Main article: Transportation in South Florida Geography 2 Geography Main article: Seminole The underlying bedrock or limestone of the Everglades basin affects the hydroperiod or how long an area within the region stays flooded throughout the year Longer hydroperiods are possible in areas that were submerged beneath seawater for longer periods of time while the geology of Florida was forming More water is held within the porous ooids and limestone than older types of rock that spent more time above sea level a hydroperiod of ten months or more fosters growth of sawgrass whereas a shorter hydroperiod of six months or less promotes beds of periphyton a growth of algae and other microscopic organisms There are only two types of soil in the Everglades peat and marl Where there are longer hydroperiods peat builds up over hundreds or thousands of years due to many generations of decaying plant matter Where periphyton grows the soil develops into marl which is more calcitic in composition. Downtown is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Government Center Station and by 13 Metromover stations on the Downtown Brickell and Omni Loops, First Presbyterian International Christian School, Washington Monthly 88 The best way of conducting business may differ by country! . The metropolitan area is served by three major commercial airports These airports combine to make the fourth largest domestic origin and destination market in the United States after New York City Los Angeles and Chicago! 2000 2,253,362 16.3% 2.1 Early history Many beach towns are popular tourist destinations particularly during winter and spring break Twenty-three million tourists visited Florida beaches in 2000 spending $22 billion the public has a right to beach access under the public trust doctrine but some areas have access effectively blocked by private owners for a long distance!
2.4.2 Growth as a global city, Private schools (13.4) 58.3 Miami is split roughly into north south west and Downtown areas the heart of the city is Downtown Miami which is on the eastern side and includes the neighborhoods of Brickell Virginia Key Watson Island as well as PortMiami Downtown Miami is Florida's largest and most influential central business district with many major banks courthouses financial headquarters cultural and tourist attractions schools parks and a large residential population Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States Just northwest of Downtown is the Health District which is Miami's center for hospitals research institutes and biotechnology with hospitals such as Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami's Leonard M Miller School of Medicine. Further information: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Carlos Finlay Elementary School, Miami Florida Business directory ??F Reform 152 0.06% 2 Geology University Park Hialeah Park Race Track. . 11 Davie Broward 75,720 91,922 106,558 +15.92% 1992 39.0% 2,072,698 40.9% 2,173,310, Toll Florida 869.svg State Road 869 (Sawgrass Expressway), I-95 FIU has a center on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami at 1101 Brickell Avenue dubbed "FIU Downtown on Brickell" FIU's College of Business Administration has had classes at the Burdines Building on Flagler Street and the Metropolitan Center had offices at 150 SE 2nd Ave since 2004 in August 2011 FIU expanded its Downtown center to 1101 Brickell with the expansion of course offerings for the College of Business Administration and the School of International and Public Affairs as well as with FIU's research center the Metropolitan Center Most programs in Downtown are graduate-level evening courses geared for Downtown professionals and residents as of Spring 2011 there were approximately 500 students enrolled at the Downtown center with plans to grow the center to over 2,000 students by 2021. 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. 11.4 Public transit 5 References The racial makeup of the population of the Miami area [6,066,387] as of 2016:, 5 Economy 1.1 16th to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement American settlers began to establish cotton plantations in north Florida which required numerous laborers which they supplied by buying slaves in the domestic market by 1860 Florida had only 140,424 people of whom 44% were enslaved There were fewer than 1,000 free African Americans before the American Civil War. Museum Park On July 27 2005 former Miami city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Herald's headquarters and phoned Herald columnist Jim DeFede (one of several telephone conversations that the two had had during the day) to say that he had a package for DeFede He then asked a security officer to tell his (Teele's) wife Stephanie that he loved her before pulling out a gun and committing suicide This happened the day the Miami New Times a weekly newspaper published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that he had had sex and used cocaine with a transsexual prostitute, There are about 3,000 different types of wildflowers in Florida This is the third-most diverse state in the union behind California and Texas both larger states in Florida wild populations of coconut palms extend up the East Coast from Key West to Jupiter Inlet and up the West Coast from Marco Island to Sarasota Many of the smallest coral islands in the Florida Keys are known to have abundant coconut palms sprouting from coconuts that have drifted or been deposited by ocean currents Coconut palms are cultivated north of south Florida to roughly Cocoa Beach on the East Coast and the Tampa Bay Area on the West Coast, Miami Florida Business directory.
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