Pictures of Miami

This page is yet another experiment. It will let you view some pictures of Miami as it looked in its glamorous days. I have tried to select mostly pictures of places and objects that we like and can be found near our home. Choose from these:

• Matheson Hammock Park. A natural lagoon, still a very popular place to take a swim. Comfortable cycling distance from our apartment.
• The Rickenbacker Causeway, before the new bridge was built. Goes between Central Miami and Key Biscayne. Popular site for watersports.
• Miami Seaquarium. Still a popular tourist attraction. (We get in for free, since we have a one year membership.)
• Miami Beach, where the rich and famous live. My favourite beach for swimming, not in any stagnant bay, but on the Atlantic coast.
• The then new University Building, where I do not work. I work at the Jackson Medical Center in a ugly and poor part of the town. Bad luck.
• Vizcaya, also known as the James Deering Estate. Once the home of a stinking rich industrialist with collector's mania.
• A relatively modern view of City Centre. There are more tall buildings today, of course, but you get the idea.
• The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, a rather tidy part of Miami. In it's heyday, this hotel offered its guestsreal first-class service, such as complimentary autogiro transportation.
• Banyan tree. They grow all over the place. The tropical vegetation is one of the few things I really like about Miami.
• The royal poinciana is another tree that I like. Especially common in Key West, but also seen in Miami, behind our house, for instance.

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