Common Sense Miami

• 1897 Royal Palm gardens are created primarily for guests alongside the Royal Palm Hotel. A park, used by locals for baseball is created north of the hotel.
• 1905 Florida Supreme Court rules in favor of Miami residents led by Judge Worley and gives bayfront land to the people of Miami for public park use.
• 1910 Lummus Park created on the Miami River
• 1922 Land that would later become Bayfront Park (47.1 acres) is purchased by the city from the FEC for $1,000,000.
• 1924 150,000 cubic yards per month of soil is dredged to create Bayfront Park. The park is dedicated in November 1924.
• 1933 President Roosevelt is the subject of assassination attempt in Bayfront park resulting in the death of Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak.
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• Trust for Public Land
• Project for Public Spaces
• Urban Environment League

The city of Miami establishedthe 3-1-1 for information about City services. It's pretty informative but here are some links to more direct information:

• City officials
• Telephone directory for the City of Miami departments here.
• Programming Schedule for Miami Television, also known as Channel 77 is the City of Miami's municipal government access cable channel.
• more links soon........