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Broadview Park 2 History See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County Florida. . Mangonia Park Tri-Rail Florida's primary interstate routes include: PortMiami is one of the busiest container ports in the US.

Boca Pointe PortMiami Florida International University's student housing facilities are managed by the Office of Housing and Residential Life and are available on both the main campus and the Biscayne Bay Campus Currently there are 3,009 beds distributed throughout 10 apartment buildings and 6 residence halls at University Park these are the University Park Apartments Panther Hall the University Park Towers Everglades Hall Lakeview Hall North and Lakeview Hall South on the Biscayne Bay Campus after closing Bay Visa Housing to students and long-term leasing the facility to RCL for employee training FIU is developing BayView Student Housing on the BBC campus BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years will house 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay Together approximately 7% of FIU's student population lives on-campus in student housing (not including Greek housing)! Times 401-500 1.1 16th to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, The Heat and the Marlins play within Miami's city limits at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown and Marlins Park in Little Havana respectively Marlins Park is built on the site of the old Miami Orange Bowl stadium. The Barnacle Historic State Park or the Barnacle built in 1891 is the oldest house in its original location in Miami; In the era before the automobile took hold railroads played a key role in the state's development particular in coastal areas in 1884 the South Florida Railroad (later absorbed by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) opened full service to Tampa in 1894 the Florida East Coast Railway reached West Palm Beach; in 1896 it reached Biscayne Bay near Miami. ! Florida Suncoast 7.2 Old World By 1913 the Seminole in the Everglades numbered no more than 325 They made a living by hunting and trading with white settlers and raised domesticated animals the Seminole made their villages in hardwood hammocks or pinelands had diets of hominy and coontie roots fish turtles venison and small game Their villages were not large due to the limited size of the hammocks Between the end of the last Seminole War and 1930 the people lived in relative isolation from the majority culture; Southeast Financial Center the tallest skyscraper built in the 1980s office boom, Following this period of rapid development and environmental degradation the ecosystem began to receive notable attention from conservation groups in the 1970s Internationally UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance the construction of a large airport 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem With heightened awareness and appreciation of the region restoration began in the 1980s with the removal of a canal that had straightened the Kissimmee River However development and sustainability concerns have remained pertinent in the region the deterioration of the Everglades including poor water quality in Lake Okeechobee was linked to the diminishing quality of life in South Florida's urban areas in 2000 the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved by Congress to combat these problems to date,[when?] it is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental restoration attempt in history but its implementation has faced political complications.