1996 48.0% 2,546,870 42.3% 2,244,536 The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area. . The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth the few published accounts from that period describe the area as a wilderness that held much promise the area was also characterized as "one of the finest building sites in Florida" After the Great Freeze of 1894 the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived Julia Tuttle a local landowner convinced Henry Flagler a railroad tycoon to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to Miami on July 28 1896 Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300, The Cor Jesu ("Heart of Jesus") Chapel is intended to be the spiritual and physical heart of the campus it was financed with the aid of Margaret Brady Farrell a parishioner of St Patrick's Church in Miami Beach Soon after discovering that the construction of the Cor Jesu was postponed[when?] due to insufficient funds Farrel donated all the funds needed for completion the chapel's construction in her honor the Division of Business and Finance building was dedicated as "Farrell House." the chapel is topped by an 80-foot (24 m) tower holding carillon chimes it seats 500 persons Traces of Romanesque architecture can be seen in the inside of the chapel which "was built in choir style with wood wainscoting and a canopy over the altar." a stained-glass window of amber color containing the image of a Celtic cross is visible from the main entrance of the campus, Brickell is south of the Miami River and is a mixed upper-class residential neighborhood as well as Miami's major financial district along Brickell Avenue the Shops at Mary Brickell Village Brickell City Center and Simpson Park are located within Brickell Brickell is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Brickell Station and by five Metromover stations on the Brickell Loop. .
After former Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975 he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center in New York City to Building 16 in the northeast corner of MIA Eastern's maintenance base Eastern remained one of the largest employers in the Miami metropolitan area until ongoing labor union unrest coupled with the airline's acquisition by union antagonist Frank Lorenzo in 1986 ultimately forced the airline into bankruptcy in 1989. Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce, Dr Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall - District 2, Global Miami major league professional sports teams.
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