; The South Florida recording industry started in Miami in the 1950s with Criteria Studios recording top selling albums such as Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Hotel California by the Eagles Local music entrepreneur Henry Stone and his label TK Records created the local indie scene in the 1970s T K Records produced the R&B group KC and the Sunshine Band along with soul singers Betty Wright George McCrae and Jimmy "Bo" Horne as well as a number of minor soul and disco hits many influenced by Caribbean music Tom Dowd an innovator in music engineering worked out of Miami for many years and worked with a plethora of artists including Aretha Franklin Ray Charles Eric Clapton Lynyrd Skynyrd Tom Petty also came out of South Florida. . . Pan American World Airways ("Pan Am") the other longtime key carrier at MIA was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1991 but filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter Its remaining international routes from Miami to Europe and Latin America were sold to United Airlines for $135 million as part of Pan Am's emergency liquidation that December United's Latin American hub offered 24 daily departures in the summer of 1992 growing to 36 daily departures to 21 destinations in the summer of 1994 but returned to 24 daily departures in the summer of 1995 and never expanded further United ended flights from Miami to South America and shut down its Miami crew base in May 2004 reallocating most Miami resources to its main hub in O'Hare International Airport in Chicago United ceased all mainline service to Miami in 2005 with the introduction of its low-cost product Ted, 11 External links West Miami, After learning of the verdict of the McDuffie case one of the worst riots in the history of the United States,[citation needed] the Liberty City Riots of 1980 broke out By the time the rioting ceased three days later over 850 people had been arrested and at least 18 people had died Property damage was estimated at around one hundred million dollars. ; Lakeview Hall North and South residence halls 6% of FIU students live on-campus, Miami Florida Business directory, D I-95.svg Interstate 95 The Miami metropolitan area also known as the Greater Miami Area or South Florida is the 73rd largest metropolitan area in the world and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States Located in southern Florida with 6,198,782 inhabitants as of 2018 the Miami metropolitan area is the most populous in Florida and second largest in the southeastern United States it extends about 120 miles from north to south. Red mangrove trees bordering a tidal estuary in the Everglades 4.1.1 Notes The Miami-Dade Police Department operates out of nine districts throughout the county and has two special bureaus the director of the department is Juan Perez who succeeded J.D Patterson Jr the Department's headquarters are in Doral Florida.
The Homestead-Miami Speedway oval has hosted NASCAR Cup Series and IndyCar Series events Temporary street circuits at Museum Park hosted several CART IMSA GT and American Le Mans Series races between from 1986-1995 as well as a Formula E race in 2015 the Palm Beach International Raceway is a minor road course, Johnson and Wales University (private) On September 8 2017 FIU faced up against willing opponent the Alcorn State Braves in Birmingham AL an event known globally as 'the most lunch pail carrying low pad level football guys guys tailgate of all time' in reference to the display of pregaming that happened prior to the game. 1 History Royal Palm Beach Metrorail maintenance facility TAME's United States offices In the 1870s the Challenger expedition discovered parts of what is now known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge or:. 8 External links Further information: Florida State Highway System List of state roads in Florida and County roads in Florida, Wet prairies are slightly elevated like sawgrass marshes but with greater plant diversity the surface is covered in water only three to seven months of the year and the water is on average shallow at only 4 inches (10 cm) deep When flooded the marl can support a variety of water plants Solution holes or deep pits where the limestone has worn away may remain flooded even when the prairies are dry and they support aquatic invertebrates such as crayfish and snails and larval amphibians which feed young wading birds These regions tend to border between sloughs and sawgrass marshes. . I-75 which spans 470 miles in Florida enters the state near Lake City (45 miles (72 km) west of Jacksonville) and continues southward through Gainesville Ocala Tampa's eastern suburbs Bradenton Sarasota Fort Myers and Naples where it crosses the "Alligator Alley" as a toll road to Fort Lauderdale before turning southward and terminating in Hialeah/Miami Lakes having interchanges with I-10 in Lake City and I-4 in Tampa It is the second longest north south interstate with a total length of 1786 miles and terminates at the Canadian border at Sault Ste Marie Michigan, Lake Harbor The invasive species that causes the most damage to bird populations is the cat (Felis catus) both domestic and feral Cats that are let outside live close to suburban populations and have been estimated to number 640 per square mile in such close numbers in historic migratory areas they have devastating effects on migratory bird populations.
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