Main article: History of Florida Homestead Air Reserve Base east of Homestead in an unincorporated area serves military traffic. In July 2018 MSC Cruises announced its plans to build Terminal AAA for its upcoming World-class cruise ships Structure of county government.
I-4 which spans 133 miles bisects the state connecting Tampa Lakeland Orlando and Daytona Beach connecting with I-75 in Tampa and I-95 in Daytona Beach, Downtown Miami is the historic heart of Miami and along with Coconut Grove is the oldest settled area of Miami with early pioneer settlement dating to the early 19th century Urban development began in the 1890s with the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway by Standard Oil industrialist Henry Flagler down to Miami at the insistence of Julia Tuttle Flagler along with developers such as William Brickell and George E Merrick helped bring developer interest to the city with the construction of hotels resorts homes and the extension of Flagler's rail line Flagler Street originating in Downtown is a major east-west road in Miami named after the tycoon; the Julia Tuttle Causeway crossing Biscayne Bay just north of Downtown in Edgewater is named in honor of Tuttle. 3.3 Ancestry (29.6) The first bridge across Biscayne Bay was the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) wooden Collins Bridge built in 1912 by John S Collins and his son-in-law Thomas Pancoast who formed the Miami Beach Improvement Corporation; financing was provided by Carl G Fisher and the Miami banker brothers John N Lummus and James E Lummus Construction began on July 22 1912 Although the cost of the project was initially $75,000 the construction project faced delays and cost overruns the budge was partially completed in 1913 the bridge was "hailed as the longest wooden vehicle bridge in the world and opened up the area as a luxury winter resort and playground." the bridge terminated at the Dixie Highway built by Carl G Fisher the bridge was a toll bridge; in 1920 the toll was reduced from 20 cents each way (for two-seat cars) to 15 cents one way (and 25 cents round-trip) the bridge was sold to the Biscayne Bay Improvement Association which developed five artificial islands that became known as the Venetian Islands: Biscayne and San Marco in Miami San Marino Di Lido and Rivo Alto in Miami Beach the bridge was torn down in 1925 and replaced with the "more substantial" Venetian Causeway the next year, World 14,639,041,733.88 14,748,663,389.75 100.00 100.00 4.3 Gyres As an urban and pedestrian-friendly area with an extensive public transit network Downtown (along with Brickell the Arts & Entertainment District and South Beach) is one of the areas in Miami where a car-free lifestyle is commonplace Many Downtown residents get around by foot bicycle Metromover or by taxi the Metromover is a popular alternative to walking in the area especially on rainy hot or cold days as the Metromover is free and stations are located roughly every two blocks throughout the area. In 1999 an evaluation of the C&SF was submitted to Congress as part of the Water Development Act of 1992 the seven-year report called the "Restudy" cited indicators of harm to the ecosystem: a 50 percent reduction in the original Everglades diminished water storage harmful timing of water releases from canals and pumping stations an 85 to 90 percent decrease in wading bird populations over the past 50 years and the decline of output from commercial fisheries Bodies of water including Lake Okeechobee the Caloosahatchee River St Lucie estuary Lake Worth Lagoon Biscayne Bay Florida Bay and the Everglades reflected drastic water level changes hypersalinity and dramatic changes in marine and freshwater ecosystems the Restudy noted the overall decline in water quality over the past 50 years was due to loss of wetlands that act as filters for polluted water it predicted that without intervention the entire South Florida ecosystem would deteriorate Water shortages would become common and some cities would have annual water restrictions, 4.2 Tourism and conventions 8265, (15.3) 66.9 3.2 Education households income and poverty In 1975 the bay was designated as a state aquatic preserve the aquatic preserve spans the entirety of Biscayne Bay from Oleta River in the north to Card Sound in the south with the exception of the central part of the bay which is Biscayne National Park a second preserve was soon added off of Cape Florida on Key Biscayne which became known as the Cape Florida to Monroe County Line Preserve These two preserves are now managed by the state of Florida under the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves Seven remaining houses of Biscayne Bay's Stiltsville settlement are now within the boundaries of this National Park which was established in 1980 Much of Biscayne National Park was designated as a National Monument in 1967 Barnes Sound lies within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in regards to wildlife bottlenose dolphins and Florida manatees can be observed in the bay. A satellite image of the Everglades taken in March 2019, Miami Senior High School Miami's oldest continuously used high school structure, At the end of the third quarter of 2008 Florida had the highest mortgage delinquency rate in the U.S. with 7.8% of mortgages delinquent at least 60 days a 2009 list of national housing markets that were hard hit in the real estate crash included a disproportionate number in Florida the early 21st-century building boom left Florida with 300,000 vacant homes in 2009 according to state figures in 2009 the US Census Bureau estimated that Floridians spent an average 49.1% of personal income on housing-related costs the third highest percentage in the U.S. .
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