. . In 2011 the FIU Drumline appeared in the music video "Champion" by Nelly the FIU Band and Drumline continue to take part in many parades and shows including appearances on Univision the 2011 Florida Lottery commercial and many others, Locally known as Downtown the area is a cultural financial and commercial center of South Florida tracing its present-day history back to the 19th century in recent years Downtown Miami has grown and physically expanded to become the fastest-growing area in Miami with rapid increase in population and the greatest concentration of high-rises in the region Greater Downtown is home to many major museums parks education centers banks company headquarters courthouses government offices theaters shops and many of the oldest buildings in the city, Florida Atlantic University (public) Source: US Census.
Besides Flagler Street Downtown has two other major shopping areas Bayside Marketplace and Mary Brickell Village in Brickell Bayside Marketplace was built in 1987 and is one of Miami's most visited tourist attractions averaging over 15 million visitors a year it is an outdoor shopping mall overlooking Biscayne Bay at Bayfront Park Bayside Marketplace has many national retail chains as well as local Miami stores Mary Brickell Village is on Miami Avenue and SE 10th Street in Brickell Mary Brickell Village is a major nightlife area and has many of Miami's upscale bars and restaurants that stretch along Miami Avenue from around SE 6th Street to Broadway (SE 15th Road), Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 under Spanish flag Six years later Vasco da Gama reached India under Portuguese flag by navigating south around the Cape of Good Hope thus proving that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are connected in 1500 in his voyage to India following Vasco da Gama Pedro Alvares Cabral reached Brazil taken by the currents of the South Atlantic Gyre Following these explorations Spain and Portugal quickly conquered and colonized large territories in the New World and forced the Amerindian population into slavery in order to explore the vast quantities of silver and gold they found Spain and Portugal monopolized this trade in order to keep other European nations out but conflicting interests nevertheless led to a series of Spanish-Portuguese wars a peace treaty mediated by the Pope divided the conquered territories into Spanish and Portuguese sectors while keeping other colonial powers away England France and the Dutch Republic enviously watched the Spanish and Portuguese wealth grow and allied themselves with pirates such as Henry Mainwaring and Alexandre Exquemelin They could explore the convoys leaving the Americas because prevailing winds and currents made the transport of heavy metals slow and predictable. ! 2.1 Geology During his pro career in the 1970s NFL offensive lineman Ed Newman worked as an assistant coach of the Florida International University wrestling team in the off-season; . Paul Cejas School of Architecture Building. Fire Ronald Reagan House 2001 4.4 Student Government Association Air crashes 6.2 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards Rock. The Historic Call-Collins House the Grove is an antebellum plantation house built in the 1840s in Tallahassee Florida.
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