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Museum Park

Museum Park is a 30-acre public, urban park in downtown Miami, Florida. The park opened in 1976 as Bicentennial Park on the site of several slips served by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. For some time It was named "Bicentennial Park" to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States in that same year. Today, Museum Park is maintained by Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department, a public organization that manages all the parks within Miami. The park is bordered on the north by I-395, Metromover, and the former Miami Herald headquarters, on the south by the American Airlines Arena and Bayside Marketplace, on the west by Biscayne Boulevard and on the east by Biscayne Bay. Museum Park is served by the Metrorail at Government Center Station and directly by the Metromover's Museum Park Station, Eleventh Street Station and Park West Station. Museum Park is host to many large-scale events as the park can hold around 45,000 people. Some of these events include Ultra Music Festival, a large, three-day music event, numerous rock concerts such as Warped Tour, various conventions, concerts, as well as boat tours around Biscayne Bay. In March 2009, Museum Park was set to host the Langerado Music Festival, a large three-day festival that was held at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation every Spring since 2003, but was canceled due to poor ticket sales. Seven blocks south, is Bicentennial Park's partner park, the 32-acre Bayfront Park. Museum Park is currently undergoing a renovation for the Pérez Art Museum Miami and construction of the new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science. The $10 million revamp will include a new baywalk and a promenade from Biscayne Boulevard to Biscayne Bay that will provide pedestrian access to the museums. as it is currently underutilized for large parts of the year. Pérez Art Museum Miami opened in December 2013 and construction of the Frost Museum of Science is due to be completed in 2015.

Florida International University

Florida International University is an American metropolitan public research university located in Greater Miami, Florida, United States. FIU has two major campuses in Miami-Dade County, with its main campus in University Park. Florida International University is classified as a "tier-one" research university with highest research activity by the Carnegie Foundation and a first-tier research university by the Florida Legislature. Founded in 1965, FIU is the youngest university to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the country's oldest academic honor society. FIU belongs to the 12-campus State University System of Florida and is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities, awarding over 3,400 graduate and professional degrees annually. The university offers 191 programs of study with more than 280 majors in 23 colleges and schools. FIU offers many graduate programs, including architecture, business administration, engineering, law, and medicine, offering 81 master's degrees, 34 doctoral degrees, and 3 professional degrees. FIU is the largest university in South Florida, the 2nd-largest in Florida, and the 4th-largest in the United States. Total enrollment in 2014-2015 was 54,099 students, including 7,814 graduate students. According to U.S. News college rankings and reviews, 92% of FIU students live off-campus while only 8% of students live in "college-owned, college-operated or college-affiliated" housing. Since 2007, more valedictorians from South Florida choose to attend FIU than any other university in the country. As Miami's public research university, competition to enroll at FIU has heightened as more students apply each year.

Ten Museum Park

Ten Museum Park is a residential skyscraper in the City of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located in northeastern Downtown, on Biscayne Bay along the west side of Biscayne Boulevard. It was designed by Chad Oppenheim of Oppenheim Architecture + Design. Completed in early 2007, it opened for residential occupancy in mid-2007. The building is 585 feet tall, and has 50 floors with only 200 units, making it an exclusive address. The building itself is designed to reflect the heat from the sun while still keeping warmth, the building is also designed to withstand 140 mph winds. It currently stands as the 13th-tallest building in Miami. Ten Museum Park contains 20,000 square feet of Class A office space, retail space on the lower floors, and residential condominium units, which occupy most of the space on the upper floors. While appearing to be a typical skyscraper with identical floorplates, the residential levels are varying. The east-facing units are interlocking lofts, providing each unit with an eastern view and either a north or south-facing view as well. Lower level west-facing units are shallow flats with large expanses of glass. Upper levels of the building contain either double-height spaces or three-floor loft arrangements. Some units feature independent soaking pools. The lower levels of Ten Museum Park hold a lifestyle development; the building notably contains a Clinique La Prairie spa, the first in the United States, as well as several high-end boutiques in its lobby. It is directly across the street from the Marquis tower. The building's grand opening occurred in February 2007; Ten Museum Park is one of the many new Miami skyscrapers that were completed and opened in the year 2007.

