Little Haiti – Wikipedia

Little Haiti It is a residential neighborhood of Miami, in the County of Miami-Dade of Florida, in the United States of America.
The area of ​​the area is 8.95 km ² and the population in 2010 of 29,760 inhabitants. ^[first]

Little Haiti, traditionally known as Lemon City but also called Little Haiti , is known as the center of immigration from Haiti and French -speaking culture in the city.

Little Haiti is west of Upper East Side and the neighborhood boundaries are given by the river of Little River In North, N. Miami Avenue Ad Ovest, ne 2nd avenue Ad is 54th Street in South. ^[first] The river also represents the border of the city of Miami. ^[2]

The Northeast part of Little Haiti is also known as Little River Business District, an area that existed even before the development of the neighborhood. The boundaries are the river of Little River in the north (from which it takes its name), in 59th street to the south, Miami Avenue to the west, and the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway to the east.

In 1925 Little River was annexed to Miami, together with the cities of Lemon City and Buena Vista proceeding south. Finally, the sweaty -east corner of Buena Vista is the Design District , which extends from ne 36th street to the north until 41st street.

As for the Buena Vista East Historic District, this extends between 2nd Avenue and n Miami Avenue from ne 42nd street to ne 48th street. It concerns buildings built since the 1920s, recognized as historic buildings in 1988 which constituted the two areas of Biltmore and Shadowlawn. Houses use different styles such as Mediterranean Revival, Mission, Craftsman and Art Déco. ^{[3] [4]}

In the early 1900s, Lemon City developed as a small agricultural community. In the area there were numerous lemon plantations, from which the city took its name. Although not abundant as in the past (due to the urbanization and the festival of Xanthomonas axonopodis ), lemon trees are still found in many gardens. The city also had its deposit for the Florida East Coast Railway. The growth of the city of Miami in the south, however, required new expansion spaces and in 1925 Lemon City was annexed to Miami, together with the city of Little River in the North and Buena seen to the south, which today form the current Little Haiti. Many residents, however, continue to use the name of Lemon City.

Over the years, the community has changed from agricultural to residential, from medium to low to medium class again. Part of these changes were the consequence of immigration from Haiti, and towards the end of the 1980s the area began to be called Little Haiti (the Petite Haiti). In the 1980s and 1990 Little Haiti was one of the poorest areas of Miami and was known for the crime and drug dealing, but this was followed by recovery projects of the area.

In a sense, Haitian culture, Creola and Francofona develops here, as evidenced by the inauguration of a statue of the father of the independence of Haiti, General Toussaint Louverture. There have also been attempts to make Little Haiti an enclave, but this has been contrasted by the transfer of many Haitian residents to better residential areas and by the preference of many residents to use the original names of Lemon City, Railroad Flats, Little River and Buena View.

In fact, there are always growing forces that do not like the name of Little Haiti and the Association of Haitian culture by community of English and color residents in the Buena Vista area ^{[ without source ]} . This led to contrasts with the Haitian leaders who opposed the removal of the name of Little Haiti from the list of Miami’s neighborhoods. Following the growth of the cost of homes and the failure of attempts to moderate prices to help residents lower to maintain their homes, many Haitians have settled in other centers further north such as El Portal, Miami Shores, North Miami, Biscayne Park and North Miami Beach.

The factors that contributed to the gentrification of the area are the proximity to the Miami Design District and the development of the communities of Buena Vista and Edgewater, where the construction of residential buildings, night clubs, restaurants, entertainment clubs and cultural centers are on site, leading to the growth of the cost of the houses.

In Little Haiti there is the popular building project Edison Courts and Miami Edison Senior High School.
Little Haiti was also mentioned in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City like one of the neighborhoods present in the game.
In 2009, human remains of the Lemon City cemetery were discovered in a construction site on the NW 71st street; The Miami Historical Preservation Board declared the area as subjected to conservation constraint.

• Lemon City Park
• Mr. Athalie Range Park
• Legion Park
• Little Haiti Park
• Soar Memorial Park
• Lachmont Gardens Park

In 2000 Little Haiti had a population between 29,128 ^[5] and 30,066 ^[6] , with 9,368 family units and 6,181 families residing in the neighborhood. The average family income is $ 18,887.49. The racial composition was 64.92% of color people, 14.74% Hispanic or Latin, 4.78% of whites and 15.56% of other breeds. ^[5] In 2010 the census showed an exodus of Haitiani, replaced by Hispanic immigrants.

The percentage of people who do not speak or speak English is 17.6%. Residents born in Florida were 41.1%, the percentage of born in other US states of 11.6%, residents born outside the USA 3.1%, while the percentage of foreigners of 44.1%. ^[first]

• The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance

Libraries [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The Miami-Dade Public Library manages the following bookstores in the area:

• Edison Center Library
• Little River Library
• Lemon City Library

Schools [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Museums [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

• The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance
• The Haitian Heritage Museum