Miami Florida Business directory Coral Way Flagami and West Flagler, Miami Florida Business directory 2010 399,457 10.2%. The new Park enjoyed instant popularity For a time county government honored the "separate but equal" status of Virginia Key Beach with its white counterpart Crandon Park on Key Biscayne the original temporary buildings were replaced by permanent construction a miniature railroad carried beachgoers around the park and a seaside merry-go-round whirled riders of all ages Still Crandon Park was over 800 acres (3.2 km2) with two miles (3 km) of beachfront and Virginia Key 82 acres (330,000 m2) with a half-mile of beach. 5.4 Cypress Homestead Civil Rights Movement Ziff Education Building 1995 Orlando MCO Orlando International Airport Large Hub 21,565,448 She tried to persuade railroad magnate Henry Flagler to expand his rail line the Florida East Coast Railway southward to the area but he initially declined in December 1894 Florida was struck by a freeze that destroyed virtually the entire citrus crop in the northern half of the state a few months later on the night of February 7 1895 the northern part of Florida was hit by another freeze that wiped out the remaining crops and the new trees Unlike most of the rest of the state the Miami area was unaffected Tuttle wrote to Flagler again asking him to visit the area and to see it for himself Flagler sent James E Ingraham to investigate and he returned with a favorable report and a box of orange blossoms to show that the area had escaped the frost Flagler followed up with his own visit and concluded at the end of his first day that the area was ripe for expansion He made the decision to extend his railroad to Miami and build a resort hotel!
. . Lamme and Oldakowski identify several demographic political and cultural elements that characterize South Florida and distinguish it from other areas of the state Many of its differences appear to be driven by its proportionately higher level of migration from the northern U.S states and from the Caribbean and Latin America particularly in the densely populated Miami area Politically South Florida is more liberal than the rest of the state While less than 10% of people in either North or Central Florida felt their area was liberal over a third of South Floridians described their region as such 38% characterized the area as conservative; 26% as moderate This tracks with South Florida's demographics and Lamme and Oldakowski's findings parallel Barney Warf and Cynthia Waddell's research on Florida's political geography during the 2000 Presidential election the economy in South Florida is very similar to that in Central Florida Compared to the more diversified economy in North Florida tourism is by far the most significant industry in South and Central Florida with a much smaller but vibrant agricultural industry!
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