At a Cuban restaurant, Fidel Castro’s polarizing legacy on display
He killed thousands of people. He liberated thousands of people. He was a voice of oppression. He was a voice of justice. He kept Cuba poor. The United States kept […]
Category Archives: World City
Urban Greenness & Chronic Illness — Miami’s Built Environment & Health Researchers Take Stock
City life impacts your health. We’re not talking about “city life” in any abstract sense. Take the term literally. We’re talking about the actual biology of the city, urban ecology. […]
Photos: 23 Cuban Immigrants Achieve ‘Dry Foot’ in Dry Tortugas National Park
Their boat had run out of fuel several kilometers too soon. It had taken them so far, and brought them so close, but still not yet close enough. The group of 23 Cuban […]
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 […]
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 […]
中 国 制 造 (Made in China)
We’ve seen los latinos en Miami-Dade and, after tapping into a slightly different US Census Bureau data, I added the population of brasileiros to the list. There are, of course, many […]
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