A Look at Miami’s Birth, 118 Years Later
The year 1896 is etched deeply into the minds of most Miamians. (Well, if it wasn’t before, it will be now.) That’s the year Miami incorporated and became a municipality — what, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Miami Geo Quiz #13: Populist Propaganda: Killing Castro
How well do you know the spaces and places constituting greater metropolitan Miami? Miami’s Cubans dominate many facets of the local political economy. Amongst the Cuban community in Miami, there’s nearly […]
Into Perspective: Miami World City Distances
How far is Miami from the other major cities of the world? Measuring distances across the planet can be tricky business. Earth, of course, is a three-dimensional object, a not-quite-so-perfect sphere. Geographers […]
Miami Geo Quiz #12: Canal Vultures
How well do you know the spaces and places constituting greater metropolitan Miami? How many turkey vultures are visible in the photo? . . . Just kidding! That’d be far […]
Public Health Study: Proximity to Sprawl Affects Walkability
A scientific article just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports that a person’s proximity to Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary and central business district impacts walkability, and, by extension, has […]
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