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! Opening of the Central Atlantic 200-170 Ma Campus Support Complex 1999. . 9 Wells Fargo 2,050 On March 15 2018 a newly-constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed outside the university resulting in several fatalities. Miami Arena Sports However this boom began to falter due to building construction delays and overload on the transport system caused by an excess of bulky building materials on January 10 1926 the Prinz Valdemar an old Danish warship on its way to becoming a floating hotel ran aground and blocked Miami Harbor for nearly a month Already overloaded the three major railway companies soon declared an embargo on all incoming goods except food the cost of living had skyrocketed and finding an affordable place to live was nearly impossible This economic bubble was already collapsing when the catastrophic Great Miami Hurricane in 1926 swept through ending whatever was left of the boom the Category 4 storm was the 12th most costly and 12th most deadly to strike the United States during the 20th century According to the Red Cross there were 373 fatalities but other estimates vary due to the large number of people listed as "missing" Between 25,000 and 50,000 people were left homeless in the Miami area the Great Depression followed causing more than sixteen thousand people in Miami to become unemployed As a result a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was opened in the area, 2 Today Bayside Marketplace Kirill Reznik City of Miami Cemetery! . Uneven limestone formations in an Everglades sawgrass prairie The first permanent European settlers arrived in the early 19th century People came from the Bahamas to South Florida and the Keys to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida Reef Some accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves the area was affected by the Second Seminole War during which Major William S Harney led several raids against the Indians Most non-Indian residents were soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas it was the most devastating Indian war in American history causing almost a total loss of population in Miami; Actor Miami is also the home of many college sports teams the two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes whose football team plays at Hard Rock Stadium and Florida International University Panthers whose football team plays at Ricardo Silva Stadium.

. In 2008 7% of FIU students were international students Of those the most popular countries of origin were: China (20%) India (13%) Jamaica (10%) Venezuela (6%) Colombia (5%) and Trinidad and Tobago (4%), Elsa Murano For the World War II and United States Air Force Reserve use of the airport see Miami Army Airfield, 6.5.2 Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project 3.1 Race ethnicity religion and languages. 6 External links 1.1% Argentine LATAM Cargo Mexico Guadalajara Los Angeles Mexico City The Central Terminal consists of three concourses labeled E F and G with a combined total of 52 gates the Miami-Dade Aviation Department began a three-year $657 million renovation of the terminal in November 2015 to include a new train in Concourse E and new gates and ticket counters the airport authority plans to demolish and replace the terminal in stages between 2025 and 2036 while funding upgrades to keep the facilities usable in the interim. 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 Florida Business directory Miami Herald's Silver Knight award winners.