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[Urban_Legend]

The Floridians??

Edited by Urban_Legend, 18 October 2005 - 06:58 PM.

[KendallKid]

95-Souf, on Oct 18 2005, 05:15 PM, said:

Miami actually had an original ABA Team.
Before Wade or Shaq ,..
Before Hardaway or Morning,..

The Miami Floridians (1968-1972)
Although I'm not sure where they played, they didn't have a following like the Dolphins but were sort of successfull going to the playoffs 3 of the 4 years in exsistance. Team colors started as Red, White and Blue then later changed to Black, Orange, and Magenta. They beat the Minnesota Pippers in the divisional championship game, but then lost to the Indiana Pacers in the confr finals in 1969.

Incredible i didnt know this.

Miami is home to MTV Latin America which films in its studios on Miami Beach

[Brickell]

The needle in the bay is actually the Henry Flagler monument.
http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/newcity/depts/...er_monument.asp

The Port of Miami (POM) is the busiest cruise ship port in the world, with 3 million passengers a year and growing. Port Everglades claims to be 2nd.
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/print...atID=0017010005

The Miami River alone is the 5th (I've also seen 4th) largest port in the State of Florida serving many smaller ships that service the Caribbean and Central America.

http://www.miamirivercommission.com

[KendallKid]

Brickell, on Oct 19 2005, 12:37 AM, said:

The needle in the bay is actually the Henry Flagler monument.
http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/newcity/depts/...er_monument.asp

The Port of Miami (POM) is the busiest cruise ship port in the world, with 3 million passengers a year and growing. Port Everglades claims to be 2nd.
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/print...atID=0017010005

The Miami River alone is the 5th (I've also seen 4th) largest port in the State of Florida serving many smaller ships that service the Caribbean and Central America.

http://www.miamirivercommission.com

Miami River is home to one of the largest bike theft rings in the country. if u were a kid and your bike got stolen chances are it sits on a ship bound for Haiti.

[Brickell]

The Miami River is home to all kinds of unsavory products. They've cracked down on it quite a bit, but we still hear stories of major drug busts happening there. It's really funny to see the small ships leave the river loaded with bikes, washing machines, mattresses... whatever they can fit on it.

[95-Souf]

Hey,.. I had a bike stolen back in 95',..
Now I know where it went,. lol im kidding,..

I thought the monument was dedicated to Julia Tuttle... at least thats what I read in school,.. must have been a typo.. (MDCPS)
Nice pics too,.. i swear you would even see that thing from in between those buildings in the bay.

[KendallKid]

95-Souf, on Oct 19 2005, 05:04 PM, said:

Hey,.. I had a bike stolen back in 95',..
Now I know where it went,. lol im kidding,..

I thought the monument was dedicated to Julia Tuttle... at least thats what I read in school,.. must have been a typo.. (MDCPS)
Nice pics too,.. i swear you would even see that thing from in between those buildings in the bay.

It may have been the monument i was referring o the TUTTLE grave site is a needle like thouse except its granite

[Aessotariq]

The oldest building in the United States is located in Miami-Dade County.

"The Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux was built between 1133-1144 in Sacramenia, in the Province of Segovia, Spain. William Randolph Hearst purchased the monastery in 1925 and shipped it to the United States in 11,000 crates. It remained in storage in Brooklyn, N.Y., for 26 years until its purchase by Messrs. W. Edgemon and R. Moss in 1952. The two men then had the monastery reassembled in a wooded preserve nestled along Snake Creek in downtown North Miami Beach, where it has become a popular and beautiful tourist attraction and a favorite wedding spot."

http://www.flcities....via_nmbeach.asp

It's quite a landmark. I'll try to get some pics up soon.

[95-Souf]

I think thats over there by North Miami Beach City Hall off of 19th Av (169th or so street)

Edited by 95-Souf, 19 October 2005 - 05:48 PM.

[Aessotariq]

It's east of NE 22nd Ave, near East Greynolds Park.. if you take W Dixie Hwy, you'll pass the NMB post office, a canal, and then the road will veer to the right at 167th St., and the monastery is on the right, behind a gate.

[KendallKid]

Alot of people know this but.... Burger King was founded in Miami the original Burger King can be found at 3090 nw 36st. Miami is still home to Burger King world headquaters who is looking into moving downtown.

[Aessotariq]

^they're moving to downtown Coral Gables.

Another major Miami home-and-grown corporation is Ryder System.

Miami is home to more than a thousand multi-national corporations, and just about every Fortune 500-1000 has offices for their Latin American operations here. Companies include ExxonMobil, Oracle, IBM, FedEx Latin America, and others.

[KendallKid]

Miami is home to its own sub species of otter, known as the MIAMI OTTER.

[Florida]

KendallKid, on Oct 20 2005, 12:05 AM, said:

Alot of people know this but.... Burger King was founded in Miami the original Burger King can be found at 3090 nw 36st. Miami is still home to Burger King world headquaters who is looking into moving downtown.

I did not know this! I thought burger king was an English company... WOW! That should be put into trivia.

[NCB]

KendallKid, on Oct 19 2005, 11:05 PM, said:

Alot of people know this but.... Burger King was founded in Miami the original Burger King can be found at 3090 nw 36st. Miami is still home to Burger King world headquaters who is looking into moving downtown.

I didnt know this either! I thought Burger King was founded in Missouri..

[95-Souf]

Correct me if I'm wrong,.. but wasnt Winn-Dixie started in Miami as well,. From what i heard, the first store was on 54th street.

Edited by 95-Souf, 20 October 2005 - 03:47 PM.

[Brickell]

South Florida is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles can be found in the same place.

[KendallKid]

95-Souf, on Oct 20 2005, 03:44 PM, said:

Correct me if I'm wrong,.. but wasnt Winn-Dixie started in Miami as well,. From what i heard, the first store was on 54th street.

Im almost positive winn-dixie is from Jacksonville. We founded Sedano's

[Florida]

I thought Winn Dixie was Jacksonville's too.

But technically Winn Dixie has its roots in Idaho. The two brothers moved their operations to Miami, where they we're known as Winn & Lovett. When the business started to grow they moved their HQ to Jax (1940s) but they weren't known as Winn Dixie until some time in the 50s when they they aquired a chain of Dixie home stores.

[Aessotariq]

Miami-Dade County is the only county in Florida where it is illegal to sell, purchase, obtain, keep, maintain, or harbor a pitbull dog, or to even bring one into the county.