2.5 Miami Jewelry District El Portal Former headquarters of the Miami Herald Florida Panthers Hockey National Hockey League BB&T Center (19,250) 10,250 None Other causeways are the John F Kennedy (79th Street) and Broad causeways (connecting the Miami mainland) and the Rickenbacker Causeway (connecting Miami to Key Biscayne) the Card Sound Bridge connects the mainland in the Homestead Florida area to the northern part of Key Largo. J Germany Germany, 7 History The increasing population in towns near the Everglades hunted in the area Raccoons and otters were the most widely hunted for their skins Hunting often went unchecked; in one trip a Lake Okeechobee hunter killed 250 alligators and 172 otters Water birds were a particular target of plume hunting Bird feathers were used in women's hats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ! U.S National Register of Historic Places, Miami Modern Architecture or MiMo a style that originated in Miami in the 1950s as seen in the Bacardi Building in Midtown built in 1963 and dedicated as a historic site in 2009, Politics Miami-Dade County has operated under a unique metropolitan system of government a "two-tier federation" since 1957 This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter Prior to this year home rule did not exist in Florida and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law.
In 2010 Miami was ranked as the 44th-most bike-friendly city in the US according to Bicycling Magazine. 3.1 2000s: a new era Broward County Miami-Dade County Tri-Rail fare zone boundary. West Park A mountain biking park is located on the northern end of Virginia Key Constructed by the Virginia Key Bicycle Club the park features novice intermediate and advanced trails It is located just past Virginia Key Outdoor Center just down the road from the former Jimbo's location on Arthur Lamb Jr road on the north point of Virginia Key. . Economy 4.1 Water Main article: Miami-Dade Transit, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Coral Gables 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.
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