Miami Children's Museum

The Miami Children’s Museum is a non-profit educational institution located on Watson Island, in the city of Miami, Florida. Founded in 1983, the museum opened its current building on Watson Island to the public on September 7, 2003. The museum was originally titled the "Miami Youth Museum" and was originally located in two shopping malls, the Bakery Center in South Miami, and then relocated to the Miracle Center in Coral Gables. The 56,500-square-foot (5,250 m2) facility, designed by Arquitectonica, includes 14 permanent galleries, pre-school classrooms, parent/teacher resource center, Kid Smart educational gift shop, 200-seat auditorium and Subway restaurant. The museum offers hundreds of bilingual, interactive exhibits; programs and classes and learning materials related to arts, culture, community and communication. In September 2003, after 12 years of planning, the Museum opened its new $25 million home on Watson Island near Downtown Miami. Over the past twenty years, they have relocated and expanded their space several times in response to public involvement. In the mid-90’s, planning was initiated among community leaders for the construction its very own stand-alone building. Miami Children’s Museum was established in 1983 as the Miami Youth Museum. Our first home was a 2,000 square foot facility located in a shopping center in West Kendall. Key Events in the Museum's History 1983 Miami Youth Museum was founded by forward thinking community leaders. 1985 The 2,000 square-foot Miami Youth Museum opens in a mall on Sunset Drive. Visitorship is 9,301. 1986 The Museum moves to a 4,000 square-foot facility in South Miami’s Bakery Centre. Visitorship is 10,525. 1987 Visitorship climbs to 18,871. The museum institutes its Community Outreach Program, which reaches 137,100 people. 1988 The museum increases its exhibition space by 2,000 square feet and visitorship grows to 26,165. Community outreach is expanded. 1990 The museum enlarges again, by 3,000 square feet and visitorship grows to 35,929. Community outreach serves 899,000 people. 1991 The museum reaches visitor capacity of 47,686, where it remains for five years and the museum receives its first State of Florida Cultural Facilities grant. 1992 The museum’s board plans to build a new facility. A capital campaign is initiated with a $1 million lead gift. The museum receives a prestigious Institute of Museum and Library Services grant. 1994 The museum receives additional State of Florida Cultural Facilities grants, now totaling nearly $2 million and the capital campaign continues to grow. 1996 Pending demolition of the Bakery Center forces the museum to move temporarily to the Miracle Center as fund raising and planning for the new facility continues. 1996 A careful search and a partnership with Miami Dade County lead the museum’s board to secure a site at the Vizcaya Metro-Rail Station. 1997 The Miami Youth Museum changes its name to Miami Children’s Museum to distinguish it from its precursor and clarify its scope. 2000 Neighborhood opposition and the threat of protracted litigation caused the Board of Directors of Miami Children’s Museum to seek a new site for the building of its community treasure. A Leadership Committee to identify a new site was born, chaired by Alan Potamkin and Norman Braman, which raised $8.2 million by the end of 2000. 2001 The plans to build Miami Children’s Museum on a magnificent waterfront site on Watson Island were finalized. 2002 The State of Florida awarded $500,000 to the museum, bringing funding from the State to $2.4 million. The campaign achieved over 90% of the goal, $16.1 million in the first six months of the year. 2003 The Miami Children’s Museum (MCM) opened in a new 56,500 square foot facility on Watson Island, near Downtown Miami. 2005 MCM received a grant of $500,000 from the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs to support the build-out of our Charter School area, adding a total of 10 new classrooms to our facilities. 2006 In order to accommodate educational classroom programs, the build-out of the facility was completed, adding 10 educational classrooms. 2014 The Museum records more than 430,000 visitors through its doors annually with its services now including one of the best pre-schools in Miami, a Charter School, various classes and seasonal camps.

FIU Arena

FIU Arena is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. It was opened on February 1, 1986 and is home to the FIU Panthers basketball and volleyball teams. It was originally named Sunblazer Arena, but was renamed Golden Panther Arena when FIUs athletic teams changed their nickname from Sunblazers to Golden Panthers in 1987. It was renamed Pharmed Arena in 2004, and then was briefly named FIU Arena in 2008 before being renamed to U.S. Century Bank Arena. However, the facility reverted to its prior and current name in 2014. The 94,000-square-foot arena contains a 19,000-square-foot wooden arena floor. It is also used for banquets, conventions, concerts, trade shows, and graduations including FIUs own commencement ceremonies. The main court is a Cincinnati Robbins perma-cushion maple wood basketball floor, made up of some 19,000 square feet of wood. Four retractable basketball backboards allow for the floor to be divided into two practice courts, while Hydra Goal II portable basketball standards are used for intercollegiate competition. Nevco scoreboards are found at either end. Support areas include an equipment room, training room and 876 lockers in six different, full-service dressing rooms. Academic space in the building includes three classrooms, and physiology, computer and kinesiology laboratories. Additionally, there are four, four-wall, fully air conditioned racquetball courts with a spectator viewing area for recreational and tournament usage. In late 2008, U.S. Century Bank bought naming rights to the arena, changing the arenas name to U.S. Century Bank Arena. The arena was scheduled to undergo a $5 million renovation beginning in the summer or fall of 2010, with a completion date of early 2011. also The arena hosted the Miss Universe 2014 pageant.

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