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(Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) 11.9% 15.4% 57.9% The Miami River in 1935 Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest. 8.1 Fire stations Ecosystems Golden Beach Tampa Bay Area, School of Computing and Information Sciences Ska punk band Against All Authority is from Miami and rock/metal bands Nonpoint and Marilyn Manson each formed in Fort Lauderdale. Brickell 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. . Transportation Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department is the correction agency! . . Capture of Atlantic north-west cod in million tons, 1 History Brickell Park Brickell This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

. Central East Florida On June 27 2005 the popular ex-city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he "loved her" before pulling out a gun and committing suicide His suicide happened the day the alternative weekly Miami New Times published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that Teele had sex with a transsexual prostitute and used cocaine At the time Teele was being investigated by federal authorities for fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Florida governor Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road Teele was also charged in December 2004 with ten counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc promising that it would be awarded lucrative contracts to redevelop neighborhoods in Miami Teele was also found guilty in March 2005 for threatening an undercover detective. . 9 Media Lauderdale Lakes (33.3) 90.4 5.2 Real estate African American labor played a crucial role in Miami's early development During the early 20th century migrants from the Bahamas and African-Americans constituted 40 percent of the city's population.:25 Despite their role in the city's growth their community was limited to a small space When landlords began to rent homes to African-Americans around Avenue J (what would later become NW Fifth Avenue) a gang of white men with torches marched through the neighborhood and warned the residents to move or be bombed.:33. All potable water resources have been controlled by the state government through five regional water authorities since 1972!