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Coral Gables Branch Library
The Coral Gables Branch Library is one of 49 branches of the Miami-Dade Public Library System, located at 3443 Segovia Street in Coral Gables, Florida. It was established in 1927 by the Coral Gables Woman's Club. History The library started as a lending library in November 1927, established mainly by the efforts of Don Peabody, then president of the Coral Gables Women's Club. The library opened in a room the Cathedral Room of the La Puerta Del Sol, now the Douglas Entrance of the library's location, with furniture, fine art, and tapestries provided by The Coral Gables Corporation, courtesy of George Merrick, the founder of the city of Coral Gables. The first 300 books were requested by the Woman's Club by writing letters to authors requesting copies. An additional 100 books donated by William Jennings Bryan from his private library among other donations received. During the Great Depression, The National Works Projects Administration approved a library and community buildin ...
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Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, officially City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city is located southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248. Coral Gables is known globally as home to the University of Miami, one of the nation's top private research universities whose main campus spans in the city. With 16,479 faculty and staff as of 2021, the University of Miami is the largest employer in Coral Gables and second largest employer in all of Miami-Dade County. The city is a Mediterranean-themed planned community known for its historic and affluent character reinforced by its strict zoning, popular landmarks, and tourist sights. History Coral Gables was formally incorporated as a city on April 29, 1925. It was and remains a planned community based on the popular early twentieth century City Beautiful Movement and is known for its strict zoning regulations. The city was developed by George Merrick, a real estate developer ...
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Miami-Dade Public Library System
The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Governance The Miami-Dade Public Library System is a county department within Miami-Dade county government. The Board of County Commissioners is the governing body over the library system. The Library Advisory Board serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners on public library issues, providing reports, recommendations, and guidance to the government of Miami-Dade County. Service area The service area of the Miami-Dade Public Library System is defined by the Miami-Dade Library Taxing District. The district includes the majority of the geographical boundaries of Miami-Dade County, including most of its 35 municipalities and all of unincorporated Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade Public Library System includes 49 libraries, two bookmobiles and one technobus. History Early years Public school library and Lemon City Library The Miami-Dade Publi ...
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Coral Gables Woman's Club
The Coral Gables Woman's Club is a historic woman's club in Coral Gables, Florida. The club is located at 1001 East Ponce de Leon Boulevard. On March 27, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami-Dade County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County ... References External linksOfficial website aNational Register of Historic PlacesFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida Women's clubs in Florida Women's club buildings in Florida {{MiamiDadeCountyFL-NRHP-stub ...
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George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-ol ...
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896 United States presidential election, 1896, 1900 United States presidential election, 1900, and the 1908 United States presidential election, 1908 elections. He served in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895 and as the United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, Bryan was often called "The Great Commoner", and because of his rhetorical power and early notoriety, "The Boy Orator". Born and raised in Illinois, Bryan moved to Nebraska in the 1880s. He won election to the House of Representatives in the 1890 United States House ...
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Coral Gables FL Douglas Entrance01
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class (biology), class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral reef, reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "group" is a colony of very many cloning, genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by Spawn (biology), spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. ...
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