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. American flamingos in South Florida, (52) 2.75 Downtown Miami is an urban city center based around the Central Business District of Miami Florida United States in addition to the central business district the area also consists of the Brickell Financial District Historic District Government Center Arts & Entertainment District and Park West the neighborhood is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown (Edgewater and Wynwood) to the north Biscayne Bay to the east Civic Center and Overtown to the west and Coconut Grove to the south, In March 1980 the first black Dade County schools superintendent Dr Johnny L Jones was convicted on grand theft charges linked to gold-plated plumbing His conviction was overturned on appeal and on July 3 1986 the state attorney Janet Reno announced that Jones would not be retried on these charges However in a separate case he was convicted on misdemeanor charges of soliciting perjury and witness tampering and received a two-year jail sentence. Source: PRISM Climate Group Contents. . Downtown Miami Historic District 1.1 European arrival Precipitation during the wet season is primarily caused by air mass thunderstorms and the easterly flow out of the subtropical high (Bermuda High) Intense daytime heating of the ground causes the warm moist tropical air to rise creating the afternoon thundershowers typical of tropical climates 2:00 pm is the mean time of daily thundershowers across South Florida and the Everglades Late in the wet season (August and September) precipitation levels reach their highest levels as tropical depressions and lows add to daily rainfall Occasionally tropical lows can become severe tropical cyclones and cause significant damage when the make landfall across south Florida Tropical storms average one a year and major hurricanes about once every ten years Between 1871 and 1981 138 tropical cyclones struck directly over or close to the Everglades Strong winds from these storms disperse plant seeds and replenish mangrove forests coral reefs and other ecosystems Dramatic fluctuations in precipitation are characteristic of the South Florida climate Droughts floods and tropical cyclones are part of the natural water system in the Everglades.

1980s and 1990s The state tree Sabal palmetto flourishes in Florida's overall warm climate Public schools in Miami are governed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools which is the largest school district in Florida and the fourth-largest in the United States as of September 2008 it has a student enrollment of 385,655 and over 392 schools and centers the district is also the largest minority public school system in the country with 60% of its students being of Hispanic origin 28% Black or West Indian American 10% White (non-Hispanic) and 2% non-white of other minorities. On March 15 2018 a newly-constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed outside the university resulting in several fatalities. SR 878 Miami's port as seen from Miami Beach Florida in December 2007 with seven cruise ships docked, When Crandon Park got a zoo Virginia Key Beach got a pond with ornamental plants and so things began to change When wealthy residents of Key Biscayne and nearby Fisher Island needed a place to dump their garbage and pump their sewage the breezes on Virginia Key Beach turned sour the water clouded with effluents the long-term environmental impact has yet to be fully determined Still Virginia Key Beach remained a popular even sacred place within Miami's Black community. Air Transport International Immanuel Lutheran Church, 6 Historic districts 3.2 Biscayne Bay Campus Florida is also served by Amtrak operating numerous lines throughout connecting the state's largest cities to points north in the United States and Canada the busiest Amtrak train stations in Florida in 2011 were: Sanford (259,944) Orlando (179,142) Tampa Union Station (140,785) Miami (94,556) and Jacksonville (74,733) Sanford in Greater Orlando is the southern terminus of the Auto Train which originates at Lorton Virginia south of Washington D.C Until 2005 Orlando was also the eastern terminus of the Sunset Limited which travels across the southern United States via New Orleans Houston and San Antonio to its western terminus of Los Angeles Florida is served by two additional Amtrak trains (the Silver Star and the Silver Meteor) which operate between New York City and Miami Virgin MiamiCentral in Greater Downtown Miami and the Miami Intermodal Center near Miami International Airport are major hubs for rapid transit commuter rail intercity rail and buses. ; Biscayne National Park 15 Notable people, University of Miami (private) Tri-Rail a commuter rail system operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) runs from Miami International Airport northward to West Palm Beach making eighteen stops throughout Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties.