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In 1969, the first Royal Sonesta Hotel was built in New Orleans. [12] [13] In 1970, the Hotel Corporation of America was rebranded Sonesta International Hotels. The name "Sonesta" was a portmanteau of A.M. Sonnabend's nickname "Sonny" and his wife Esther's name. [14] The company introduced "Just Us Kids", a children's club program, in 1975. [15]
A true South Florida gem. The Beaches Are Beautiful And Uncrowded. For such a small place, Key Biscayne has several beaches, all with their own distinct personalities. And compared to Miami’s ...
U.S. President Richard Nixon at Key Biscayne's Fourth of July parade in 1969; as president, Nixon visited his Key Biscayne compound over 50 times.. While there had been earlier plans to develop a town on Key Biscayne, the opening of the 4-mile-long (6.4 km) Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Virginia Key and on to Key Biscayne in 1947 opened the island up to large-scale residential development.
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Key Biscayne was first developed for coconut cultivation. The earliest mention of coconuts on Key Biscayne is a Spanish account from 1568, although the reference may be to cocoplums rather than coconuts. Mature coconut trees were on Cape Florida by the 1830s, likely grown from coconuts sent from Mexico by Henry Perrine to the first lighthouse ...
Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda related in the 16th century that a sailor from the Bay of Biscay called the Viscayno or Biscayno had lived on the lower east coast of Florida for a while after being shipwrecked, and a 17th-century map shows a Cayo de Biscainhos, the probable origin of the name for Key Biscayne. The lagoon was known as "Key ...
The Yve Hotel at 146 Biscayne Blvd. and the abutting Biscayne Office Center at 141 NE Third Avenue in Miami, Florida as seen on Tuesday, September 19, 2023. A developer plans to demolish the 1920s ...
People from Key Biscayne, Florida (12 P) Pages in category "Key Biscayne, Florida" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.