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Main articles: Calusa and Tequesta This section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available (October 2018). Population Briny Breezes Miami has six major causeways that span over Biscayne Bay connecting the western mainland with the eastern barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean the Rickenbacker Causeway is the southernmost causeway and connects Brickell to Virginia Key and Key Biscayne the Venetian Causeway and MacArthur Causeway connect Downtown with South Beach the Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Midtown and Miami Beach the 79th Street Causeway connects the Upper East Side with North Beach the northernmost causeway the Broad Causeway is the smallest of Miami's six causeways and connects North Miami with Bal Harbour. Several countries have consulates based in Downtown most of which are located along Biscayne Boulevard and Brickell Avenue These include:, Main article: Restoration of the Everglades. When Crandon Park got a zoo Virginia Key Beach got a pond with ornamental plants and so things began to change When wealthy residents of Key Biscayne and nearby Fisher Island needed a place to dump their garbage and pump their sewage the breezes on Virginia Key Beach turned sour the water clouded with effluents the long-term environmental impact has yet to be fully determined Still Virginia Key Beach remained a popular even sacred place within Miami's Black community.

(23.2) 69.0 Legend Concourse C Pembroke Pines 154,750 137,427 Broward Miami-Dade Transit serves University Park with Metrobus lines 8 11 24 and 71 Metrobus lines 75 and 135 serve the Biscayne Bay Campus Bus lines 8 11 and the 24 directly connect FIU with Downtown Miami. 14 External links Tri-Rail fare zone boundary. 2004 47.1% 3,583,544 52.1% 3,964,522 Downtown Miami is the historic heart of Miami and along with Coconut Grove is the oldest settled area of Miami with early pioneer settlement dating to the early 19th century Urban development began in the 1890s with the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway by Standard Oil industrialist Henry Flagler down to Miami at the insistence of Julia Tuttle Flagler along with developers such as William Brickell and George E Merrick helped bring developer interest to the city with the construction of hotels resorts homes and the extension of Flagler's rail line Flagler Street originating in Downtown is a major east-west road in Miami named after the tycoon; the Julia Tuttle Causeway crossing Biscayne Bay just north of Downtown in Edgewater is named in honor of Tuttle, Also in 1933 the Miami City Commission asked the Miami Women's Club to create a city flag design the flag was designed by Charles L Gmeinder on their behalf and adopted by City Commission in November 1933 It is unknown why the orange and green colors were selected for the flag One theory is that the colors were inspired by the orange tree although the University of Miami was already using the colors of orange and green for their sports teams since 1926, Traveling to Work: 79% of Miami area workers drove to work alone in 2005 10% carpooled 4% took public transportation and 4% used other means the remaining 3% worked at home Among those who commuted to work it took them on average 28.5 minutes to get to work.