Operations Miami Florida Business directory The First Coconut Grove School built in 1887 served as both the religious and educational center of the pioneer community in 1889 the building was rented to the School Board for the purpose of servicing children in District #3 the first teachers at the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse included C.L Trapp and Flora McFarlane the first students in attendance included Annie and Harry Peacock; John James Trinni and Mary Pent; and Lillian Grace Charlie and Joseph Frow. . . Bal Harbour Native American[note 1] <1% 0.6% 1.4%, 5.6 Florida Bay 3.1 2000s: a new era, (70) 2.56 The First Coconut Grove School built in 1887 served as both the religious and educational center of the pioneer community in 1889 the building was rented to the School Board for the purpose of servicing children in District #3 the first teachers at the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse included C.L Trapp and Flora McFarlane the first students in attendance included Annie and Harry Peacock; John James Trinni and Mary Pent; and Lillian Grace Charlie and Joseph Frow. On June 27 2005 the popular ex-city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Miami Herald headquarters dropped off a package for columnist Jim DeFede and told the security guard to tell his wife Stephanie he "loved her" before pulling out a gun and committing suicide His suicide happened the day the alternative weekly Miami New Times published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that Teele had sex with a transsexual prostitute and used cocaine At the time Teele was being investigated by federal authorities for fraud and money laundering for allegedly taking $59,000 in kickbacks to help a businessman get millions of dollars in contracts at Miami International Airport Teele was suspended from his job in 2004 by Florida governor Jeb Bush after being arrested for trying to run a police officer off the road Teele was also charged in December 2004 with ten counts of unlawful compensation on charges he took $135,000 from TLMC Inc promising that it would be awarded lucrative contracts to redevelop neighborhoods in Miami Teele was also found guilty in March 2005 for threatening an undercover detective, 2.1 Geology The Central business district (CBD) better known by locals as simply just "Downtown" is the historic center of Miami and what is traditionally called "Downtown" Downtown is bound by NE 6th St to the north Biscayne Bay to the east the Miami River to the west and south Within this area is where the majority of Miami's historic buildings are the main shopping street Flagler Street museums libraries offices schools and colleges as well as the vast majority of local county state and federal government offices and courthouses Miami Historic District and Government Center are also located within the CBD. ; 1980 3,220,844 44.0% Contents FIU has a center on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami at 1101 Brickell Avenue dubbed "FIU Downtown on Brickell" FIU's College of Business Administration has had classes at the Burdines Building on Flagler Street and the Metropolitan Center had offices at 150 SE 2nd Ave since 2004 in August 2011 FIU expanded its Downtown center to 1101 Brickell with the expansion of course offerings for the College of Business Administration and the School of International and Public Affairs as well as with FIU's research center the Metropolitan Center Most programs in Downtown are graduate-level evening courses geared for Downtown professionals and residents as of Spring 2011 there were approximately 500 students enrolled at the Downtown center with plans to grow the center to over 2,000 students by 2021. The first floor has numerous classrooms auditorium spaces and support services for students such as tutoring the writing center and technology assistance Also on the first floor is a snack stop and a Starbucks the second floor has the reference section cartography (GIS Center) circulation and numerous computer and printing labs the third floor is the home of the Medical Library and includes study lounges as well as a resource center for students of the Honors College the fourth floor houses the special collections department and university archives the fifth floor is the home of the School of Architecture Library as well as the music and audiovisual collections the sixth and seventh floors are strictly quiet floors and contain the general book collection plus numerous student study lounges the eighth floor contains the library's administration offices and technical services departments.
See also: Operation Peter Pan and Freedom Flights, 6 Schools School of Arts and Sciences The music of Miami is a diverse and important field in the world of music the Greater Miami area has long been a hub for diverse musical genres for example South Florida has been a hub for Southern Rap Miami in particular is a "hub" for Latin Music in the United States Miami bass (also known as booty music) a prominent hip-hop genre in the late 1980s and early 1990s got its start in Miami; Luther "Luke Skyywalker" Campbell and his 2 Live Crew were among the more prominent Miami Bass acts largely because of an obscenity scandal fomented by Broward County Florida Sheriff Nick Navarro Moreover although not a South Florida native Jimmy Buffett rose to prominence after moving to Key West Florida and has long been associated with the "South Florida lifestyle" Other notable South Florida-based musical performers include Gloria Estefan Marilyn Manson Mental Crutch Vanilla Ice DJ Laz and Pitbull. . . . Urban planning Opa-locka Tri-Rail Main article: Barry Buccaneers In 2010 Miami was ranked as the 44th-most bike-friendly city in the US according to Bicycling Magazine.
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