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The district is managed by the School Board of Miami-Dade County which appoints a superintendent to head the administrative portions of the district Alberto Carvalho has been Superintendent since September 12 2008, Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Miami and Miami Beach Weston 6 External links In 1938 George Washington Carver Sr High opened in Coral Gables for the black residents of the Coconut Grove and Coral Gables area Located there were also its rival schools North Dade Sr High Dorsey Sr High and Mays Sr High. Miami was host to many dignitaries and notable people throughout the 1980s and '90s Pope John Paul II visited in November 1987 and held an open-air mass for 150,000 people in Tamiami Park Queen Elizabeth II and three United States presidents also visited Miami Among them is Ronald Reagan who has a street named after him in Little Havana Nelson Mandela's 1989 visit to the city was marked by ethnic tensions Mandela had praised Cuban leader Fidel Castro for his anti-apartheid support on ABC News' Nightline Because of this the city withdrew its official greeting and no high-ranking official welcomed him This led to a boycott by the local African American community of all Miami tourist and convention facilities until Mandela received an official greeting However all efforts to resolve it failed for months resulting in an estimated loss of over US$10 million. ; !

1960 59.8% 849,407 40.1% 569,936 (19.2) 68.6, Collins Bridge the first bridge to connect Miami to Miami Beach, Florida Grand Opera Miami The Downtown Miami Historic District comprises 380 acres (1.5 km2) in the heart of Downtown with over 60 buildings within its jurisdiction Many of the buildings within the area are of the Moderne style and Classical Revival style with uses for government residential and commercial Periods of significance within this area are from 1900 to 1924 1925 to 1949 and 1950 to 1974 the Downtown Miami Commercial Historic District was designated a historic district in 1988 and comprises 20 buildings on the east side of Downtown with 19th and early 20th-century revival styles. . 8 External links Human origin (30.6) 82.1 In 1926 the original Booker T Washington Senior High School building opened in what is now the Overtown district it was the only secondary black high school at the time in South Florida enrolling students from as far away as Broward and Palm Beach counties. Miami's Brickell neighborhood is amongst the fastest-growing areas of Miami-Dade County[citation needed] Following this period of rapid development and environmental degradation the ecosystem began to receive notable attention from conservation groups in the 1970s Internationally UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance the construction of a large airport 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem With heightened awareness and appreciation of the region restoration began in the 1980s with the removal of a canal that had straightened the Kissimmee River However development and sustainability concerns have remained pertinent in the region the deterioration of the Everglades including poor water quality in Lake Okeechobee was linked to the diminishing quality of life in South Florida's urban areas in 2000 the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved by Congress to combat these problems to date,[when?] it is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental restoration attempt in history but its implementation has faced political complications. ! Miami Florida Business directory On October 25 1939 John S Knight son of a noted Ohio newspaperman bought the Herald from Frank B Shutts Knight became editor and publisher and made his brother James L Knight the business manager the Herald had 383 employees Lee Hills arrived as city editor in September 1942 He later became the Herald's publisher and eventually the chairman of Knight-Ridder Inc a position he held until 1981.