Jackson Memorial Hospital

The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the Kissimmee River a meandering 90-mile (140 km)-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture the C&SF started building the C-38 canal in 1962 and the effects were seen almost immediately Waterfowl wading birds and fish disappeared prompting conservationists and sport fishers to demand the region be restored before the canal was finished in 1971 in general C&SF projects had been criticized for being temporary fixes that ignored future consequences costing billions of dollars with no end in sight After Governor Bob Graham initiated the Save Our Everglades campaign in 1983 the first section of the canal was backfilled in 1986 Graham announced that by 2000 the Everglades would be restored as closely as possible to its pre-drainage state the Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992 It is estimated that it will cost $578 million to convert only 22 miles (35 km) of the canal the entire project was to be complete by 2011 yet as of 2017 the project is "more than halfway complete" and the new completion date is 2020! FIU also has international campuses in Asia and Europe the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum has a regional facility in Nervi Italy the School of Architecture has facilities in Genoa Italy for FIU's upper-division and graduate Architecture students and the Florida International University Tianjin Center in China from which a branch of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management operates the Tianjin Center was constructed as a cooperative venture with the local municipal government and was opened in the Summer of 2006 FIU has also exchanged agreements with the American University in Dubai so that FIU students can now take a semester abroad in Dubai.

As of 2010 there were 158,317 households of which 14.0% were vacant 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them 31.3% were married couples living together 18.1% have a female head of household with no husband present and 43.1% were non-families 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older (4.0% male and 7.3% female.) the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15. List of songs about Miami, 5.3 Cuisine 34.3% Cuban The Panthers football team plays at the on-campus Riccardo Silva Stadium. Palm Springs 11.4 Cycling and walking, Main article: Spanish treasure fleet, Public transit Miami is split roughly into north south west and Downtown areas the heart of the city is Downtown Miami which is on the eastern side and includes the neighborhoods of Brickell Virginia Key Watson Island as well as PortMiami Downtown Miami is Florida's largest and most influential central business district with many major banks courthouses financial headquarters cultural and tourist attractions schools parks and a large residential population Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States Just northwest of Downtown is the Health District which is Miami's center for hospitals research institutes and biotechnology with hospitals such as Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami's Leonard M Miller School of Medicine.