1910 5,471 225.5% Elections history Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link (opens Q3 2019). Sweetwater 4 Law government and politics Grade 9: 27,211 (23.9) 75.8 10 References. . . 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!
Uruguay Uruguay AstraZeneca's Latin American headquarters 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; Miami: Miami's public transportation is served by Miami-Dade Transit that runs Metrorail a heavy rail rapid transit system Metromover a people mover train system in Downtown Miami and Metrobus Miami's bus system Metrorail runs throughout Miami-Dade County and has two lines and 23 stations connecting to Downtown Miami's Metromover and Tri-Rail Metromover has three lines and 21 stations throughout Downtown Miami Outside of Miami-Dade County public transit in the Miami metropolitan area is served by Broward County Transit and Palm Tran; intercounty commuter rail service is provided by Tri-Rail with 18 stations including the region's three international airports. . Reptiles: eastern diamondback and pygmy rattlesnakes gopher tortoise green and leatherback sea turtles and eastern indigo snake in 2012 there were about one million American alligators and 1,500 crocodiles Birds: peregrine falcon bald eagle American flamingo northern caracara snail kite osprey white and brown pelicans sea gulls whooping and sandhill cranes roseate spoonbill American white ibis Florida scrub jay (state endemic) and others One subspecies of wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo namely subspecies osceola is found only in Florida the state is a wintering location for many species of eastern North American birds, 1986 45.4% 1,538,620 54.6% 1,847,525 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; Miami Ad School (private) In 1946 the Miami Seahawks played in the All-America Football Conference for one season 1946 and then folded. The airport has four parking facilities: a two-level short-term parking lot directly in front of Concourse E two seven-story parking garages (Dolphin and Flamingo) located within the terminal's curvature and connected to the terminal via overhead walkways on Level 3 and a surface parking lot (South Parking Lot) east of the Flamingo Garage the parking areas were originally numbered with the short-term lot known as Park 1 and the parking garages were originally four separate structures numbered Park 2-5 in the 1990s the parking garages were combined with Park 3 and 5 becoming the Dolphin Garage which was simultaneously expanded to accommodate the new Concourse A and Park 2 and 4 became the Flamingo Garage the two parking garages are connected via a bridge at the top level, Miami Florida Business directory, In terms of land area Miami is one of the smallest major cities in the United States According to the U.S Census Bureau the city encompasses a total area of 56.06 sq mi (145.2 km2) of which 35.99 sq mi (93.2 km2) is land and 20.08 sq mi (52.0 km2) is water That means Miami comprises over 470,000 people in about 36 square miles (93 km2) making it one of the most densely populated cities in the United States along with New York City San Francisco Boston Chicago and Philadelphia. . The basic structure duties function and operations of the government of the state of Florida are defined and established by the Florida Constitution which establishes the basic law of the state and guarantees various rights and freedoms of the people the state government consists of three separate branches: judicial executive and legislative the legislature enacts bills which if signed by the governor become law, Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades, Highways The cost of restoring the rail link between the port and the Hialeah Railyard was estimated at $46.9 million $28 million of which was applied for through a federal grant in 2010 Later that year a grant of $22 million was awarded for this project as well as to build an on site intermodal rail yard at the port During the 2000s the percent of Florida East Coast Railway's business has increased from around 60% to around 80% intermodal freight However this was partially due to a decrease in other freight traffic caused by the 2008 recession which reduced the number of trains many carrying rock aggregate used in construction from about 20 to 14 per day.
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