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Q. In the 1920s Hugh M. Anderson and Roy C. Wright conceived the idea of a 100 foot wide boulevard destined to reach from where the old Royal Palm Hotel sat beside the Miami River up to Hollywood. Today we know it as ____________?

A.  Biscayne Boulevard

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During the 1910’s and early 1920’s there was no large road connecting downtown Miami and Miami Shores. In March of 1927 a carefully planned main road was opened to car traffic. In the process roughly eighty five buildings were torn down, twelve houses were moved and many other houses lost their porches. 

Posted at 12:11 PM on February 5, 2009 in History Question of the Week | Permalink

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