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Frost Art Museum 1977 (new building: 2007) 6.1 Fire Rescue Dade County Courthouse completed in 1926 4 See also 2 La Florida Haiti Haiti. Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis, 2.2 1940s: World War II, 2.4.3 1990s A series of biennial reports from the U.S National Research Council have reviewed the progress of CERP the fourth report in the series released in 2012 found that little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery the report noted that to reverse ongoing ecosystem declines it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem to better understand the potential implications of the current slow pace of progress the report assessed the current status of ten Everglades ecosystem attributes including phosphorus loads peat depth and populations of snail kites birds of prey that are endangered in South Florida Most attributes received grades ranging from C (degraded) to D (significantly degraded) but the snail kite received a grade of F (near irreversible damage) the report also assessed the future trajectory of each ecosystem attribute under three restoration scenarios: improved water quality improved hydrology and improvements to both water quality and hydrology which helped highlight the urgency of restoration actions to benefit a wide range of ecosystem attributes and demonstrate the cost of inaction Overall the report concluded that substantial near-term progress to address both water quality and hydrology in the central Everglades is needed to reverse ongoing degradation before it is too late. Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas. Miami International Airport (MIA) and PortMiami are among the nation's busiest ports of entry especially for cargo from South America and the Caribbean PortMiami is the world's busiest cruise port and MIA is the busiest airport in Florida and the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America Due to its strength in international business finance and trade the city has among the largest concentration of international banks in the country primarily along Brickell Avenue in Brickell Miami's financial district Miami was the host city of the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations, Palm Beach State College (public), Over half of the programs offered at Albizu are for degrees in psychology and students are able to select from certificate undergraduate graduate and doctoral programs with a wide range of specializations that include marriage and family therapy mental health counseling school counseling industrial/organizational psychology child psychology and clinical psychology. ; . The Metromover is free and has three loops throughout Downtown Brickell and the Arts & Entertainment District There are Metromover stations at roughly every two blocks in the area. .

12.2 Cooperation agreements 4.1 Athletics Miami-Dade County is one of the three counties in South Florida that make up the Miami metropolitan area which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018, FIU's campus has been the set for many films television shows and music videos One of the earliest television shows to have filmed at FIU was Miami Vice in 1985 in the episode "The Fix" the FIU Arena was used as one of the scenes the TV show Burn Notice has also filmed various episodes at FIU with scenes at the College of Business Buildings and the Diaz-Balart College of Law Building in 2007 Chris Brown filmed the music video for his song "Kiss Kiss" at FIU with scenes near the Frost Art Museum and around the Graham Center Various telenovelas for Telemundo and Univision have filmed television episodes at FIU as well in 2007 Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos was filmed in the Graham Center! . 8 Miami Gardens Miami-Dade 100,758 107,167 113,069 +5.51% 3 See also The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 brought 150,000 Cubans to Miami the largest transport in civilian history Unlike the previous exodus of the 1960s most of the Cuban refugees arriving were poor some having been released from prisons or mental institutions to make the trip During this time many of the middle class non-Hispanic whites in the community left the city often referred to as the "white flight" in 1960 Miami was 90% non-Hispanic white but by 1990 it was only about 10% non-Hispanic white. ! . The military penetration of southern Florida offered the opportunity to map a poorly understood and largely unknown part of the country an 1840 expedition into the Everglades offered the first printed account for the general public to read about the Everglades the anonymous writer described the terrain the party was crossing:; Black or African American: 21.2% [1,288,585] I-395 Dolphin Expresswa ).