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Golden Panthers fans at FIU Stadium The Democratic Party has maintained an edge in voter registration both statewide and in 40 of the 67 counties including Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties the state's three most populous. World War II brought another population boom for Miami Between 1945 and 1975 16 high schools 30 middle schools and 45 grade schools were opened Miami Edison Senior High School the district's second all-black secondary school was expanded, Other races: 3.5% [214,451], Miami Florida Business directory Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s. 13 Sunrise Broward 85,779 84,439 95,458 +13.05% The arts also flourished while Maidique was at the helm with the university acquiring the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach and building the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum on its main campus in athletics FIU made inroads in becoming a powerhouse athletic university during Maidique's time as president and he championed the eventual establishment of a NCAA football program Finally the school earned membership into Phi Beta Kappa the nation's oldest honor society, Jacksonville 65/42 68/45 74/50 79/55 86/63 90/70 92/73 91/73 87/69 80/61 74/51 67/44 (41) 2.03 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, Following the demise of the Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans in southern Florida were referred to as "Spanish Indians" in the 1740s probably due to their friendlier relations with Spain the Creek invaded the Florida peninsula; they conquered and assimilated what was left of pre-Columbian societies into the Creek Confederacy They were joined by remnant Indian groups and formed the Seminole a new tribe by ethnogenesis the Seminole originally settled in the northern portion of the territory in addition free blacks and fugitive slaves made their way to Florida where Spain had promised slaves freedom and arms if they converted to Catholicism and pledged loyalty to Spain These African Americans gradually created communities near those of the Seminole and became known as the Black Seminoles the groups acted as allies. In 1925 the Seaboard Air Line broke the FEC's southeast Florida monopoly and extended its freight and passenger service to West Palm Beach; two years later it extended passenger service to Miami. 4 Transportation Florida International University's student housing facilities are managed by the Office of Housing and Residential Life and are available on both the main campus and the Biscayne Bay Campus Currently there are 3,009 beds distributed throughout 10 apartment buildings and 6 residence halls at University Park these are the University Park Apartments Panther Hall the University Park Towers Everglades Hall Lakeview Hall North and Lakeview Hall South on the Biscayne Bay Campus after closing Bay Visa Housing to students and long-term leasing the facility to RCL for employee training FIU is developing BayView Student Housing on the BBC campus BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years will house 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay Together approximately 7% of FIU's student population lives on-campus in student housing (not including Greek housing), Bridgepoint Academy of Greater Miami (Charter).

; 8 See also 1990s Dialect Lauderhill 66,887 57,585 Broward FIU walkways See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County Florida, Paraguay Paraguay Cypress New World Licensing and franchising are two additional entry modes that are similar in operation Licensing allows a licensor to grant the rights to an intangible property to the licensee for a specified period of time for a royalty fee Franchising on the other hand is a specialized form of licensing in which the "franchisor" sells the intangible property to the franchisee and also requires the franchisee operate as dictated by the franchisor. During the 1970s Miami was a news leader due to the response to a Dade County ordinance protecting individuals on the basis of sexual orientation.[citation needed] Opposition to this ordinance which was repealed was led by Florida orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant. Recently the City of Miami along with the Downtown Development Authority has begun bicycle initiaves promoting citywide bike parking and bike lanes that have made bicycling much more popular for residents Bike lanes and bike sharrows are currently planned for the majority of Downtown streets to be painted by the end of 2010 the Venetian Causeway is a popular bicycle commuter route that connects South Beach to Downtown the Rickenbacker Causeway is very popular on weekends for recreational bicyclists and often bicycles can outnumber cars on the causeway, The Miami-Dade County Courthouse built in 1925 is one of many local state and federal courthouses in Downtown centered primarily around Government Center.