Miami-Dade County notes - Page 2
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About Miami-Dade County and its places
- History and culture
Venetian Pool is Coral Gables quarry turned swim day
Venetian Pool in Coral Gables turns an old quarry idea into one of Florida's most memorable public swimming places.
- History and culture
Vizcaya shows Miami before the skyline
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami gives Biscayne Bay a Gilded Age estate story with gardens, art, design, and preservation work.
- History and culture
WTVJ put Florida on television
Miami's WTVJ went on the air in 1949 as Florida's first television station.
- Cars and driving
Rickenbacker Causeway is Miami's island drive with a toll
Rickenbacker Causeway is the toll road into Virginia Key, Key Biscayne, Crandon Park, and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.
- Money and taxes
Miami River keeps working water inside the city
The Miami River is not only a pretty downtown waterway; it still carries marine work, boatyards, shipping, fishing, and local trade through the middle of Miami.
- Money and taxes
Miami Beach Art Week turns galleries into local money
Miami Beach Art Week is a festival-style money week, where art fairs, hotels, restaurants, galleries, shops, drivers, and local workers all feel the crowd.
- History and culture
Curtiss Mansion keeps Miami Springs close to aviation history
Curtiss Mansion ties Miami Springs to Glenn Curtiss, early aviation, Pueblo Revival design, and a community-led restoration story.
- History and culture
The Kampong keeps Coconut Grove close to a plant explorer's home
The Kampong in Coconut Grove keeps Miami close to David Fairchild's plant world, with tropical gardens, old grounds, and reserved visits.
- Cars and driving
Miami airport pickups need the parking and cell-lot plan
Miami International Airport pickup days go better when drivers check parking, cell-phone waiting, ride-app areas, rental-car details, and terminal timing first.
- History and culture
Hampton House keeps Miami's Green Book memory open
Historic Hampton House in Brownsville keeps a listed Green Book motel's music, civil-rights, and mid-century story in public view.
- Home and property
Unincorporated Miami-Dade pool light changes have a safety permit
Miami-Dade has a specific safety permit for existing residential pool lights in unincorporated areas; city addresses use their own building department.
- Money and taxes
Miami Design District turns showrooms into a neighborhood money story
The Miami Design District blends luxury shops, design showrooms, dining, public art, events, and street-level browsing into one compact Miami business district.
- Home and property
Miami Shores historic homes keep the bay village scale
Miami Shores grew from a Biscayne Bay settlement into a planned village, and locally designated homes add a historic-review step to ordinary permitting.
- Home and property
Miami's MiMo stretch keeps motel modern on Biscayne
Miami's MiMo/Biscayne Boulevard Historic District turns a busy road into a midcentury property story, with old motels, signs, facades, and review rules beside daily traffic.
- Money and taxes
Miami International Airport cargo keeps trade close to the runway
MIA is not only a passenger airport. Its cargo work ties Miami-Dade to flowers, food, medicine, e-commerce, trade, warehouses, trucks, and customs.
- Money and taxes
PortMiami keeps cruise and cargo money on the same island
PortMiami is both a cruise port and a cargo gateway, so Downtown Miami traffic, jobs, tourism, shipping, and customs all meet in one busy place.
- History and culture
Fairchild Garden keeps Coral Gables close to the tropical plant world
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden gives Coral Gables a major plant story tied to Robert Montgomery, David Fairchild, and South Florida's tropical growing climate.
- History and culture
Joe's Stone Crab keeps Miami Beach's seafood story old-school
Joe's Stone Crab gives Miami Beach a seafood story that began with Joe Weiss, a small lunch counter, and a city that was not a city yet.
- History and culture
Merrick House keeps Coral Gables close to its family start
Merrick House gives Coral Gables a founder-family landmark with a wraparound porch, garden grounds, and weekend tours.
- History and culture
Robert Is Here keeps the Redland fruit-stand story personal
Robert Is Here grew from a boy's roadside cucumber table into a family fruit stand in the Redland area of South Miami-Dade.
- History and culture
Opa-locka keeps an Arabian Nights street map
Opa-locka's domes, minarets, and street names come from a 1920s city plan with a theatrical Moorish Revival idea.
- History and culture
The Barnacle keeps Coconut Grove's bayfront memory
The Barnacle Historic State Park in Coconut Grove preserves Ralph Munroe's 1891 bayfront home and a quieter piece of early Miami.
- Home and property
Miami Beach historic districts shape more than the view
Miami Beach historic districts can affect repairs, design review, permits, and what an older building owner should check first.
- Money and taxes
Miami-Dade local meal taxes can explain a receipt
Some Miami-Dade meal receipts can include local tax lines, so diners and businesses should check the county path before assuming a mistake.
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