. 3.7.6 Wolfsonian Library (29.4) 88.6, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Miami Everglades restoration received $96 million of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 As a result of the stimulus package a mile-long (1.6 km) bridge to replace the Tamiami Trail a road that borders Everglades National Park to the north and has blocked water from reaching the southern Everglades was begun by the Army Corps of Engineers in December 2009 the next month work began to reconstruct the C-111 canal east of the park that historically diverted water into Florida Bay Governor Charlie Crist announced the same month that $50 million of state funds would be earmarked for Everglades restoration in May 2010 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of bridges were proposed to be added to the Tamiami Trail. 2.7 Model United Nations Program South Bay, Palmetto Bay Nova Southeastern University (private) Royal Air Maroc Casablanca. . Oleta River State Park Lakeview Hall North and South residence halls 6% of FIU students live on-campus. .
Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Miami and Miami Beach The state tree Sabal palmetto flourishes in Florida's overall warm climate. A sign advertising the completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike, Weston Student life The breakdown of students is shown below, The Miami accent is a regional accent of the American English dialect spoken in South Florida particularly in Miami-Dade Broward Palm Beach and Monroe counties the accent was born in central Miami but has expanded to the rest of South Florida in the decades since the 1960s the Miami accent is most prevalent in American-born South Floridian youth. Religion As with all vernacular regions South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources at different times a 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida That area includes the Miami metropolitan area (generally defined as Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties) the Florida Keys included in Monroe county and the interior region known as the Glades Additionally Southwest Florida representing the state's southern Gulf Coast has emerged as a directional vernacular region Some respondents from as far northwest as the southern Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in South Florida rather than Southwest or Central Florida However the University of South Florida founded in 1956 is located in Tampa at that time prior to the changes quickly brought by the Florida Constitution of 1968 south Florida was much less important politically and the term was used more loosely Tampa is not usually considered part of south Florida; . The city government under former mayor Manny Diaz took an ambitious stance in support of bicycling in Miami for both recreation and commuting Every month the city hosts "Bike Miami" where major streets in Downtown and Brickell are closed to automobiles but left open for pedestrians and bicyclists the event began in November 2008 and has doubled in popularity from 1,500 participants to about 3,000 in the October 2009 Bike Miami This is the longest-running such event in the US in October 2009 the city also approved an extensive 20-year plan for bike routes and paths around the city the city has begun construction of bike routes as of late 2009 and ordinances requiring bike parking in all future construction in the city became mandatory as of October 2009. Military (53) 1.38, University of Miami (private), Several countries have consulates based in Downtown most of which are located along Biscayne Boulevard and Brickell Avenue These include:. . 8 References (14.6) 60.5 Concourse B was built in 1975 for Eastern Air Lines as part of the airport's ambitious "Program 70's" initiative and first opened in 1983 During the 1980s the existing concourse was rebuilt and expanded and a new immigration and customs hall was built in the Concourse B section of the terminal allowing the concourse to process international arrivals Along with Concourse C and most of Concourse D it served as Eastern Air Lines' historical base of operations, The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library contains more than 710,000 items including 2,600 periodical titles 5,000 audiovisual items 150 electronic databases and an "excellent Catholic American collection." the library also contains a collection of documents pertaining to Operation Pedro Pan.
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