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Miami is a seaport city at the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Florida and its Atlantic coast. As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and the most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area and part of the second-most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth-most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the U.S., with a population of around 5.5 million.

Miami is a major center, and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2012, Miami was classified as an Alpha−World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked 33rd among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets, and citywide recycling programs.

According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America" and is the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.

Miami has the third tallest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises. Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. The Civic Center is a major center for hospitals, research institutes, medical centers, and biotechnology industries.

For more than two decades, the Port of Miami, known as the "Cruise Capital of the World", has been the number one cruise passenger port in the world. It accommodates some of the world's largest cruise ships and operations and is the busiest port in both passenger traffic and cruise lines.

Metropolitan Miami is the major tourism hub in the American South, number two in the U.S. after New York City and number 13 in the world, including the popular destination of Miami Beach.

Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewater_(Miami)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami

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Spain 2022

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This is the third and final piece of my Amsterdam triptych I made two weeks ago. This final shot is a redo of an earlier image I took on het Damrak.. This time I used the boats as leading lines.

Enjoy!

(do yourself a favour and click L for a full-screen)

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United Kingdom, Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spring 2024

"...I cannot get to my love…The water of Tyne runs between him and me, And here I must stand with the tear in my eye…”

This are the lyrics of an old traditional song and maybe one reason for the existance so many bridges nowdays on the River Tyne, the most of them linking the city of Newcastle upon Tyne with the town of Gateshead. Two of them are worth to be mentioned. The Tyne Bridge is the biggest one and it is a through arch bridge, opened in 1928 and has since become a defining symbol of Tyneside. The bridge is painted green and spans 162 m and the road deck is 26 m above the river level. The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is an award-winning pedestrian tilt bridge and it is sometimes referred to as the 'Blinking Eye Bridge' due to its shape and its tilting method.

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