4 Railroad access Sun Country Airlines Seasonal: Minneapolis/St Paul. . Grade 2: 26,423 Miami Heat Basketball 1988 National Basketball Association American Airlines Arena NBA Finals (3) (2006 2012 2013). During the mid-1930s the Art Deco district of Miami Beach was developed Also during this time on February 15 1933 an assassination attempt was made on President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt While Roosevelt was giving a speech in Miami's Bayfront Park Giuseppe Zangara an Italian anarchist opened fire Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago who was shaking hands with Roosevelt was shot and died two weeks later Four other people were wounded but President-elect Roosevelt was not harmed Zangara was quickly tried for Cermak's murder and was executed by the electric chair on March 20 1933 in Raiford Florida, In recent years[when?] Miami has promoted the arts business and the performing arts such as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S Other projects include the new Miami Marlins Stadium Miami Streetcar Port of Miami Tunnel and Museum Park which includes the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum. Hurricane Charley in 2004 moving ashore on South Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast, In the 2010s there was a second skyscraper building boom.
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