Living - Places - Miami, Florida, USA
Miami has many neighborhoods, entertainment venues, museums, and other places with Web sites
- Sites: Places such as parks, buildings, public gardens and zoos, notable buildings, libraries, interesting places
- Bayfront Pk: park on Biscayne Bay; 12 hectares; beach, rock garden, waterfall, fountain, tower, monuments (Challenger Memorial, Veterans’ Memorial, Mildred and Claude Pepper Fountain, statues of Claude Pepper and Christopher Columbus, Centennial Time Capsule); site for many special events and concerts: The Bayfront Park Amphitheater (10,000 seats), Tina Hills Pavilion (1,000 seats), nearby Bicentennial Park
- Bayside Mkt: popular shopping mall on Biscayne Bay; curves around Miamarina
- Beaches: List from the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Biscayne NP: Biscayne National Park; Biscayne Bay shoreline, water (95% of park is water), and islands; 700 square kilometers; underwater coral reefs and marine life; mangrove forest; Dante Fascell Visitor Center
- Biscane Nature Ctr: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center; in Crandon Park on the north end of Key Biscayne; mangroves, sand dunes, fossilized rock reef, ocean, and uplands
- Botanical Flamingo: 24 hectare gardens; rare, exotic and native plants; citrus groves; Wray Botanical Collection; Aviary; Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary; Wray Home
- Botanical Fairchild: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; taxonomically arranged tropical plants, emphasizing palms, cycads, flowering trees, vines, and fruit trees; International Mango Festival, Richard H. Simons Rainforest, William F. Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion
- Buildings Emporis: Emporis coverage of Miami buildings; Skycrapers, architecture, buildings, real estate, and construction news; from Emporis databases on buildings and the real-estate industry
- Coral Castle: sculpted by Edward Leedskalnin from 1920 to 1940; National Register of historic places; Homestead
- Coral Gables: City of Coral Gables; municipality on Biscayne Bay southwest of Miami; planned community developed by George Merrick in the 1920's; noted international villages sites
- CVB: Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Deering Estate: The Deering Estate at Cutler; Miami-Dade Park & Recreation Department and The Deering Estate Foundation; Historic Richmond Cottage and Deering's Stone House; 178 hectares of pine rockland habitat
- Everglades: Everglades National Park; 6,000 km2 subtropical preserve; American crocodile, Florida panther, and West Indian manatee; temperate and tropical plant communities, including sawgrass prairies, mangrove and cypress swamps, pinelands, and hardwood hammocks; marine and estuarine environments; International Biosphere Reserve; World Heritage Site; Wetland of International Importance; National Park Service
- Holocaust Memorial: in memory of victims of the Holocaust; environmental sculpture by Kenneth Treister; at Meridian Avenue and Dade Blvd; dedicated 1990
- Keys Sanctuary: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; 9,600 square kilometers surrounding Keys; coral barrier reef
- Library MD: Miami-Dade Public Library System
- Loxahatchee NWR: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; 597 square kilometers of Everglades habitat; American alligator and snail kite; just to the northwest of Miami; US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Miami Beach: City of Miami Beach; municipality between Biscane Bay and the Atlantic Ocean
- Monastery: Ancient Spanish Monastery, St. Bernard de Clairvaux; Monastery built in Sacramenia, Spain during 1133-1141; purchased, dismantled, and transported to the US by William Randolph Hearst in 1925
- Monkey Jungle: Hundreds of primates running free in a 12-hectare preserve; Java monkey troop; orangutans, gibbons, guenons, spider monkeys, and colobus
- Parrot Jungle: Bird shows; home for 1,100 tropical birds, 2,000 varieties of plants and flowers; trained bird show
- Parking: Miami Parking Authority; locate parking spaces; pay parking;
- Parks: Miami-Dade Park and Recreation
- Pennekamp Pk: John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; 240 square kilometer underwater park; on US highway 1 at mile marker 102.5, north of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, about 70 km south of Miami
- Restaurants NT: Restaurant Guide; includes reviews
