. Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000) Co-enrolled in high school: 580 South Atlantic. 2.5 Miami Jewelry District Central East Florida, For the 2015-2016 academic year tuition costs are:, In greater Miami the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) maintain eight state expressways in conjunction with FDOT the Airport Expressway (SR 112) and the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) relay western Miami-Dade suburbs to the eastern urban coast at I-95 and to Miami Beach via I-195 and I-395 at the Airport and Midtown interchanges the Gratigny Parkway (SR 924) connects northern Miami suburbs to the southern end of I-75 the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) is the primary beltway road of urban Miami relaying I-95 and Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) at the Golden Glades Interchange near northeastern North Miami Beach to the southern inland suburbs of Kendall and Pinecrest the Don Shula Expressway (SR 874) and the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) form the southernmost end of the beltway connecting the Palmetto Expressway to the bedroom communities of Homestead and Florida City the Snapper Creek Expressway (SR 878) relays the Don Shula Expressway to South Dixie Highway (US 1). La Florida Miami Florida Business directory Public transit in Miami-Dade County is operated by Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works and is the largest public transit in Florida Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works operates a heavy rail metro system Metrorail an elevated people mover in Downtown Miami Metromover and the bus system Metrobus, 1976 51.9% 1,636,000 46.6% 1,469,531 University of Florida Gladeview Lauderhill 66,887 57,585 Broward 2 History 305 and 786 Miami-Dade County and Florida Keys. NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February featuring the Daytona 500 and ends all three Series in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway Daytona also has the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR race weekend around Independence Day in July the 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the world's most prestigious endurance auto races the Grand Prix of St Petersburg and Grand Prix of Miami have held IndyCar races as well. Beneath the plain lies the Biscayne Aquifer a natural underground source of fresh water that extends from southern Palm Beach County to Florida Bay it comes closest to the surface around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah Most of the Miami metropolitan area obtains its drinking water from the Biscayne Aquifer As a result of the aquifer it is not possible to dig more than 15 to 20 ft (5 to 6 m) beneath the city without hitting water which impedes underground construction though some underground parking garages exist for this reason the mass transit systems in and around Miami are elevated or at-grade; . 1964 51.1% 948,540 48.8% 905,941, The Miami area is home to four major league sports teams Currently the Miami Heat and the Miami Marlins play their games within Miami's city limits the Heat play their home games at the American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami the Miami Marlins home ballpark is Marlins Park located in the Little Havana section of the city on the site of the old Orange Bowl stadium, Miami Heat Basketball 1988 National Basketball Association American Airlines Arena NBA Finals (3) (2006 2012 2013).
Florida is mostly Christian although there is a large irreligious and relatively significant Jewish community Protestants account for almost half of the population but the Catholic Church is the largest single denomination in the state mainly due to its large Hispanic population and other groups like Haitians Protestants are very diverse although Baptists Methodists Pentecostals and nondenominational Protestants are the largest groups There is also a sizable Jewish community in South Florida This is the largest Jewish population in the southern U.S and the third-largest in the U.S behind those of New York and California, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Main article: Transportation in Florida PortMiami is one of the busiest container ports in the US. 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, The Panthers football team plays at the on-campus Riccardo Silva Stadium. D Agriculture and fishing Martinaire Miami Florida Business directory, County representation - Ph.D qualifier exams 11 External links. 1.1 16th to 18th centuries: Early Spanish settlement Miami Florida Business directory Belle Glade Camp Much of the coast and the inner estuaries are built of mangroves; there is no border between the coastal marshes and the bay Thus the marine ecosystems in Florida Bay are considered to be a part of the Everglades watershed and one of the ecosystems connected to and affected by the Everglades as a whole More than 800 square miles (2,100 km2) of Florida Bay is protected by Everglades National Park representing the largest body of water in the park boundaries There are approximately 100 keys in Florida Bay many of which are mangrove forests the fresh water coming into Florida Bay from the Everglades creates perfect conditions for vast beds of turtle grass and algae formations that are the foundation for animal life in the bay Sea turtles and manatees eat the grass while invertebrate animals such as worms clams and other mollusks eat the algae formations and microscopic plankton Female sea turtles return annually to nest on the shore and manatees spend the winter months in the warmer water of the bay Sea grasses also serve to stabilize the sea beds and protect shorelines from erosion by absorbing energy from waves; The first bridge across Biscayne Bay was the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) wooden Collins Bridge built in 1912 by John S Collins and his son-in-law Thomas Pancoast who formed the Miami Beach Improvement Corporation; financing was provided by Carl G Fisher and the Miami banker brothers John N Lummus and James E Lummus Construction began on July 22 1912 Although the cost of the project was initially $75,000 the construction project faced delays and cost overruns the budge was partially completed in 1913 the bridge was "hailed as the longest wooden vehicle bridge in the world and opened up the area as a luxury winter resort and playground." the bridge terminated at the Dixie Highway built by Carl G Fisher the bridge was a toll bridge; in 1920 the toll was reduced from 20 cents each way (for two-seat cars) to 15 cents one way (and 25 cents round-trip) the bridge was sold to the Biscayne Bay Improvement Association which developed five artificial islands that became known as the Venetian Islands: Biscayne and San Marco in Miami San Marino Di Lido and Rivo Alto in Miami Beach the bridge was torn down in 1925 and replaced with the "more substantial" Venetian Causeway the next year, Admissions Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 1988 38.5% 1,656,701 60.9% 2,618,885, Added to NRHP 1988 and 2005 7 Broadcasting The Historic Call-Collins House the Grove is an antebellum plantation house built in the 1840s in Tallahassee Florida. 1920 66,542 280.0% 6 History The city proper is home to less than one-thirteenth of the population of South Florida Miami is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States the Miami metropolitan area however which includes Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties had a combined population of more than 5.5 million people ranked seventh largest in the United States and is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States as of 2008 the United Nations estimates that the Miami Urban Agglomeration is the 44th-largest in the world. Miami is home to some of the nation's best high schools such as Design and Architecture High School ranked the nation's best magnet school MAST Academy Coral Reef High School ranked 20th-best public high school in the U.S. Miami Palmetto High School and the New World School of the Arts M-DCPS is also one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional bilingual education in Spanish French German Haitian Creole and Mandarin Chinese, There was also a period of alternatives to nightclubs the warehouse party acid house rave and outdoor festival scenes of the late 1980s and early 1990s were havens for the latest trends in electronic dance music especially house and its ever-more hypnotic synthetic offspring techno and trance in clubs like the infamous Warsaw Ballroom better known as Warsaw and the Mix where DJs like David Padilla (who was the resident DJ for both) and radio the new sound fed back into mainstream clubs across the country the scene in SoBe along with a bustling secondhand market for electronic instruments and turntables had a strong democratizing effect offering amateur "bedroom" DJs the opportunity to become proficient and popular as both music players and producers regardless of the whims of the professional music and club industries Some of these notable DJs are John Benetiz (better known as JellyBean Benetiz) Danny Tenaglia and David Padilla.
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