. ; ; . Gregory Baker Wolfe a former United States diplomat and then-president of Portland State University became FIU's third president from 1979 to 1986 After stepping down as president Wolfe taught in the university's international relations department the student union on the Biscayne Bay Campus is named in his honor; Hispanic and Latinos of any race made up 22.5% of the population in 2010 as of 2011 57% of Florida's population younger than age 1 were minorities (meaning that they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white). Central Bay is the largest part of the bay It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Safety Valve it has been adversely affected primarily by bulkheading urban runoff discharged by canals and the loss of natural fresh water flow, See also: List of airports in Florida and Aviation in Florida, Miami experienced a very rapid growth up to World War II in 1900 1,681 people lived in Miami Florida; in 1910 there were 5,471 people; and in 1920 there were 29,549 people as thousands of people moved to the area in the early 20th century the need for more land quickly became apparent Until then the Florida Everglades only extended to three miles (5 km) west of Biscayne Bay Beginning in 1906 canals were made to remove some of the water from those lands Miami Beach was developed in 1913 when a two-mile (3 km) wooden bridge built by John Collins was completed During the early 1920s the authorities of Miami allowed gambling and were very lax in regulating prohibition so thousands of people migrated from the northern United States to the Miami region This caused the Florida land boom of the 1920s when many high-rise buildings were built Some early developments were razed after their initial construction to make way for larger buildings the population of Miami doubled from 1920 to 1923 the nearby areas of Lemon City Coconut Grove and Allapattah were annexed in the fall of 1925 creating the Greater Miami area!
Miami's road system is based along the numerical Miami grid where Flagler Street forms the east-west baseline and Miami Avenue forms the north-south meridian the corner of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue is in the middle of Downtown in front of the Downtown Macy's (formerly the Burdine's headquarters) the Miami grid is primarily numerical so that for example all street addresses north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" in their address Because its point of origin is in Downtown which is close to the coast the "NW" and "SW" quadrants are much larger than the "SE" and "NE" quadrants Many roads especially major ones are also named (e.g Tamiami Trail/SW 8th St) although with exceptions the number is in more common usage among locals; . 4.1 Importance of language and cultural studies.
Larrys Engine Marine Inc