- Restaurants 3 Guys: 3 Guys from Miami Cuban Food; Cuban and Latin restaurants
- Seaquarium: Marine park; Swim with Dolphins program
- State Parks: Florida State Parks
- Underline, The: a 16km planned urban park and trail
- Venetian Pool: Famous swimming pool in Coral Gables; carved from coral rock quarry; National Register of Historic Places
- Zoo: Miami MetroZoo; over 100 hectares of grounds
- Neighborhoods: Areas of town with a distinct identity or official status as a business improvement district (BID), neighborhood association, or other designation
- City List: City of Miami Neighborhood Enhancement Team; link between the community and City governmentments-Organizations/Neighborhood-Enhancement-Team-NET
- Community Policing: Miami Police Department's neighborhood community policing areas
- Downtown DDA: Miami Downtown Development Authority
- GMCVB: Neighborhood profiles from the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; gives list and brief description of each, from Airport Area to Surfside
- Venues: Places for performances, concerts, athletics, conventions, tradeshows, gatherings
- FTX Arena: Sports Arena; basketball (Miami Heat) and multipurpose arena; seats 19,600 for basketball; formerly AA Arena
- Bayfront Pk: on Biscayne Bay; Bayfront Park Amphitheater (10,000 seats), Tina Hills Pavilion (1,000 seats), nearby Bicentennial Park
- CG Playhouse: Coconut Grove Playhouse
- Hard Rock Stad: Hard Rock Stadium; football and baseball stadium; formerly called Dolphin Stadium, Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Sun Life Stadium
- Fair Expo Ctr: 32 hectare fairgrounds; year-round events, youth programs, competitions and corporate functions; annual Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition (The Fair); Arnold Hall, Edwards Hall, Sunshine Pavilion
- Fillmore: The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater; 2,700 seats; Miami Beach
- Miami PAC: Olympia Theater; historic performing arts center downtown Miami
- Miami Conv Ctr: Miami Convention Center; James L. Knight Center auditorium; 9 hectares of meeting space
- MDC Auditorium: Miami Dade County Auditorium; 2,429 seat theater
- Miracle Th: Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre; dramatic and musical theatre; restored 1940's Art Deco theater; Coral Gables
- Marlins Park: Baseball park of Florida Marlins
- Museums: Displays of objects; includes planned educational activities related to art, history, culture, or science
- Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki: American Indian museum; on the Florida Seminole Tribe’s Big Cypress Reservation; exhibits depict the lives of the Seminoles in south Florida during the late 1800's
- Aircraft: Wings Over Miami; military and classic aircraft museum; collection includes: 1942 Boeing Stearman PT-17, F-86F Saberjet, 1946 Fairchild 24R, and 1995 Yak-52
- Art Bass: Bass Museum of Art; art collection of John and Johanna Bass; in the original Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center; Miami Beach
- Art FIU: The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University; exhibitions and programs; modern outdoor sculpture
- Art Lowe: Lowe Art Museum; art museum of the University of Miami
- Art PAMM: Pérez Art Museum Miami; exhibition program
- Art MocaNomi: Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
- Historical: Historical Museum of Southern Florida; the story of South Florida and the Caribbean; permanent exhibits, special gallery, online exhibits
- Jewish: Jewish Museum of Florida; collections and research center reflecting Florida Jewish history; MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida; former synagogue that housed Miami Beach's first congregation; built in 1936; National Register of Historic Places
- Railroad: Gold Coast Railroad Museum; preserves and operates historic railroad equipment; train rides
- Science: The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science; Newton's Notions; Immersion Theatre; Cabinet of Curiosity
- Vizcaya: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Italian Renaissance-style building on Biscayne Bay; National Historic Landmark; owned by Miami-Dade County
- Wolfsonian: Design museum and research center; Florida International University; uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design; Miami Beach
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